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Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Formerly the Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, AHRQ research provides information on health care outcomes, quality, cost, use and access. |
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Center for Disease Control -National Center for Health Statistics
The Fast A to Z link on this web site will take the user directly to statistics on a wide range of issues, including nursing home care. It also leads the user to more comprehensive data on that particular issue. This site provides access to the stati |
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS maintains oversight of the survey and certification of nursing homes and continuing care providers (including home health agencies, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, and hospitals), and provides information about survey acti |
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DIA
Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Health Facilities Division |
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Direct Care Worker Registry, Iowa
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Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
The site makes the following report available: Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being. This report covers 31 key indicators of aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families in population, economics, health status, health risk |
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Healthfinder
healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the bes |
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Institute of Medicine
Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. |
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Iowa Board of Nursing
Online License Center |
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Iowa Board of Pharmacy
The Board is responsible for regulating the practice of pharmacy and the legal distribution and dispensing of prescription drugs and precursor substances throughout the State. |
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Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
The Mission of the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs is: "To provide advocacy, educational, and prevention services to older Iowans so they can find Iowa a healthy, safe, productive, and enjoyable place to live and work. " |
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Iowa Department of Human Services
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Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Professional Licensure
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Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
IFMC is an innovative industry leader at the forefront of providing care management, quality improvement and information management services. |
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Iowa General Assembly- Iowa Administrative Code
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Iowa Health FOCUS Newsletter
Iowa Department of Public Health's Iowa Health monthly e-newsletter. |
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Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, Medical Assistance Services, Bureau of Long Term Care
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Iowa Person Directed Care Forum
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Iowa Sex Offender Registry
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Medicare
The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare |
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Medline Plus
Along with comprehensive coverage of over 600 Health Topics, it also contains nightly newswire updates, interactive tutorials with sound and pictures, medical encyclopedia, drug information, directories of health facilities and professionals, and mor |
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National Institute on Aging
NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging resear |
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National Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine - As the world's largest medical library and the creator of MEDLINE®, NLM provides information about Library's programs, services, historical collection, links to NLM online services, specialized NLM Web databases, and mu |
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Nursing Home STAR Site, NHQI
This site allows facilities to set targets for the following quality measures: physical restraints, high-risk pressure ulcers, depression, chronic care pain, post acute care pain, and post acute care pressure ulcers. Registered nursing homes can view |
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Sharing Innovations in Quality (SIQ)
The Sharing Innovations in Quality (SIQ) website is an electronic library of resources for long term care. It includes summaries of clinical standards and guidelines useful to professionals in the nursing home setting. In addition, the site contains |
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US Administration on Aging, The
The Administration on Aging (AoA), an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of the nation's largest providers of home- and community-based care for older persons and their caregivers. Their mission is to promote the digni |
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US Food and Drug Administration, Medical Device Reporting
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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