American Hospital Association - The Association represents hospitals, healthcare networks and their patients and communities. Extensive information on current Acts, Congressional budgets and news of interest to the healthcare industry. - http://www.aha.org/
Institute for Safe Medical Practices - Organization that gathers safety data from hospitals and makes recommendations to improve patient safety in hospitals. - http://www.ismp.org/
The Leapfrog Group - An organization of health insurance companies that is promoting Computerized Physician Order Entry to hospitals as a way to decrease medication errors. - http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
National Association of Urban Hospitals (NAUH) - A coalition of private safety-net urban hospitals who have joined to assure adequate reimbursement from public payers such as Medicaid & Medicare. - http://www.nauh.org/
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems - Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers. - http://www.naph.org/
Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions - Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry. - http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/conversion/truecon.html