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Part 5
Inclex to Organizations
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INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Addresses and Telephone Numbers
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration
Parklawn Building, Room 13C-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rock~ille, MD 20857
301-443-3820
Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-1199
American Academy of Dermatology
1567 Maple Avenue
PO Box 3116
Evanston, IL 60204-3116
312-869-3954
American Academy of Neurology
Practice Committee
2221 University Avenue SE, Suite 335
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-623-8115
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment Program
PO Box 7424
655 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
415-561-8500
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
222 South Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4058
312-823-7186
American Academy of Otolaryugology-Head and
Neck Surgery
1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20005-3521
202-289-4607
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
PO Box 927
Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927
312-228-5005
American Academy of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60603-6107
312-922-9366
American Association of Blood Banks
1117 North 19th Street, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22209
703-528-8200
American Association for Medical Systems
and Informatics
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-1189
American Association of Tissue Banks
1117 North 19th Street, Suite 402
Arlington, VA 22209
703-528-0663
American College of Cardiology
1111 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-897-5400
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
American College of Emergency Physicians
1125 Executive Circle
Irving, TX 75038-2522
214-550-0911
American College of Gastroenterolo~
13 Elm Street
Manchester, ME 01944
617-927-8330
American College of Nuclear Physicians
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-1135
American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists Committee Opinions
600 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
202-638-5577
American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists
Committee on Technical Bulletins
600 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
202-638-5577
American College of Physicians
Clinical Efficacy Assessment Project
4200 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-243-1200; 800-523-1546
American College of Preventive Medicine
1015 15th Street NW, Suite 403
Washington, DC 20005
202-789-0003
American College of Radiology
Task Force on Breast Cancer
1891 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 22091
703-648-8925
American Council on Transplantation
700 North Fairfax Street, Suite 505
Alexandria, VIA 22314-2040
703-836-4301
6'o
American Dental Association
Council on Dental Materials, Instruments,
and Equipment
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-440-2507
American Dental Association
Council on Dental Therapeutics
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-440-2523
American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-1500
American Gastroenterological Association
Patient Care Committee
c/o John Balint, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Albany Medical College
47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
518-445-5376
.
American Geriatrics Society
770 Lexington Avenue, Suite 400
New York, NY 10021
212-308-1414
American Healthcare Institute
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 703
Washington, DC 20006
202-293-2840
American Heart Association
National Center
7320 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
214-373-6300
American Hospital Association
Hospital Data Center
Department of Special Studies
840 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-6520
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INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
American Hospital Association
Hospital Technology Series Program
Division of Clinical Services and Technology
840 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-6084
American Hospital Association
Office of Legal Communications
840 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-6679
American Hospital Association
Resource Center
840 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-6263
American Institute of Ultrasound In Medicine
4405 East-West Highway, Suite 504
Bethesda, MD 20814
301 -656-6117
American Medical Association
Council on Scientific Affairs
535 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-645-5335
American Medical Association
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology
Assessment
535 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-645-4530
American Medical Association
Drug Evaluations
535 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-645-4560
American Medical Care and Review Association
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-493-9552
American Medical Peer Review Association
440 First Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-1853
American Medical Review Research Center
440 First Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20001
202-639-8614
American National Standards Institute
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
212-354-3300
American Psychiatric Association
1400 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-682-6138
American Public Health Association
1015 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-789-5600
American Rheumatism Association
17 Executive Park Drive NE, Suite 480
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-633-3777
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Committee on Technology Assessment
13 Elm Street
Manchester, MA 01944
617-927-8330
American Society of Anesthesiologists
515 Busse Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068
312-825-5586
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 604
Washington, DC 20005
202-371-0515
American Society of Internal Medicine
1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202-289- 1700
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
212-705-7797
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
American Society for Parenteral and
Enteral Nutrition
8605 Cameron Street, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-587-6315
American Society for Testing and Materials
1916 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-299-5400
American Society of Transplant Physicians
c/o Lawrence G. Hunsicker, M.D.
