Master
of Health Services Administration
The Master of Health Services Administration program is designed to meet the needs of health care professionals and others in health services support industries who wish to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to assume mid-level and executive level managerial positions in health services organizations. The health services administration program prepares students to manage and direct the business aspects of healthcare. Specific careers for which this degree can help students prepare, as identified by the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration (ACEHSA), include: hospital administrators, healthcare managers, managed healthcare plan coordinators, and administrators in short- and long-term care facilities.
http://www.strayer.edu/academic_step5.cfm?prog_id=4621EE37-BFAF-4E59-B3C4E06FBF6463F8
The Strayer University
Library
The Strayer University Library offers resources in a variety
of formats to support your classroom assignments and research including basic
print collections of Circulating and Reference books, Periodicals and
Newspapers. Reserve items include selected books, CD-ROMS and Directed Research
Papers. Many other resources are available to you through the entire Strayer
Library system, as well as extensive online resources. Tours and Orientation
sessions about the LRC are also available, and if you have a question, don’t
hesitate to ask! Ask
Your Librarian
http://studentserver.strayer.edu/CONT_STD/LIBS/libs2.htm
Strayer Library Online Public Access Catalog. The print resources owned by all campus LRCs can be located by title, author, subject, class code, and other indexes. Circulating items may be requested for delivery from one campus to another through the LRC staff.
http://studentserver.strayer.edu/CONT_STD/LIBS/libs2.htm
University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)
Strayer students and faculty can access the online catalog of over 400,000 volumes in the UAH Salmon Library and may borrow books directly from their collection. Access is also available to their electronic book collection. Access is limited to currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty. Note: Students please use your phone number + pin as your login ID. For example, if your phone number is 111-222-3333 and your pin is 9999, then your ID will be: 11122233339999.
http://libsys.uah.edu/strayer/
Faculty
please contact your Campus Dean's Office for login ID information
ONLINE DATABASES
The Strayer University
Library offers a number of electronic resources to complement
the print materials available in the campus Learning Resources Centers
(LRCs). Some online databases are available only to students registered
in a Strayer University class. Most online databases can be accessed from
either your home or office computer, while some of the databases are available
only from computers at a campus.
Academic Search
Premier
Academic
Search Premier
is a multi-discipline database. It provides abstracts and indexing for nearly
4,450 scholarly journals and contains full text for nearly 3,500 peer-reviewed
journals. The database covers subjects such as social sciences, humanities,
education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts &
literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. http://studentserver.strayer.edu/CONT_STD/LIBS/authen.htm
Journal List:
http://www.epnet.com/maglists/maglist.htm
Business Source Premier
As the
world’s largest full text business database, Business Source
Premier
provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full
text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes
virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full
text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back
as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. See “Health Business” for Journal List: http://www.epnet.com/maglists/maglist.htm
Electric
Library. A comprehensive reference tool including hundreds of popular
magazines and scholarly journals in full text, dozens of current newspapers and
news wires, thousands of televisions and radio transcripts (NPR, PBS, and ABC news programs, etc.) as well as thousands of photographs and
maps. It provides searchable access to
many U.S. and international news sources, including newspapers, wire services,
and government transcripts (e.g. Congressional testimony). http://studentserver.strayer.edu/CONT_STD/LIBS/authen.htm
America’s Health
Insurance Plans (AHIP)
http://www.ahip.org/
A joint Web site reflecting the merger of these two associations who provide
health insurance coverage for more than 200 million Americans.
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
http://www.ache.org/
Publishers of the bimonthly publication Journal of
Healthcare Management. http://voyager.library.hbs.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v2=1&Search_Arg=ISSN+"1096-9012"&SL=None&Search_Code=CMD&CNT=25
American Group
Management Association
http://www.amga.org/
AMGA
advocates for the multi-specialty group practice model of health care delivery
and for the patients served by medical groups
American Health
Information Management Association
http://www.ahima.org/
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
American Hospital Association (AHA)
http://www.aha.org/aha/index.jsp
http://www.aha.org
American Medical Informatics Association
http://www.amia.org/
American Medical Association (AMA)
Comprised primarily of physicians dedicated to addressing all issues concerning
the nation's health status.
http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Public Health Association (APHA) http://www.apha.org/
Association of Schools of Public Health -- site of ASPH http://www.asph.org/
Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS)
http://www.himss.org
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) On going initiatives and national library of healthcare indicators http://www.jcaho.org/
National Academy for State Health Policy includes the Medicaid Managed Care Resource Center. http://www.nashp.org/ http://www.nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=72D40736-628C-11D6-BCF600A0CC558925
National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions includes a Search resource to help families find hospitals in their area, or hospitals with specific programs and services needed. http://www.childrenshospitals.net/
National Association of Insurance Commissioners helps consumers with access to state insurance regulators and important consumer information. http://www.naic.org/
National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Includes information specific to research contracts, including policies
governing the submission of contract proposals. Sponsors of the
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
and PubMed. http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/details/p/pubmedpi.html
National Coalition on Healthcare (NCHC) http://www.nchc.org/
The Coalition sponsors conferences and publishes policy papers on health care
topics such as citizens without healthcare, as well as the quality and cost of
medical care.
