Links to Healthcare Associations
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 200 chapters strong, is the largest national voluntary health organization committed to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and helping those affected by the disease.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is the only organization in the United States for physicians dedicated to the advancement of hospice/palliative medicine, its practice, research and education.
American Academy of Pain Management
The American Academy of Pain Management is the largest multidisciplinary pain society and largest physician based pain society in the United States.
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late life mental disorders.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) represents not-for-profit organizations dedicated to providing high-quality health care, housing and services to the nation’s elderly.

American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators
A not-for-profit professional association representing Nurse Assessment Coordinators. Providing easy access to accurate and timely information on clinical assessment, regulatory requirements, reimbursement, computer automation, research and the law.

American Association for Respiratory Care
AARC is the only professional society for respiratory therapists in hospitals and with home care companies, managers of respiratory and cardiopulmonary services, and educators who provide respiratory care training.
American College of Health Care Administrators
The American College of Health Care Administrators is the professional society for nearly 6,300 administrators in long-term care, assisted living, and subacute care.
American College of Healthcare Executives
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives.
American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine
The American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) is the nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.

American College of Physician Executives
The American College of Physician Executives has grown to more than 14,000 physician members - a unique group of physicians who directly influence the path of health care in America.
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.
American Dietetic Association
ADA is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. With nearly 70,000 members, ADA serves the public by promoting nutrition, health and well-being.

American Geriatrics Society
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is the premier professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults.

American Health Care Association
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, and subacute care providers that care for more than one million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.

American Hospice Foundation
The American Hospice Foundation advances the hospice concept of care and promotes hospices that seek to meet growing and complex needs.

American Hospital Directory
The American Hospital Directory provides on-line, comparative data for most hospitals.
American Medical Association
The AMA is much more than a voluntary membership organization of physicians. It is the patient's advocate and the physician's voice. It sets standards for the profession of medicine.
American Medical Directors Association
The American Medical Directors Association is the national professional association committed to the continuous improvement of the quality of patient care by providing education, advocacy, information, and professional development for medical directors and other physicians who practice in the long term care continuum.

American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 53 constituent state associations and 13 organizational affiliate members.
American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the nationally recognized professional association for over 60,000 occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
American Physical Therapy Association
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing nearly 70,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education.
American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health.
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
The American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) is a not-for-profit medical society organized exclusively for educational, scientific, and charitable purposes.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 97,000 speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.

Assisted Living Federation of America
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) represents over 7,000 for-profit and not-for-profit providers of assisted living, continuing care retirement communities, independent living and other forms of housing and services.
Association for Health Services Research
The Association for Health Services Research is the only national membership organization devoted to the promotion of research focused on the delivery, quality and financing of the United States health care system.
Center for Health Care Strategies
The overall mission of CHCS is to promote the development and implementation of effective health and health-related services for all Americans, especially the most vulnerable, and to communicate the results of its efforts to key audiences.
Center for Studying Health System Change
The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is a Washington-based research organization dedicated to studying how the country's health care systems are changing and how those changes are affecting people at the community level.

Dietary Managers Association
Dietary Managers Association (DMA) is a not-for-profit association established in 1960 that today has over 15,000 professionals dedicated to the mission: "to provide optimum nutritional care through foodservice management."
Electronic Policy Network — Idea Central Health Policy Pages
The Electronic Policy Network is the front door to progressive policy on the Web. A network of top policy and research institutions, EPN provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics that shape our world.
Federation of American Health Systems
The Federation of American Health Systems represents nearly 1,700 owned and managed hospitals and health systems that offer traditional care, ambulatory care, psychiatric and rehabilitative care, and allied companies involved in health insurance and healthcare systems.
Gerontological Society of America
The purpose of the Gerontological Society of America is to provide researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers with expanded opportunities to understand, advance, integrate and use basic and applied research on aging to improve the quality of life during processes of aging.
Healthcare Financial Management Association
HFMA is the nation's leading personal membership organization for more than 33,000 financial management professionals employed by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, long-term and ambulatory care facilities, managed care organizations, medical group practices, public accounting and consulting firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and other healthcare organizations.
HL7 Organization
Health Level Seven is one of several ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating in the healthcare arena.

Home Care Association of America, Inc.
HCAA (Home Care Association of America, Inc.), is a National Association exclusively devoted to serving the freestanding, proprietary home health agencies.
Hospice Association of America
The Hospice Association of America (HAA) is a national organization representing more than 2,800 hospices and thousands of caregivers and volunteers who serve terminally ill patients and their families.
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice Foundation of America provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care with the goal of enhancing the American health care system and the role of hospice within it.
International Association of Food Safety Professionals
The International Association of Food Safety Professionals (IAFSP) is a multinational organization of and for professionals in the food sciences, food service industry, suppliers/manufacturers & processors and educators.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
The mission of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.
Medical Records Institute
The mission of the MRI is to promote the development and acceptance of electronic health record systems during this evolution.
National Adult Day Services Association
The mission of NADSA is to enhance the success of its members through advocacy, education, technical assistance, research and communication services.
National Association for the Support of Long Term Care
The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) adheres to the purpose of providing a national communication forum and legislative and regulatory representation for long term care executives and their associated businesses.
National Association of Home Care
NAHC is the nation's largest trade association that represents the interests of home care agencies, hospices, and home care aide organizations.
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
The National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems has represented the nation’s urban safety net health systems, and the people they serve. NAPH represents over 100 hospitals and health systems that together comprise the essential infrastructure of many of America's metropolitan health systems.
National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector
The National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector is dedicated to: promoting effective interdisciplinary rehabilitation, disability management, and return-to-work services on behalf of persons with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged; enhancing the competency of service providers; supporting innovation in related business development and management; and becoming the pre-eminent source for shaping public policy that affects private sector rehabilitation.

National Center for Assisted Living
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is the assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the nation's largest organization representing long term care providers.

National Council on the Aging
NCOA is the nation's first association of organizations and professionals dedicated to promoting the dignity, self-determination, well being, and contributions of older persons.

National Healthcare Cost and Quality Association
The National Healthcare Cost and Quality Association is an organization that provides a forum for discussion of healthcare cost and quality issues.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization advocates for terminally ill individuals and their families.

National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 25 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
The NPUAP provides multidisciplinary leadership for improved patient outcomes in pressure ulcer prevention and management through education, public policy, and research.

National Stroke Association
National Stroke Association's mission is to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke by changing the way stroke is viewed and treated.
National Subacute Care Association
The National Subacute Care Association is dedicated to advancing subacute care as a viable part of the healthcare continuum; and to providing information and education to encourage industry growth and enable its members to better serve persons with subacute needs.

Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
The mission of CARF is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served.
World Health Organization
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.