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Disease Management Organizations:

The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium & Advisory Council is by far the largest source of contracting assistance in disease and population management today. www.dismgmt.com

Related Journals:

Disease Management is the official journal of the Disease Management Association of America. www.liebertpub.com/dis

Disease Management & Health Outcomes provides practical information on the latest developments in disease management and health outcomes assessment. www.adisonline.com/dmo

Disease Management News is a unique one-stop source of competitive business intelligence on every aspect of the disease management field.
www.nhionline.net/products/dmn.htm

Managed Care Interface was the first peer-reviewed journal for the managed care industry. www.medicomint.com/default.asp

Research in Healthcare Financial Management advances research, education and practice in healthcare financial management and related professions throughout the world. www.rhfm.org

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice aims to promote the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. All aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate are of interest to the Journal whether studied from a population-based or individual patient-centred perspective.

www.blackwellpublishing.com/jecp

Accreditation Organizations:

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) is the original multidiscipline accreditation organization to focus exclusively on ambulatory health care and serves as an advocate for the provision and documentation of high quality health services in ambulatory health care organizations. www.aaahc.org

Other Healthcare Related Consulting Service:

Apgar & Associates, LLC is an excellent resource for quality consulting in the areas of security, privacy, HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and other related federal and state regulations. www.apgarandassoc.com

Software Products:

StatsDirect is a comprehensive statistical package that is intuitive and easy to use without having to read the instructions. For MS Excel users this program will be second nature. I particularly like the Meta-Analysis features that this program provides. www.StatsDirect.com

Forecast Pro is a the leading forecasting software for professionals in sales, marketing, finance and manufacturing. Analyses that used to take me hours, can now be performed in minutes. However, a fundamental understanding of time-series analysis is still needed to interpret the results. www.ForecastPro.com

Resampling Stats is a great bootstrapping program that runs in Excel. It is very user-friendly and provides nice graphs. www.resample.com

XL-Stat is another easy-to-use statistical software package that operates in the Excel environment. It includes many different modules and I particularly like the reports that it generates. www.xlstat.com