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CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL CARE NEEDS >Top
Non-Profit Resources-
Focus on Progress - Overview of Each State's CYSHCN Services
Focus on Progress provides a quick reference for sharing information with families, state and community programs, legislators, and other partners about community-based systems of services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).
- Special Needs Alert Program (SNAP) Information Packet
The Special Needs Alert Program (SNAP), developed by Delaware's EMSC Program in 2004, is now available in English & Spanish. SNAP is a pre-hospital notification program for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). When a child is registered in the program, first responders are alerted to the child's complete medical history. The prior knowledge of the medical history enables first responders to provide prompt and appropriate emergency care for the child. A home visit by EMS providers may be conducted as a means to introduce families to their local providers and to gather additional information.
DATA SOURCES >Top
National Data Sources
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**National Data Resources Suggested List**
Many organizations provide national data sources for injury, illness, death, and criminal justice data. Most of these datasets are accessible on the Internet. Some allow you to access pre-defined reports or query an existing database. Others allow you to download the data and calculate your own statistics. Some national repositories also provide state level information. Browse this page on our website for a list of national resources and how you can utilize them.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Data Sets
A significant amount of data covering multiple topics.
- Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Fatal Accident Reporting System. Police-collected crash data sponsored by NHTSA.
- Health Data for All Ages
This site presents tables that provide CDC health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. You can customize tables with any or all of the following characteristics: age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location.
- Inventory Of National Injury Data Systems
A list of 44 different federal data systems operated by 16 difference agencies and 3 private injury registry systems that provide nationwide injury-related data. Each data system is listed along with the agency or organization and associated web sites. You can get additional information about survey/surveillance methods and findings by clicking on the URL. Data systems are organized according by topic.
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
The mission of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is to facilitate research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.
- National Center for Health Statistics - Data Warehouse
Links to various data sources and datasets from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) CODES
NHTSA Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) website. Data and links to other sites.
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) State Data System
Crash information from 1990-1999.
- NREPP - National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.
- NVSS - Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System
The vital statistics general mortality data are a fundamental source of demographic, geographic, and cause-of-death information. This is one of the few sources of comparable health-related data for small geographic areas and a long time period in the United States.
- US Census FactFinder
Various demographic data according to geographic area. Multiple links and downloadable data.
International Data Sources
- APOLLO WP2: The Burden of Injuries in the EU
The aim of Apollo WP2 is to produce evidence relevant to European policy makers on the burden of injuries together with information on the efficiency of relevant injury prevention interventions.
- EU Injury Database
The Injury Database (IDB) is an internet database set up by DG SANCO under the Injury Prevention Programme in 1999, in order to provide central access to the data collected in the Member States under the EHLASS Programme (European Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System). IDB is the only data source in the EU that contains sufficient detail for developing preventive action against the rising tide of home and leisure accidents in Europe. The purpose of the IDB is to facilitate injury prevention in the Member States and at EU level - through trans-national aggregation and harmonization of data, and through reporting and benchmarking.
- International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics
The mission of the Injury ICE is to improve international comparability and quality of injury data. The ultimate aim is to provide the data needed to better assess the causes and consequences of injury, differences in injury occurrence over time and place, and the most effective means of prevention and control.
- Regional Core Health Data Initiative
The Regional Core Health Data Initiative includes 108 essential health indicators to quantitatively characterize the health situation of 48 countries and territories of the Region of the Americas for the period 1995-2005. With this Table Generator System, you can construct tables by any combination of indicator(s)/country(ies)/year(s).
Other Non-Profit Data Sources
- AHRQ/HCUP Injury Data
In collaboration with the Children’s Safety Network’s Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center (CSN EDARC) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center( WVU ICRC) is pleased to provide the following state-specific injury data tables.
- Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health provides online access to survey data that allows users to compare state, regional, and nationwide results – plus resources and personalized assistance for interpreting and reporting findings.
- Kids 'n Cars
Data resource that collects data on incidents involving child being backed over by vehicles in drveways and parking lots.
- National Survey of Children's Health - Data Resource Center
The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health is a project of the CAHMI supported by Cooperative Agreement 1-U59-MC06980-01 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources.
