Health Information Technology

Interesting Links

(if you would like to suggest a good site, please send to mwright@dacc.edu)

• Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com
  Acronyms, abbreviation
• AHIMA Careers Page https://my.ahima.org/careermap
• American Cancer Society http://cancer.org
• American Health Information Management Association http://www.ahima.org
• American Hospital Directory http://ahd.com
  Information about hospitals in the U.S.
• American Hospital Association http://aha.org
• American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org
  Information on CPT, Medicare laws, library for research on disease.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield http://www.bcbs.com
  Information on possible jobs.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
  Information on health and safety topics.  Good source for information about disease and condition, birth defects, plus statistical data.
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.gov
  Information on Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA.
•  Drug Addiction Resource www.AddictionCenter.com/Addiction/
• Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov
  Information on drugs, medical devices and for health professionals.
• Healthcare Billing and Management Association http://www.hbma.com
• Healthcare Financial Management Association http://www.hfma.org
• Health Information Careers http://www.HealthInformationCareers.com
• Illinois Health Information Management Association http://www.ilhima.org
  Information on what is happening in Illinois health information administration association (meetings, medical legal, workshops).
• Indiana Health Information Management Association http://www.ihima.org
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jointcommission.org
  Information on accreditation, education, newsletters.
• Journal of the American Medical Association http://jama.ama-assn.org/
• Just Coding http://justcoding.com
  Information on diseases and coding.
• Medterms http://www.medterms.com
  Medical dictionary
• Merck's http://www.merck.com
  Information on patient care, products.
• National Association for Healthcare Quality http://www.nahq.org
• National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
  http://www.seer.cancer.gov
  Information on cancer, databases, collection tools, publication, statistics, reports, etc.
• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• PAHCOM Professional Association of Health Care Office Management Specializing in Physician Practice Management http://www.pahcom.com
  A good site for finding jobs in all areas of health care.
• The Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com
  Information on Rx links, Internet standards, schools, universities, personal and commercial sites.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://dhhs.gov
• Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org
  A digital library of health information.