Health Links
Web site links to other health related organizations
Association of California Healthcare
Districts
www.achd.org
Dedicated to helping the needs of healthcare districts
Trustee Education
Healthy Communities
Links to other statewide healthcare districts
California Center for Health Improvement
www.cchi.org
Practical prevention ideas for healthier communities
A health policy center which disseminates information about community health
and healthcare issues.
California Department of Health
Services
www.dhs.ca.gov
California Healthcare Foundation
www.chcf.org
Publishes California Healthline — a daily news briefing on California
and National health policy and industry news.
California Medical Association
www.cmanet.org
Representing 34,000 California Doctors, CMA is dedicated to promoting &
protecting the health of all Californians as well as the art and science
of medicine.
California Nurses Association
www.califnurses.org
California Rural Health Policy
Council
www.ruralhealth.ca.gov
Formulates and establishes rural health policy for the State of California
to improve services to rural areas.
California State Rural Health
Association
www.csrha.org
A rural health advocacy group which unites grass-roots individuals and groups
interested in improving Californias rural health.
California Wellness Foundation
www.tcwf.org
Make grants for health promotion, wellness, education and disease prevention.
It makes an average of $40 million in grants each year.
Grossmont Hospital
www.sharp.com/hospital/
Grossmont Hospital is the largest and most comprehensive health care facility
in East County. Grossmont Hospital offers quality care and services that
set community standards, exceed patients' expectations and are provided
in a caring, convenient, cost-effective, and accessible manner.
County of San Diego
Health and Human Services Agency
www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/depts/health
San Diego Association of Governments
www.sandag.cog.ca.us
"An association of local governments, SANDAG builds consensus, makes
strategic plans, obtains and allocates resources, and provides facts &
figures on a broad range of subjects pertinent to the San Diego region’s
quality of life".
San Diego County Medical Society
www.sdcms.org
The local society which constitutes the California Medical Association.
Serves physicians needs and also is a doctor referral source for the public
as well as a health information source. Also investigates issues of professional
conduct and public complaints.
The County of San Diego
www.co.san-diego.ca.us
San Diego County News and on line services, with links to the County Supervisors.
The Medical Board of California
www.medbd.ca.gov
The state government agency which licenses and disciplines doctors, podiatrists
and physician assistants. Publishes and distributes free health information
booklets and investigates complaints
U.S. National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov
A source for consumer health information and also a link to medline —
the web’s most important source of investigational medical information