Northeast Region Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Regions of WOCN: WOCN : Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society - Home Page Pacific Coast Region WOCN : Home Page for ET Nurses Western Pennsylvania Region WOCN : Home Page for ET Nurses SouthEast Region WOCN : Home Page for ET Nurses Government Web Sites: Centers for Disease Control : The Nation's Prevention Agency Department of Health & Human Services : The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Food and Drug Administration : The Nation's Foremost Consumer Protection Agency Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) : The federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Programs. Healthfinder : Gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government. 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International Ostomy Association : An organization offering support and education to ostomates. It publishes the Ostomy International journal and the IOA News JCAHO : The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The purpose is to inform the public; the health care community; and purchasers, employers, and unions about the Joint Commission, its services, and its products. Lahey Clinic Continence Center : We are committed to providing high quality evaluation and compassionate treatment for all types of urinary incontinence. Medscape : Medscape is the leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial Web service for clinicians and consumers. At our site you will find thousands of articles that are Web-enhanced for online browsing. The articles can also be easily downloaded if you prefer to do your reading offline. National Association For Continence (NAFC) : National Association For Continence, formerly Help for Incontinent People, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence. NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source of education, advocacy and support to the public and to the health professional about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence. National Association for Home Care (NAHC) : HomeCare On-line the virtual headquarters of the National Association for Home Care (NAHC). National Health Information Center (NHIC) : A health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. Oncology Nursing Society Online (ONS) : The ONS is a national organization of more than 27,000 registered nurses and other healthcare professionals dedicated to excellence in patient care, teaching, research, administration and education in the field of oncology. PharmWeb : The first hierarchical information resource on the Internet for pharmaceutical and health-related information. Telemedicine Information Exchange : The global navigation tool for telemedicine information. United Ostomy Association, Inc. : The UOA is a volunteer-based health organization dedicated to assisting people who have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversion. 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