President, Director
VA Medical Center, Bldg. 3
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-338-0581
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
c/o Robert I. Corry, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Office of the Chairman
Department of Surgery
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-356-2545
American Urological Association
1120 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
301-727-1100
Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation
1901 North Fort Meyer Drive, Suite 602
Arlington, VA 22209-1699
703-525-4890
Association of Biotechnology Companies
1220 L Street NW, Suite 615
Washington, DC 20005
202-842-2229
Association for Health Services Research
2100 M Street NW, Suite 402
Washington, DC 20037
202-223-2477
612
Battelle Medical Technology Assessment
Program
2030 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-785-8400
Battelle Memorial Institute
Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers
4000 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA 98105
206-525-3130
Bioethics Information Retrieval Project
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
202-687-3885
Biomedical Business International
17722 Irvine Boulevard
Tustin, CA 92680
714-838-8350
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Medical Necessity Program
676 North St. Clair Street, 11th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
312-440-5577
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Technology Evaluation and Coverage Program
676 North St. Clair Street, 11th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
312-440-5577
Boston University Medical Center
400 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, MA 02154
617-890- 1300
Brandeis University Health Policy Center
Organ Procurement Project
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02254
617-736-3900
BRS Information Technologies
1200 Route 7
Latham, NY 12110
800-345-4277
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INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
BRS/Saunders
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
800-468-0908
California Medical Association
Medical Practice Opinion Program
PO Box 7690
San Francisco, CA 94120-7690
415-863-5522
Canadian Association of Manufacturers of
Medical Devices
10 Four Seasons Place
Etobicoke (Tor.), Ontario M9B 6H7
Canada
416-620-1915
Center for Health Management Research
1423 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-742-6335
Center for the Study of Drug Development
Tufts University
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
617-956-0070
Centers for Disease Control
Center for Environmental Health
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-454-4706
Centers for Disease Control
Center for Environmental Health
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health
Effects
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-454-4772
Centers for Disease Control
Center for Environmental Health
Division of Environmental Health Laboratory
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Chamblee 17/1103
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-452-4152
Centers for Disease Control
Center for Health Promotion and Education
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-321-2263
CBO (Centraal Begeleidingsorgaan voor de
Intercollegiate Toetsing)
National Organization for Quality Assurance in
Hospitals
Consensus Development Program
PO Box 20064, Churchilllaan 11
3502 LB Utrecht, The Netherlands
(31-30) 96-06-47
College of American Pathologists
Surveys Program
5202 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077-1034
312-966-5700
Congress of the United States
Office of Technology Assessment Health
Program
Washington, DC 20510
202-226-2070
Copenhagen Collaborating Center for the Study
of Regional Variations in Health Care
Institute of Social Medicine
University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute
Blegdamsvej 3
2200 Copenhagen N., Denmark
(45- 1 ~ 35-79-00 Ext. 3011
Council of Medical Specialty Societies
PO Box 70
Lake Forest, IL 60045
312-295-3456
Commission on Professional and Hospital
A. . .
ct~v~t~es
1968 Green Road
PO Box 1802
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
800-521-6210, 800-828-6762 in Michigan
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
Deutsches Institut fur Medizinische
Dokumentation und Information
Welbhausstrasse 27
Postfach 42 05 80
D-5000 Cologne 41
Federal Republic of Germany
(49-221) 47-24-1
DIALOG Information Services, Inc.
3460 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
800-334-2564, 415-858-3785
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duke University Medical Center
PO Box 3153
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-2057
Duke University
Center for Health Policy Research and Education
Box GM, Duke Station
Durham, NC 27706
919-684-3023
ECRI Health Devices Program
5200 Butler Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
215-825-6000
ECRI Technology Assessment Program
5200 Butler Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
215-825-6000
Employee Benefit Research Institute
2121 K Street NW, Suite 860
Washington, DC 20037-2121
202-659-0670
F-D-C Reports, Inc.
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite One
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-657-9830
Federation of American Health Systems
1111 19th Street NW, Suite 402
Washington, DG 20036
202-833-3090
614
Finnish Society of Technology Assessment in
Health Care
c/o National Public Health Institute
Department of Epidemiology
Mannerheimintie 166
SF-00280 Helsinki
Finland
(358-0) 75-70-32-9
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-5470
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
12720 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-5807
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
HFZ-343
Division of Product Surveillance
Office of Compliance
8757 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-427-8100
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drugs and Biologics
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-2894
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Color for Drugs and Devices
200 C Street SW, HFF-214
Washington, DC 20204
202-485-0099
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Special Purpose Infant Formulas
200 C Street SW, HFF-204
Washington, DC 20204
202-245-3117
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INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
Food and Drug Administration
Press Office
5600 Fishers Lane, HFI-20
Parklawn Building, Room 1505
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-3285
Friedman, Eisenstein, Raemer, and Schwartz
Certified Public Accountants/Business and
Personal Consultants
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-644-6000
Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association
200 Madison Avenue, Suite 2404
New York, NY 10016
212-683-1881
George Washington University Medical Center
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
2300 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-676-2995
Georgetown University Medical Center
Institute for Health Policy Analysis
2121 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 220
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-2115
Group Health Association of America
1129 20th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
202-778-3200
Harvard School of Public Health
Institute for Health Research
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-729-5657
Hastings Center
255 Elm Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
914-762-8500
Health Care Financing Administration
Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement,
and Coverage
East Building, Room 401
6325 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21207
301-594-9690
Health Care Financing Administration
Office of Research and Demonstrations
Oak Meadows Building, Room 2-B-12
6325 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21207
301-597-1435
Health Council of The Netherlands
POBox90.517
2509 LM The Hague
The Netherlands
(31 -70) 47- 14-41
Health Data Institute
(subsidiary of Caremark, Inc.)