- StateHealthFacts.org
Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on over 500 health, health care, and health policy topics.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS >Top
Government Resources
- Lessons Learned Information Sharing
A secure, national, online network of Lessons Learned and Best Practices designed to help emergency response providers and homeland security officials prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. Recently, the site launched a new School Emergency Planning page. This page houses a wealth of resources on the topic of school emergency planning, including after-action reports, documents, templates, plans, related links, recent news, upcoming conferences, and more.
- Disaster Preparedness Exercises Addressing the Pediatric Population
Inclusion of infants and children in disaster drills and exercises is an essential component in preparedness efforts. The recently released Disaster Preparedness Exercises Addressing the Pediatric Population can assist organizations in preparing to treat critically ill or injured pediatric patients during an actual disaster or mass casualty incident. Developed by Illinois EMSC under the direction of the Pediatric Bioterrorism Work Group, Illinois Terrorism Task Force, this 30-page booklet includes several scenarios and tabletop exercise templates, as well as checklists, a list of resources, and information about the START and JumpSTART triage systems.
- Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness
A Resource for Pediatricians -This new comprehensive report serves as a practical resource that pediatricians can consult in planning for and responding to natural disasters and bioterrorist events. The accompanying 35-page summary highlights significant parts of the report for quick reference.
- Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources
Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide provides community planners—as well as planners at the institutional, State, and Federal levels—with information on planning for and responding to a mass casualty event (MCE).
- What's Your RQ?
Just how prepared is the entire nation for an emergency like a terrorist attack? And how prepared are you and your family for an emergency in your community, like a power outage, major weather conditions, or a natural disaster?
EMSC >Top
NRC
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EMSC National Resource Center (NRC)
The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program is a national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury.
State EMSC Sites
- California EMS for Children
This is the website for the California EMSC program within the California Emergency Medical Services Authority.
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital EMSC Program
The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMS-C) Education program is part of the Emergency Department at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
- Florida EMSC Program
EMSC has been active in the Florida EMS system for several years, with the help of a group of dedicated EMS and pediatric health care providers. The lead agency is the Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
- Kentucky EMS for Children Project
Kentucky EMS For Children Project (KYEMSC) is to assist EMS field providers to improve their pediatric skills and to become child advocates in the larger sense – by increasing public awareness of EMSC and by coalition building in local communities to increase the health and safety of the children of the Commonwealth.
- Mississippi EMSC for Children
Mississippi EMS strives to maintain and promote the highest standards of pre-hospital care for the citizens and visitors of Mississippi.
- Ohio EMSC for Children
Ohio EMSC, housed within the Division of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at the Ohio Department of Public Safety, was created to incorporate pediatric issues into all aspects of the EMS system.
State EMS Protocols
- Idaho
The state of Idaho has posted their off-line medical direction treatment guidelines, called Pediatric/Adult Patient Care Guidelines, on their website.
- Maine
This is the newest version of the Maine EMS Protocols (effective July 1, 2005). Printed copies are available for sale at a cost of $6.00 (+ .30 tax, if applicable) per copy, which includes postage.
- Maryland
The Maryland Medical Protocols for Emergency Medical Services Providers, Effective July 1, 2005. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
- New Jersey
Emergency Medical Dispatch Guidecards, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services.
- New York
Statewide Basic Life Support Adult & Pediatric Protocols EMT-B and AEMT, Effective August 1, 2003.
- North Carolina
Editable Procedure and Policy Documents & EMS Protocols Template.
- Washington
Washington State Department of Health Publications and Reports.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES >Top
Health and Safety Agencies
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA provides national leadership, program resources and services needed to improve access to culturally competent, quality health care.
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
MCHB strives for a society where children are wanted and born with optimal health, receive quality care and are nurtured lovingly and sensitively as they mature into healthy, productive adults.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The Institute plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated program of basic research, clinical investigations and trials, observational studies, and demonstration and education projects. Research is related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD
The mission of the NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability, and to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people through optimal rehabilitation.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH is the nation's medical research agency – making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives.
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The NIMH is the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. Their mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
- The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
The National Institute of Nursing Research supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span-from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, promoting quality of life in those with chronic illness, and care for individuals at the end of life.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research.
- National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) has served as a framework to guide occupational safety and health research - not only for The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) but for the entire occupational safety and health community.
