Useful Websites

Listed in this section are various websites related to health care that providers may find useful.

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Federal Agencies

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• United States Department of Health & Human Services

Special Societies

Physician Specialty Societies

• Allergy

  • American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)

• Anesthesia

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

• Cardiology

  • American College of Cardiology (ACC)

• Dermatology

  • American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)

• Emergency Medicine

  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• Endocrinology

  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
  • The Endocrine Society

• Family Practice

  • American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

• Gastroenterology

  • American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
  • American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

• Geriatrics

  • American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

• Infectious Diseases

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

• Internal Medicine

  • American College of Physicians (ACP)
  • American College of Physicians (ACP) – Hawaii Chapter

• Neurology and Neurosurgery

  • American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
  • American Neurological Association (ANA)
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

• Oncology

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

• Ophthalmology

  • The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS)
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
  • American College of Eye Surgeons/American Board of Eye Surgery (ACES/ABES)
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
  • American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)

• Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
  • American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine (AAOM)
  • The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
  • The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)

• Osteopathy

  • American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP)
  • The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS)
  • American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI)
  • American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)
  • American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG)
  • American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO)
  • American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

• Otolaryngology

  • The American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA)
  • American Laryngological Association (ALA)
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)

• Pain Medicine

  • The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)

• Pathology

  • General

    • College of American Pathologists (CAP)
    • American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

  • Anatomic/Surgical Pathology

    • American Society of Cytopathology (ASC)

  • Clinical

    • American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)

  • Dermatopathology

    • The American Society of Dermatopathology

• Pediatrics

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  • American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research (APS/SPR)
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics – Hawaii Chapter (HAAP)

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)

• Podiatry

  • American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS)
  • American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)

• Pulmonology

  • American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP)
  • American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

• Psychiatry

  • American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  • American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
  • American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)
  • Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association (HPMA)

• Radiology

  • American College of Radiology (ACR)
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  • Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
  • Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)

• Rheumatology

  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

• Sleep Medicine

  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

• Surgery

  • General

    • American College of Surgeons (ACS)
    • Hawaii Chapter – The American College of Surgeons (ACS)

  • Hand

    • American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)

  • Oral-Maxillofacial

    • The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ACOMS)

  • Pediatric

    • The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)

  • Plastic

    • The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)
    • American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)

  • Thoracic

    • American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

  • Vascular

    • Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

• Urology

  • American Urological Association (AUA)
  • American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. (AACU)

Non-physician Professional Societies

• Audiology

  • American Board of Audiology (ABA)

• Dentistry

  • American Dental Association (ADA)

• Nurses

  • American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • Hawaiʻi Nurses’ Association (HNA)
  • Premier Nurses Academy (CNA)

• Occupational Therapy

  • The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)

• Pharmacy

  • American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
  • American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)

• Physical Therapy

  • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

• Psychology

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

• Public Health

  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • Hawaiʻi Public Health Association (HPHA)

• Speech Therapy

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Medical Associations

• Medical Associations – National

  • American Medical Association (AMA)

• Medical Associations – Regional

  • Hawaii Medical Association (HMA)
  • Honolulu County Medical Society (HCMS)
  • Maui County Medical Society
  • Hawaii Independent Physicians Association

Hawaii Government Agencies

• Health-related Government Agencies

  • Hawaiʻi State Department of Health
  • Executive Office on Aging – State of Hawaiʻi

Hawaii Hospitals

• Hospital Online Sites

  • Castle Medical Center

  • Hawaii Health Systems Corporation

    • From this website, you can link to home pages for most of the state hospitals.

  • Hawaiʻi Pacific Health

    • Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children
    • Kauai Medical Clinic
    • Pali Momi Medical Center
    • Straub Clinic & Hospital
    • Wilcox Memorial Hospital
  • Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH)
  • Kuakini Health System
  • North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH)
  • The Queen’s Medical Center
  • Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific
  • Wahiawa General Hospital

Coding Resources

• Professional Coding Credentialing Associations

  • American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
  • American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

Other Sites

• Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Resources

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
  • The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

• Health Care Plans

  • HMSA providers participating in TRICARE can find the latest news about the program, sign up for upcoming provider seminars, register to file claims electronically, and download forms at TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

• Health Care Sites

  • The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
  • Hawaii Health Information Corporation (HHIC)
  • The Leapfrog Group has posted a compendium of various patient safety and pay-for-performance incentive programs nationwide.

• Quality Improvement Organizations

  • The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO)
  • National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
  • NCQA Quality Profiles

• Online References

  • Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, see Electronic Orange Book updated regularly by FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).
  • Drug Reference, see Physicians’ Desk Reference.
  • To research a drug that has been approved by the FDA, see Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug Products

Publications

• Hawaii Medical Journal & Public Health

To notify HMSA that a link no longer works or to suggest that a website be added, please email us at PRC@HMSA.com. HMSA will review all websites for appropriateness.

Because Internet addresses change frequently, additions and deletions are not tracked in the revision section at the bottom of this document.

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