HEA 4493: Health Project Based Internship

The websites listed on this guide will assist you in finding information on various issues in the health care world, including statistical data, relevant organizations, and health services research.

Health Care Professional Organizations

• American College of Healthcare Executives
   
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

Project-Specific Organizations

• Kings County Hospital
   
• McDonald’s Corporate and Investor Relations
   
• Ronald McDonald House New York

Volunteer Organizations

• New York Cares: Meets pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service.
   
• NYC Service: NYC Service, a division of the Office of the Mayor, launched in April 2009 in response to President Barack Obama's national call for volunteerism and a goal of engaging 100 million Americans in service by 2020.

HSR Information Central (HSRIC)
A research portal of health services research resources providing links to data, funding announcements, reports, podcasts, and more from multiple centers of the Natonal Library of Medicine (NLM).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Their mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable. Look for the tabs on "research tools," "data," and "health information."

Health Statistics

• American Cancer Society: Pediatric Cancer Facts/Statistics
   
• CDC Data and Statistics: Disease/ Geographic Data
   
• CureSearch for Children's Cancer: Childhood Cancer Statistics
   
• National Cancer Institute: Cancer Stat Fact Sheets
   
• National Center for Health Statistics
   
• State Health Facts: Statistics broken down by state

Industry Statistics (general)

• American FactFinder: This website helps you explore data from the U.S. Census in the form of maps, tables, and reports.
   
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: BLS collects, analyzes, and disseminates essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. 

Non-Profit Statistics

• BLS Industries at a Glance: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Orgs: The Bureau of Labor Statistic's industry overview for the nonprofit industry.
   
• BLS: Volunteering in the United States: Bureau of Labor Statistic's Economic News Releases on volunteering in the United States.
   
• National Center for Charitable Statistics: The national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.

Consider the following criteria and questions when looking at any source...especially information on the web!