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
GRANT WRITING >Top
Funding Opportunities
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ’s research agenda is designed to be responsive to the needs of consumers, patients, clinicians and other providers, institutions, plans, purchasers, and public policymakers for the evidence-based information they need to improve quality and outcomes, control costs, and assure access to needed services. This PA expresses AHRQ priority interests for ongoing extramural grants for research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation projects…
- Grants.gov
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that will have an unparalleled impact on the grant community.
- Grant Search & Information
Portal to a variety of grant information including possible funding sources.
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Maternal and Child Health Application Information includes program summaries, expected application availability, application deadline, projected award numbers and amounts and contacts.
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Funding opportunities thru the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
The overall goal of NIOSH is the prevention of illnesses, injuries, and deaths caused by hazards on the job. Recognizing the valuable contributions of extramural scientists and educators to this endeavor, NIOSH sponsors research and training through its extramural programs, which complement the Institute's intramural programs.
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD
Funding opportunities thru the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grants & funding opportunities thru the National Institutes of Health.
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Grant & funding opportunities available thru the National Institute of Mental Health.
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Research and funding opportunities thru the National Institute of Nursing Research.
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Securing funding for NIDA grants and contracts.
INJURY PREVENTION >Top
Research, Reduction, and Prevention
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
Some statistics on injury related visits to emergency departments. They are based on data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Resources to help cope with the aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech University
The AAP has assembled a collection of resources to help parents, teachers, students, schools, and pediatricians cope with the aftermath of this terrible event. Additional resources are provided on violence prevention, school safety, and promoting mental health. Please contact your pediatrician for more information.
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Database
A database of pediatric injury prevention and intervention programs. Links to a variety of online resources from websites to program materials.
- BoosterSeat.gov
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announces the availability of a new roll-call video, titled “Booster Seats – The Missing Link.” The goal of the video is to assist law enforcement agencies in enforcing booster seat use requirements now in effect in more than two-thirds of the states and the District of Columbia. The video provides details about the need for booster seat use, as well as moving personal accounts about booster seats (including longtime booster seat advocate Autumn Alexander Skeen), and suggestions for how best to enforce these new requirements.
- Childhood Agricultural Safety Network
The Childhood Agricultural Safety Network was formed to raise awareness and change behaviors to help keep children safer on the farm. Tractors are the leading cause of fatal injuries to children on farms. Downloadable posters, logos and fact sheets are available on this website.
- Children's Safety Network
CSN is a resource center for maternal and child health and injury prevention professionals in State and Territorial health departments who are committed to reducing injuries and violence among children and adolescents. CSN staff can offer expertise, resources, and contacts on any injury topic and can help you develop, implement, and evaluate injury and violence prevention activities.
- Centers for Disease Control - Global Road Safety Week 2007
Globally, people ages 0-25 years account for more than 40% of the nearly 1.2 million road traffic deaths that occur each year. Events will be hosted around the world with the slogan, “Road Safety is No Accident” to highlight the roles of individuals, organizations, governments and societies in road traffic safety.
- Centers for Disease Contol & Prevention (CDC) Data Sets
Specific injury information provided by the CDC.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Wonder
WONDER provides a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data.
- Consumer Products Safety Commission
Multiple publications on hazardous products and situations.
- Every 15 Minutes
The Every 15 Minutes Program offers real-life experience without the real-life risks. This emotionally charged program, entitled Every 15 Minutes, is an event designed to dramatically instill teenagers with the potentially dangerous consequences of drinking alcohol. This powerful program will challenge students to think about drinking, personal safety, and the responsibility of making mature decisions when lives are involved.
- Get on Board with Child Safety!
Get on Board with Child Safety! is a national injury prevention (IP) campaign spearheaded by the Dorel Juvenile Group's Safety 1st brand and the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). Its primary goal is to educate parents, caregivers, and consumers nationwide about the changes they can make to prevent unintentional injuries in and around the home and on the road.
- Harvard Injury Control Center
The primary focus of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center is on the interdisciplinary study of the causes and etiology of injury and its application for the development and evaluation of prevention and intervention strategies and policy.
- Infant Passenger Safety: Guidance for Parents
in consideration of the concerns parents and pediatricians may have about protecting infant passengers, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued “Infant Passenger Safety: Guidance for Parents."
- Intermountain Injury Control Research Center
The Intermountain Injury Control Research Center (IICRC) is a research facility at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated to reducing the incidence and severity of injury in public health.
- Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Center for Injury Research and Policy)
The Center for Injury Research and Policy is one of 12 injury centers funded, in large part, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center on Injury Prevention and Control.
- Make Roads Safe
Make Roads Safe is the campaign for global road safety. Every six seconds someone is killed or maimed on the world’s roads.
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) State Traffic Safety Information
A document relating motor vehicle crashes and our country.
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) EMS Outcomes Report
NHTSA final report on EMS outcomes. (Evidence-based medicine)
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) General Estimates System (GES)
Sample data of police crash records. (You will need to read the manual and download the data)
- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) National & State Fatality & Injury Data
Multiple documents specific to motor vehicle crashes.
- National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Disease
List of publications on different topics such as AIDS, TB, SARS, West Nile Virus.
- National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
Create your own maps online using their data.
- National Institutes of Health
This website serves as a launching point to find information from various topics. (Injuries & Wounds)
- National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Work in progress. Has some links and publication listings.
- National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS)
Work in progress. Has some links and publication listings.
- PECARN
PECARN conducts research on the prevention and management of acute illnesses & injuries in children & youth of all ages.
- PA Violence and Injury Prevention Program
The purpose of the Violence and Injury Prevention Program is to prevent deaths and disability from intentional and unintentional injury through assessing the incidence of injury and developing programs to reduce injury risks. Services are provided through a contracting process with state and local agencies. Violence and Injury Prevention Program services include injury surveillance systems and data use, training, and prevention and education programs.
- RAMS (Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies)
BLM (Bureau of Land Management)- RAMS provides a consistent process for developing prevention and fuels management programs through mapping flora-biosurveillance.
- Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under.
- State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA)
The State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) is a national non-profit 501c3 organization of professionals committed to strengthen the ability of state, territorial and local health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injury and violence.
- SafetyLit
Injury Prevention Literature Update - an online source for recent research about injury prevention.
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current injury, illness, and fatality data.
- US Geological Society (USGS)
Map recent earthquakes throughout the country. (Interactive)
- Youth Suicide
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Website on Youth Suicide: Suicide (i.e., taking one’s own life) is a serious public health problem that affects even young people. For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death. It results in approximately 4600 lives lost each year. The top three methods used in suicides of young people include firearm (47%), suffocation (37%), and poisoning (8%).
PATIENT SAFETY >Top
Government Resources
- 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Medical errors can occur at many points in the health care system, particularly in hospitals. These 10 tips for hospitals resulted from findings resulting from studies by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which has funded more than 100 patient safety projects since 2001.
- Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research
Simulation provides a safe environment for health care practitioners, teams, and systems to improve the safety of health care without placing patients at risk. These projects will inform providers, health educators, payers, policymakers, patients, and the public about the effective use of simulation in improving patient safety.
- Medical Errors & Patient Safety
AHRQ has devoted an entire section of its web site to serve as an online clearinghouse for patient safety resources. Here you will find, among other things: (1) Mortality and Morbidity Rounds on the Web, an online journal and forum on patient safety and health care quality that features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by its readers and interactive learning modules on patient safety and (2) the Patient Safety Network, a web resource that provides recent research and timely publications, educational videos, as well as upcoming conferences on patient safety.
- Patient Safety News
FDA Patient Safety News is a televised series for health care personnel, carried on satellite broadcast networks aimed at hospitals and other medical facilities across the country. It features information on new drugs, biologics and medical devices, on FDA safety notifications and product recalls, and on ways to protect patients when using medical products.
- TeamSTEPPS
TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based teamwork system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and other teamwork skills among healthcare professionals. TeamSTEPPS includes a comprehensive suite of ready-to-use materials and training curricula necessary to successfully integrate teamwork principles into all areas of your healthcare system.
Other Resources
- National Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation is the indispensable resource for individuals and organizations committed to improving the safety of patients.
PEDIATRICS >Top
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT >Top
General
- A Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement for Emergency Medical Services Systems
This "Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems" was developed to serve as a template for EMS managers who want to establish and maintain a program for continuously monitoring and improving the quality of patient care and support services in all parts of the EMS system. It encourages EMS leaders to integrate continuous quality improvement practices as essential parts of normal EMS routines. Published July, 1997.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
- Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement
To rise to the challenge of the international quality revolution, the Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement (CQPI), a research center, was founded in October of 1985 by Professor George E.P. Box and the late Professor William G. Hunter at the University of Wisconsin.
