Websites

American Hospital Directory
http://www.ahd.com
Without subscribing to the for-fee service, this site provides free hospital look-up with basic statistics.

Best Hospitals 
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/tophosp.htm 

DocInfo.org reports on physician disciplinary actions for a fee.

Federation of State Medical Boards
http://www.fsmb.org/directory_smb.html

HealthGrades 
http://www.healthgrades.com/
Grades the performances of hospitals, physicians, health plans, nursing homes and other health care facilities for a fee. 

Hospitals Worldwide
http://www.hospitalsworldwide.com

JCAHO Quality Check 
http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
http://www.jcaho.org/ 

NCQA 
http://www.ncqa.org/ 
NCQA is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to evaluate and report on the quality of the nation’s managed care organizations. 

Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs License Verification
http://www.licensepa.state.pa.us/Search.aspx

Hospital Compare from Health and Human Services
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

Databases

HealthSTAR/Ovid Healthstar : citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research.

Hoover's provides company and industry information.

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