Please find below links to web sites with information that I have found to be very useful.  I would like to acknowledge the contribution of many colleagues, especially Jonathan Gaev, for providing these links.

Government Agencies

• US-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ): http://www.ahrq.gov
• US-Centers for Disease Control (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov
• US-Code of Federal Regulations: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
• US-Food and Drug Administration (FDA): http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
• US-National Institute of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov
• US-Environment Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/
• Health Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
• The Danish Healthcare Network (English and Danish): http://www.medcom.dk/english/index.htm
• UK Medical Device Agency: http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/mdahome.htm
• France: http://www.hosmat.fr/acceuil.htm
• Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration: http://www.health.gov.au/tga/

International Organizations

• International Organization for Standardization: http://www.iso.org
• World Health Organization: http://www.who.int
• Pan American Health Organization/Organización Panamericana de Salud: http://www.paho.org
• World Bank: http://www.worldbankgroup.org/

Medical Information Sources

• Grateful Med: http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
• Medical Articles (Medscape): http://www.medscape.com/
• Medline: http://medlineplus.adam.com/
• Search Service-National Library of Medicine (PubMed): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
• VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS): http://www.patientsafety.gov/
• National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF): http://www.NPSF.org/

Standards and Testing Organizations

• Underwriters Laboratories: http://www.ul.com/welcome.html
• Center for Telemedicine Law (CTL): http://www.ctl.org
• ECRI: http://www.ecri.org
• Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: http://www.jcaho.org/
• National Fire Prevention Agency: http://www.nfpa.org

Professional/Trade Associations

• Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed formerly HIMA): http://www.advamed.org/

• American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE): http://accenet.org

• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE): http://www.ache.org/

• American Hospital Association (AHA): http://www.aha.org

• American Institute of Architects: http://www.e-architects.com

• American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering: http://www.bmenet.org/BMEnet/societies/AIMBE/

• American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering: http://www.aimbe.org/

• American Medical Association (AMA): http://www.ama-assn.org

• American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE): http://www.ashe.org

• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management: http://www.ashrm.org/asp/home/home.asp

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM): http://www.astm.org

• Asociación Española para la Calidad (AEC): http://www.aec.es/

• Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación: http://www.aenor.es/

• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI): http://www.aami.org/

• Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM): http://www.ahrmm.org

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): http://www.apic.org/

• Association Française des Ingénieurs Biomédicaux/French Biomedical Engineering Association: http://www.afib.asso.fr/

• Associazione Italiana Ingegneri Clinici (AIIC): http://www.aiic.it

• Biomaterials Network: http://www.biomat.net/

• Biomechanics World Wide: http://www.per.ualberta.ca/biomechanics

• The Biomedical Engineering Network: http://www.bmenet.org/BMEnet/

• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/embs/

• European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association: http://www.edma-ivd.be

• Fachverband Biomedizinische Technik (Germany): http://www.fbmt.de/

• Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA): http://www.hida.org/

• Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE): http://www.ieee.org/

• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering: http://www.ifmbe.org/

• International Society for Technology Assessment in Healthcare: http://www.istahc.org/

• Medical Equipment & Technology Association (META): http://www.mymeta.org/

• National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA): http://www.nema.org/

• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA): http://www.rsna.org/

• Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS): http://www.raps.org/

• Sociedad Española de Informática de la Salud: http://www.seis.es/

• Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (Spanish and English): http://seib.uv.es

• Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria: http://www.semfyc.es/

• Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva: http://www.sepd.org/

• Sociedad Mexicana de Ingenieros Biomedicos: http://www.somib.org.mx

• South Africa's Clinical Engineering Association (KwaZulu-Natal branch): http://www.ceasa-kzn.org.za/

Periodicals

• Journal of Clinical Engineering

• Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology (AAMI)

• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

• Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (UK)

• Revista Mexicana de Ing. Biomédica

Discussion Listserv's

• BiomedTalk: BIOMEDTALK-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
• Infratech: INFRATECH@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG
• Patient Safety: PATIENTSAFETY-L@LISTSERV.NPSF.ORG
• Brazilian Clinical Engng: engeclinbr@yahoogrupos.com.br

Others

• Biomedlinks

NOTE: Please send me an e-mail if you find a broken link or want to add your web site to this list.  Thank you.

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