- Institute of Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization driving the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care. Founded in 1991 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, IHI offers comprehensive products and services.
- Online Quality Resource Guide
A portal to a directory of management improvement related sites - hosted by Clemson University.
- President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
The President`s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry completed its work on March 12, 1998... The Commission was created by President Clinton to "advise the President on changes occurring in the health care system and recommend such measures as may be necessary to promote and assure health care quality and value, and protect consumers and workers in the health care system."
- The Quality Tools Cookbook
The aim of the Quality Tools Cookbook is to provide a free, comprehensive, reference to the quality tools for students, faculty, or anyone on the Internet who may find it useful (Ferris State University).
RESEARCH >Top
National Organizations
- Clinical Research Guide (NHLBI, NIH, DHHS)
Preparing, submitting and managing a clinical research award can be challenging. This site is designed to guide potential investigators in organizing a clinical research application and to provide information on conducting a study and maintaining an award.
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. All of our programmatic efforts are aimed at improving the lives of individuals with disabilities from birth through adulthood.
- MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
- PubMed (Medline)
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Other Resources
- Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
The mission of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative is to ensure that children, youth and families are at the center of quality measurement and improvement efforts in order to advance a high quality consumer-centered health care system.
- Merck Manual
A series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers. As a service to the community, the content of "The Manuals" is now available in enhanced online versions as part of The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library.
- Milbank Memorial Fund
The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed operating foundation that works to improve health by helping decision makers in the public and private sectors acquire and use the best available evidence to inform policy for health care and population health.
SOFTWARE VENDORS >Top
EMS Data Collection Software
- NEMSIS Compliant Software
NEDARC encourages organizations to use EMS data collection software that is compliant with the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS). Visit this site to view packages that are both gold and silver compliant with the new national standard.
TRAFFIC SAFETY >Top
General
- BoosterSeat.gov
U.S. Department of Transportation's Buckle Up America & Boosterseat.gov website.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
- NHTSA Survey on the Usage of Booster Seats!
The findings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) first-ever National Survey on the Usage of Booster Seats (NSUBS) are now posted. The study is NHTSA’s first formal foray into the development of a reliable scientific estimate of booster seat use in the U.S. Three “Research Notes” analyzing and describing the NSUBS results are posted:
A fourth Research Note, Preliminary Data Indicate That Booster Seat Laws Increase Child Safety Seat Use, has been published in conjunction with the NSUBS findings. The NSUBS’ primary purpose is to estimate booster seat use among 4- to 7-year-olds, but it also collects very rich information on the restraint use of all children under age 13, and on race/ethnicity results on restraint use among all ages. In particular, the NSUBS provides the best data to date on the premature graduation of children age 0-12 to restraint types that are inappropriate for their height or weight.
- Guidelines for Developing Traffic Safety Education Materials for Spanish-speaking Audiences (pdf)
The Children’s Safety Network (CSN) is pleased to offer a new document, “Guidelines for Developing Traffic Safety Education Materials for Spanish-speaking Audiences”. The guidelines – which address planning, creating, disseminating, and evaluating educational materials – are designed for organizations seeking to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate traffic safety educational materials for Latinos.
- Utah CODES - Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) funded Utah, along with six other states, to conduct probabilistic record linkage, a method for combining databases, to study motor vehicle crashes in conjunction with other healthcare databases.
TRAUMA >Top
General
- American Trauma Society (ATS)
The American Trauma Society (ATS) is a leading spokes organization for trauma care and trauma prevention in the United States.
- The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC)
The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) offers free and low-cost trauma training and technical assistance to publicly-funded programs and systems. NCTIC also provides education and outreach, a speakers bureau, and resources to stimulate and support change to address the trauma experienced by so many survivors.
- The National Trauma Databank
The NTDB is the largest aggregation of trauma registry data ever assembled. It contains over 1.5 million records from trauma centers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The goal of the NTDB is to inform the medical community, the public, and decision makers about a wide variety of issues that characterize the current state of care for injured persons.
- The National Trauma Registry Dataset (NTR)
Offering technical assistance on the implementation and tracking of the new standardized National Trauma Registry Dataset.
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