Pan American Health Organization http://www.nchc.org/
World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/
United NationsConcerned with worldwide health, this site presents policy
information, international healthcare statistics, and links to other
international healthcare sites.
HEALTH CARE
MANAGEMENT
Included here are sites dedicated to financial, administrative, and health care
industry topics.
IHPP's Health Policy Page Mega site
with links to Health Policy, Health Finance and Management, Rural Health and
Telemedicine, Health and Medical Publications http://www.gwu.edu/~ihpp/Hpolicy.html
The Health Care
Financing Administration has been renamed The Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services. Please click here to visit the new Website.
www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/medicaid.htm
State Children’s Insurance Program (SCHIP). http://www.hcfa.gov/init/children.htm See this site for information on these programs as well as the
Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). http://www.hcfa.gov/hipaa/hipaahm.htm
Healthcare Administration
http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/library/b_healthcare_administration.html
Alternative Health Care: Individual therapies are not listed in this
pathfinder. Most of the sites referenced below will link you to individual
therapies sites.
Healthcare Financial Management Association
(HFMA)
An organization for managers who are responsible for financial policy and
practice in healthcare-related fields such as hospitals, managed care
facilities, and insurance companies. http://www.hfma.org/
Alternative Medicine Home Page
Annotated links to sites http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
MedWeb MedWeb's answer to
alternative healthcare information. Wide ranging. http://www.medweb.emory.edu/medweb/
Health Statistics
Health, U.S.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ref. RA407.3 .H42, published annually
National trends, statistics, and tables.
FEDSTATS: Health
http://www.fedstats.gov/programs/health.html
International Health & National Health
Care Systems http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/guide3.html
Internet Grateful Med Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, a mega-site
with highest quality information.
National Center for Health Statistics site for tabulated state data and downloads of studies and reports. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National Library of Medicine Guide
to Internet Discovery Tools for Health Professionals, Librarians, and
Consumers
http://nnlm.gov/tools.html
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/
Library database (WHOLIS)
WHOLIS is the World Health Organization library database available on the web.
WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from
WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present. An
on-site card catalogue provides access to the pre-1986 technical documents.
http://www.who.int/library/database/index.en.shtml
A guide
to statistical information at WHO (WHOSIS)
http://www.who.int/research/en/
A guide to
epidemiological and statistical information available from WHO. Most WHO
technical programmes develop health-related epidemiological and statistical
information which they make available on the WHO website. The WHOSIS will help
you to find it.
http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Burden
of disease statistics http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm?path=whosis,burden_statistics&language=english
WHO
mortality database http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm?path=whosis,mort&language=english
Statistical
annexes of the World Health Report http://www.who.int/whr/2002/annex/en/
Statistics
by disease or condition http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Health
personnel http://www3.who.int/whosis/health_personnel/health_personnel.cfm?path=whosis,health_personnel&language=english
External
sources for health-related statistical information http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
United States Government
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
http://www.ahcpr.gov
Documents Center (University of Michigan) The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html
FedWorld Information Network (NTIS) http://www.fedworld.gov/
FirstGov On FirstGov.gov, you can
search millions of web pages from federal and state governments, the District
of Columbia and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on
commercial websites. FirstGov has the most comprehensive search of government
anywhere on the Internet.
http://www.firstgov.gov/
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/
Government Information Locator Service
(GILS) http://www.usgs.gov/gils/index.html
Health Care Financing Administration (for Medicare and Medicaid)
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/
Center for Disease Control (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
DisAbility.Gov Health includes Children, General Resources, Long-Term Services and Supports, Managed Care, Medicare and Medicaid, Minorities, Mental Health, Private Health Insurance, Specific Health Conditions and Disabilities, Substance Abuse, Women, Veterans, and Your Health Care Rights. http://disability.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do%3fparentFolderId=500
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/
FEDWORLD -- starting point for governmental resources on the web http://www.fedworld.gov/
Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/
Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch
Created in 1995 by a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization
National Cancer Institute (NCI) http://www.nci.nih.gov/
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative
Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov
Bibliographic citations from 1966 to the present related to complementary and
alternative medicine.
NHeLP National Health Law Program, working for justice in health care for low-income people http://www.healthlaw.org/
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/
Office of Public Health and Science (Department of Health and Human Services) http://www.osophs.dhhs.gov/ophs/