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EBSITES OF INTEREST TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES

1. NoMoreClipboard.com (Employee section) is a site that allows anyone, at no cost, to create his or her own
Personal Health Record that will be completely secure, but available at all times to authorized physicians and other
care givers anywhere they may be. See: www.nomoreclipboard.com

2. OptimizeRx (Employee section) is a free site offering a simple centralized resource to search, review and participate
in available Rx co-pay coupons, free trial offers and other patient support programs. See http://www.optimizerx.com/

3. Comparative hospital performance on a variety of quality and process measures may be seen on:
a. The Leapfrog site See: http://www.leapfroggroup.org/cp

b. Thje site of the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
      See: www.cms.hhs.gov/ Look under the following extension: HospitalQualityInits/11_HospitalCompare.asp

c. Based on the most recent quarterly data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
     WhyNotTheBest.org, includes performance   reports on Hospital Quality Alliance measures, which gauge how
     often hospitals delivered recommended care processes for the following conditions: heart attack, heart failure,
     pneumonia, and surgical care improvement (23 measures in all). In addition, updated performance reports have been
     added for the 10 measures from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
     (HCAHPS).

4. In the AARP Health Section there are articles of interest to older citizens, e.g. regarding Medicare, but also articles
for younger people, such as drug interactions and hospital ratings based on physician opinion surveys.
See: http://www.aarp.org/health/

5. On the National Business Coalition on Health website (Employer section), employers may access the NBCH
Blueprint for Health to calculate impact of benefit decisions on costs – http://www.aarp.org/health/

6. The Marion County Health Department (MCHD) site offers such information as: MCHD Service Locations,
Program Descriptions, Data and Reports, Medical Director Dr Virginia Caine's Welcome, The Marionn County
Tobacco Partnership and Ceseation Program, The Indianapolis Smoke Free Air Ordinance Complaint Form; Retail Food
Establishments, Temporary Food Event License, Worksite Cessation Program, IN People's Health Center, Hasbrook
Building Location Details, Press Releases: Health Survey, Cool Health Links. See: www.mchd.com/

7. On the site of the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), there is information on INShape – Indiana’s
program to improve citizen health; the Health Care Regulatory Services Commission; Acute Care/Hospitals;   HIV
Prevention; Tuberculosis (still a Serious Public Health Threat); Health Care Engineering & Measurement; Long Term
Care/Nursing Homes; Community Planning; ISDH Events. See:www.in.gov/isdh /

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