Industry Associations
American Hospital Association
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Through its representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters.
http://www.aha.org
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association
The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) is a broad-based trade association that represents 21 purchasing organizations. HIGPA's group purchasing members include for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, purchasing groups, associations, multi-hospital systems and healthcare provider alliances.
http://www.higpa.org
Healthcare Industry Group Purchasing Initiative
Nine of the nation’s leading GPOs, serving the majority of America’s hospitals, have come together to form the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) to promote and monitor best ethical and business practices in purchasing for hospitals and other healthcare providers. The goal of the Initiative is to assure ongoing adherence to published ethical and business practices.
http://healthcaregpoii.com
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. The Institute helps accelerate change in healthcare by cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and turning those ideas into action.
http://www.ihi.org
National Quality Forum
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a private, not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality measurement and reporting.
http://www.qualityforum.org/