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Affiliations
- Colorado Health Professionals Panel:
A 28 member board, funded by
Colorado
Trust(www.coloradotrust.org). Responsible for
assessing the needs of Colorado relative to
allocation/distribution of health care professionals. CFMC has
board representation.
- American Health Quality
Association (AHQA, www.ahqa.org) :
Previously known as American Medical Peer Review Association (AMPRA).
Quality Improvement Organization Trade Association.
- Colorado
Clinical Guidelines Collaborative:
A Colorado coalition of health plans, physicians, hospitals, and
other providers working together to improve health care through
the development, implementation, and evaluation of
evidence-based clinical guidelines.
- Colorado
Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP, cpep@cpepdoc.org):
Formed in 1987, with representation from seven organizations.
CPEP is a non-profit organization formed to assist physicians in
improving their medical practice. Half the physicians served are
from Colorado, the other half are from 18 other states. Member
organizations include: Colorado Hospital Association (CHA),
Colorado Medical Society (CMS), Colorado Society of Osteopathic
Medicine (CSOM), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC),
Colorado Physicians Health Program (CPHP) and Colorado Physician
Insurance Company (COPIC). CFMC has board representation.
- Coral Initiative:
An association of Quality Improvement Organizations whose
members meet on a periodic basis to learn and grow and derive
strength from one another based on common business and CQI
interests. The QIO members include Iowa, Utah, Wisconsin,
Kansas, and Colorado.
- Denver Metro
Chamber of Commerce (www.aescon.com/denver/):
A business coalition which provides it members with economic and
business trend information. CFMC’s gold membership provides
our organization networking opportunities, training for our
associates, and group buying power for products and services.
The Chamber supports the community through civic leadership and
programs, and acts as an advocate for business interests in
local, state, and federal legislative issues.
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Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
(www.krma.org/healthyimpact/):
To help reduce health disparities, the Colorado Foundation for
Medical Care, Rocky Mountain PBS, and the Anti-Defamation League are collaborating on Healthy Impact!—a two-year project that seeks to identify and expose the link between mental and physical health care discrepancies within vulnerable populations in Colorado through dialogue and education.
- American Cancer Society
(National)--www.cancer.org
Information on specific cancers, patient and family information,
guidelines for cancer detection and prevention, alternative
therapies, breast cancer network, and programs and events.
- American
Diabetes Association--www.diabetes.org/default.asp
Topics covered here include: What is diabetes?, Living with
diabetes, and information for teachers and child-care providers.
Also available is information on the ADA's research program and
legislative information.
- American Heart Association--www.amhrt.org
Access to consumer publications and research information about
heart disease and related topics. Includes a search engine.
- American Medical
Association --www.ama-assn.org
Home page of the American Medical Association, with access to
recent articles in the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) and other publications.
- American Public Health
Association--www.apha.org
The association’s web site contains information on membership,
conferences, and legislative updates. Users can access abstracts
from recent issues of the American Journal of Public Health.
- Healthfinder--www.healthfinder.org
A consumer health and human services information web site from
the United States government that leads you to selected on-line
publications, databases, web sites, support/self-help groups,
government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that provide
reliable information to the public.
- International
Organization for Standardization--www.iso.org
The source of ISO 9000 and more than 13 000 International
Standards for business, government and society.
- JCAHO--www.jcaho.org
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000
health care organizations in the United States, including more
than 5,200 hospitals and nearly 10,000 other health care
organizations.
- Managing Your
Diabetes Patient Education Program--www.lilly.com/diabetes/
Resources and information on diabetes, a diabetes management
education program, diabetes news and events, a question
submission/answer feature.
- National Association for Home
Care--www.nahc.org
Includes information on Medicare home health services,
meetings/conferences, publications, legislative/regulatory news,
consumer information, and links to state associations. The
association has an accessible database of over 28,100 home care
and hospice agencies.
- National Quality Forum
-- www.qualityforum.org
The National Quality Forum is a voluntary consensus
standards-setting body, created in 1999 as a unique
public-private partnership.
- National Stroke Association--www.stroke.org
Research and other information about strokes including
prevention advice. Includes links to products and services for
survivors and caregivers.
- Senior Sites--www.seniorsites.com
This site includes information to use when selecting a
non-profit housing facility, a search engine for a non-profit
housing community database, directory of national and state
senior housing associations, and other information on senior
housing resources.
Government
- Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality--www.ahrq.gov
Spanish/English site provides information on current research
findings and consumer health. Includes clinical information,
quality assessment, and a section dedicated to data and surveys.
- Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention--www.cdc.gov
Provides information and data on diseases, injuries, health
risks, and their prevention. Included are lists of publications,
software, and products. This site has multiple links to health
information and national organizations.
- Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) -- www.cms.hhs.gov
This site provides an overview of Medicare, Medicaid/Medi-Cal,
and Child Health Programs, including the most up-to-date
information and data on these topics.
- Department of Health and
Human Services--www.os.dhhs.gov
Spanish/English site that includes the latest news related to
health and health research, links to HHS agencies, and a search
engine for all federal HHS agencies.
- Medicare--www.medicare.gov
Spanish/English site with information about the new Medicare
Plus Choice program. Site also includes mechanism for getting
questions answered and information on many health issues
including fraud and abuse and nursing homes.
- National Cancer Institute
(NCI)--//rex.nci.nih.gov
Provides up-to-date news and information on cancer and the
programs and resources of the NCI for patients, the public, and
the media.
- National Committee for
Quality Assurance (NCQA)--www.ncqa.org
This site contains information on NCQA’s managed care quality
improvement activities, accreditation and the Health Plan
Employer Data and Information (HEDIS). Site also allows for
on-line searching regarding accreditation status of individual
health plans.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)--www.nih.gov
Provides overview of NIH, up-to-date news and events listings,
health resources, and links to organizations that make up the
NIH.
- Social Security Administration--www.ssa.gov
Spanish/English site with information on Social Security
benefits and Medicare eligibility, contacting the SSA, obtaining
necessary forms. "How-to" section on dealing with the
SSA also included.
- Standardized Data
Processing System--www.sdps.org
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