Links
New Dimensions Healthcare Consulting, LLC has compiled a listing for many of the links of organizations that support or provide information that effect our industry. We felt it necessary to compile a comprehensive list to give you complete industry information at your fingertips. Click here to set this helpful page as your homepage. (Internet Explorer only)
- AARP Topics in Medicare
- Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A biweekly newsmagazine, committed to securing the future of OT by preserving the record of its unique contribution to allied health, educating others to understand that contribution, and helping therapists enhance their impact on the health care industry.
- Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants: A national, biweekly publication reporting on advances in research, reimbursement, political and clinical news in an attractive, user-friendly format.
- Advance for Rehabilitation Directors: From practical treatment advice to the industry's hottest trends, ADVANCE for Directors in Rehabilitation is the source for current information in rehabilitation. Easy-to-comprehend articles cover a broad spectrum of rehab issues, including wound care, sports medicine, chronic pain, hand therapy, mobility and long-term care.
- Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists: A weekly publication, reporting on up-to-the-minute developments, the latest technology, and current trends in audiology and speech-language pathology.
- Alzheimer's Association: A voluntary health organization dedicated to finding preventions, treatments and, eventually, a cure for Alzheimer dementia.
- American Academy of Audiology: The world's largest professional organization of, for and by audiologists.
- American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists: A global resource for orthotics and prosthetics information.
- American Association of Retired Persons: A nonprofit membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing their needs and interests.
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging: Committed to advancing the vision of healthy, affordable, ethical aging services for America.
- American Health Care Association: Representing the long-term care community to the nation at large -- to government, business leaders, and the general public.
- American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association: Providing active advocacy about what people with disabilities need in their medical rehabilitation recovery.
- American Music Therapy Association: Advances public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.
- American Occupational Therapy Association: Advances the quality, availability, use, and support of occupational therapy through standard-setting, advocacy, education, and research on behalf of its members and the public.
- American Physical Therapy Association: The mission of the APTA is to further the profession's role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of movement dysfunctions and the enhancement of the physical health and functional abilities of members of the
- American Society of Hand Therapists: Advances the specialty of hand therapy through communication, education, research and the establishment of clinical standards.
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Ensuring that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate more effectively.
- Audiology Foundation of America: Committed to fostering the education and training of audiologists to meet the needs of the public, especially those with impaired hearing.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with its vision to become the most energized, efficient, customer friendly Agency in the government.
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities: A private, not-for-profit organization that accredits programs and services in Adult Day Services, Assisted Living, Behavioral Health, Employment and Community Services, and Medical Rehabilitation.
- Gerontological Society of America: Promoting the conduct of multi- and interdisciplinary research in aging by expanding the quantity of and improving the quality of gerontological research, and by increasing its funding resources and to disseminate gerontological research knowledge to researchers, to practitioners, and to decision and opinion makers.
- Human Resources Community Home Page: Human Resources information: articles, interviews, reviews, journals, journal collections and more.
- Inc.com—Human Resources Articles: Articles on benefits and compensation, employment regulation and policy, managing employees, and personnel administration.
- International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals: Unites rehabilitation professionals across North America and beyond to promote the availability of effective, interdisciplinary services for persons with disabilities.
- International Association for Human Resource Information Management: Your link to the unique world of HR information management, systems issues, trends, and technology.
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations: Aims 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.
- Journal of Wound Care: Contains both the current issue and full Journal of Wound Care archive material from 1999, thereby giving you access to the most up-to-date practice, research and review articles in the discipline of wound management and tissue viability.
- Medicare - Nursing Home Compare: Providing detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Outreach Toolkit: Designed to equip community-level organizations with the materials needed to provide clear, accurate information and assistance to their clients on the Medicare prescription drug coverage. The toolkit is developed with basic, straightforward information that can be easily conveyed to beneficiaries.
- National Association of Rehabilitation Providers and Agencies: Represents the interests of Medicare-certified rehabilitation agencies and multidisciplinary rehabilitation businesses that treat Medicare patients.
- National Association for the Support of Long Term Care: Providing a national communication forum, advocacy, and legislative and regulatory representation for executives and their associated businesses.
- National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy: A not-for-profit credentialing agency that provides certification for the occupational therapy profession.
- National Board for Respiratory Care: A voluntary health certifying board which was created in 1960 to evaluate the professional competence of respiratory therapists.
- National Center for Assisted Living: The assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the nation’s largest organization representing long term care.
- National Institute on Aging: Leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.
- National Rehabilitation Association: The oldest and strongest advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities, committed to providing advocacy, awareness and career advancement for professionals in the fields of rehabilitation.
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association: Educates and empowers survivors of spinal cord injury and disease through a toll-free help-line, nationwide chapters and support groups to achieve and maintain higher levels of independence.
- National Stroke Association: Dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of stroke — to save lives, improve quality of care and increase patient outcomes.
- Office for Civil Rights—HIPAA: Medical privacy - national standards to protect the privacy of personal health information.
- PT Manager: The rehabilitation leadership and management electronic community.
- Society for Human Resource Management: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management.
- Therapy Information Services, Inc.: Provides quality CEUs to healthcare professionals.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Allows the DHS to improve the administration of benefits and immigration services for applicants by exclusively focusing on immigration and citizenship services.
- United States Department of Labor
- Workforce: Focused on providing management information and marketing services to human resources (HR) professionals.
- Wound Care Information Network : The premiere Internet site for free and unbiased wound care information.