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World Homecare and Hospice Organization (WHHO)
The World Homecare and Hospice Organization (WHHO) is a dynamic network of global leaders and organizations dedicated to the interests of all patients, providers, home care associations, public and private sector agencies, hospices, and personal services practitioners. Responding to a worldwide need, key leaders in home care and hospice came together to formulate and advance the concept of an international clearinghouse as a forum for communication, business development, as well as information and technology sharing. WHHO is the result of that vision.
WHHO, a culturally and socioeconomically diverse worldwide association of providers and organizations involved in delivering health, hospice, and social services, exponentially raises global awareness about and quality associated with client-centered home care and hospice services.
U.S.A.
NAHC (National Association for Home Care and Hospice)
NAHC is the nation's largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, home care aide organizations, and medical equipment suppliers. Simply put, NAHC is the one organization dedicated to making home care and hospice providers lives easier.
From professional development to fighting for better regulation, from knowing all angles of federal and state regulations to providing the latest information affecting home care and hospice, NAHC stands ready to serve your needs, enabling you to better serve your patients.
American Academy of Home Care Physicians
http://www.aahcp.org/index.shtml
Since 1988, the American Academy of Home Care Physicians has served the needs of thousands of physicians and related professionals and agencies interested in improving care of patients in the home.
Academy Board member volunteers and members work to reduce barriers and enhance practice education. Notable successes include: fostering increased reimbursement, sponsoring multiple educational and scientific seminars, and providing the practice community with a variety of helpful publications.Academy members include home care physicians – physicians who make house calls, care for homebound patients, act as home health agency medical directors, or who refer patients to home care agencies. Specialties include internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry, emergency medicine, and more.
The Academy welcomes student affiliates, and corporate sponsor-members from a variety of fields of interest.
American Association for Home Care (AAHC)
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) works to strengthen access to healthcare in the homes of millions of Americans. Woven from the fabric of the American family, homecare is shaping our healthcare future. AAHomecare is the only national association that represents every line of service in the homecare community, including home health and home medical equipment providers, respiratory and infusion therapy, telemedicine, telehealth, rehab and assistive technology, and hospice.
Representing more than 3,000 member locations nationwide, AAHomecare advances the value and practice of quality, cost-effective healthcare services where patients prefer them — at home. The association advocates on behalf of the entire homecare community in legislative and regulatory arenas and provides information and education forums for members.Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
The mission of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC)
http://www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/dadhc
The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) is responsible for improving service delivery and providing opportunities for older people and people with a disability to assist them to participate fully in community life and to improve their quality of life.
Home Health Information Resource for Medicare
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/hha
This Home Health web page has been developed to incorporate all Home Health specific information in one place. We will continue to add information to this page as it becomes available, and hope to improve both functionality and formatting to make the page more user-friendly.
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services -- Home Health Comparehttp://www.medicare.gov/HHCompare/Home.asp?dest=NAV|Home|Search#TabTop
This section gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies that were certified as of January 2003.
CANADA
Canadian Home Care Association
The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) is a national not-for-profit membership Association dedicated to ensuring the availability of accessible, responsive home care and community supports which enable people to stay in their homes with safety, dignity and quality of life.
The CHCA represents over 600 organizations involved in home and community care across Canada. Our members include representatives from publicly funded home care programs, federal government, provincial and territorial governments, not-for-profit and proprietary service providers, consumers, equipment suppliers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, researchers, educators and others with an interest in home care.
Through ongoing dialogue, publications, and position papers we act as the national voice and promote excellence in home care through leadership, awareness and knowledge to shape strategic directions.
Australia
Ambulatory Care Australia
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/aca/
Ambulatory Care Australia formerly known as The Victorian Centre for Ambulatory Care Innovation (VCACI) was established in 1997, through a grant from the Acute Health Division of the Victorian Department of Human Services. In July 2002 the name was changed to Ambulatory Care Australia (ACA). The mission of ACA is:To support Australian health care providers as regional & international health industry leaders in the development, trialing and evaluation of ambulatory care initiatives involving the convergence of healthcare, technologies and communications.
Home based acute care is a rapidly growing area of health care delivery in Australia. There is a need to establish a local knowledge basis and understanding of ambulatory care in Australia to inform changing clinical practice.
The activities of ACA are underpinned by the belief that people are the major healthcare resource and as such they require support and education in health promotion and illness prevention.
ACA acts on the belief that people have a right to access models of care which are patient centred, and to be able to make informed choices about their health management and retain responsibility for their health status.
The shifting focus of health care delivery from hospitals to the community has established a need for the development of expertise and greater understanding in the area of ambulatory care.
ACA currently focuses on Hospital in the Home services and aims at providing a research and evaluation framework for home based acute care.