20 Magu. ire Road
Lexington, MA 02173
617-863-2000
Health Industry Manufacturers Association
1030 15th Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
202-452-8240
Health Information Designs, Inc.
1616 North Fort Meyer Drive, Suite 1420
Arlington, VA 22209
703-528-2032
Health Insurance Association of America
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-3998
202-223-7836
Health and Welfare Canada
Health Services and Promotion Branch
Institutional and Professional Services Division
Guidelines for Institutional Programs
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1B4
Canada
613-954-8623
61S
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
HHS Evaluation Documentation Center
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Humphrey Building, Room 438F
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20201
202-245-6445
IMS America Ltd.
660 West Germantown Pike
PO Box 905
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-0905
215-834-5000
Institute for Alternative Futures
1405 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-684-5880
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1111 19th Street NW, Suite 608
Washington, DC 20036
202-785-0017
Institute for the Future
2740 Sand Hill lload
Menlo Park, CA 94025-7097
415-854-6322
International Federation for Medical and
Biological Engineering
c/o Dr. Jan Persson, Chairman
Joint Working Group
Implications and Assessment of Biomedical
Innovations
c/o Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
University Hospital
S-581 85 Linkoping, Sweden
(46- 13) 19-24-56
International Federation of Voluntary Health
Service Funds
15- 17 Essex Street
London WC2R SAD, England
United Kingdom
(44-1) 35-31-15-9
International Resource Development, Inc.
6 Prowitt Street
Norwalk, CT 06855
203-866-7800
616
International Society of Technology Assessment
in Health Care
c/o Els Borst-Eilers, Secretary, and Vice Chairman
Health Council of the Netherlands
PO Box 90517
2509 IM The Hague
The Netherlands
(31-70) 47-14-41
Johns Hopkins Program for Medical Technology
and Practice Assessment
Center for Hospital Finance and Management
624 North Broadway, Room 305
Baltimore, MD 21205
301-955-2300
Joint effort of Department of Computer and
Information Science and Center for
Medical Technology Assessment
Linkoping University
S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
(46-13) 28-19-69
Kings Fund Centre for Service Development
Kings Fund Forum Consensus and Controversies
in Medicine
126 Albert Street
London NWI, England
(44-1) 267-6111
Lewin and Associates, Inc.
Strategic Technology Group
1090 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
202-842-2800
Linkoping University
Center for Medical Technology Assessment
S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
(46-13) 28-10-00, Ext. 2310
Maryland Hospital Association
1301 York Road, Suite 800
Lutherville, MD 21093
301-321-6200
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc.
400-1 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, MA 02154
617-890-6040
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INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
McGill University
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1020 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Canada H3A 1A2
514-392-4740
McMaster University
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
1200 Main Street
Hamilton, Ontario LEN 325
Canada
416-525-9140, Ext. 2425
Mead Data Central
PO Box 933
Dayton, OH 45401
800-227-4908, 513-865-6800
Medical Device Register, Inc.
655 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06901
800-222-3045, 203-348-6319 in Connecticut
Medical Engineering Department
Akron City Hospital
525 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44309-2090
216-375-3501
Medical Research Council
National Health and Welfare Canada
Jeanne Mance Building, Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OW9
Canada
613-954-1959
Medical Technology and Practice Patterns
Institute
National Health Services and Practice Patterns
Survey
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20007
202-333-8841
MEDLINK
PO Box 9080
Waltham, MA 02254-9080
800-342-1338, 617-890-0385 in Massachusetts
National Advisory Council on Health Care
Technology Assessment
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment
Parklawn Building, Room 18-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-5650
National Association of Health Data
Organizations
316 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20003
202-546-5881
National Association of Manufacturers
1776 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-637-3000
National Cancer Institute
International Cancer Information Center
Office of International Affairs
Building 82, Room 103
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-7403
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
Program
Surveillance and Operations Research Branch
Blair Building, Room 532
Bethesda, MD 20892-4200
301-427-8829
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment
Parklawn Building Room 18-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment
Division of Extramural Research
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18A- 19
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-2080
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment
Office of Health Technology Assessment
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18A-27
Rockville, MD 2Q857
301-443-4990
National Center for Health Statistics
Scientific Information Branch
Division of Data Services
3700 East-West Highway
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-436-8500
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
2101 L Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
202-457-8432
National Health Council
1700 K Street NW, Suite 1005
Washington, DC 20006
202-785-3913
National Health Research and Development
Program
Jeanne Mance Building, Room 513
Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario K 1A 1 B4
Canada
613-954-8543
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Communications and Public Information Branch
Building 31, Room 4A-21
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-5343
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institue
National Cholesterol Education Program/NHLBI
Smoking Education prearm Information
Center
_ ' ~_ ^, ~ ~ `^ ~,,
Office of Prevention, Education, and Control
Building 31, Room 4A-21
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-230-1340
618
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood
Program
Office of Program Planning and Evaluation
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 5A- 11
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-3620
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Office of Prevention, Education, and Control
120/80 National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-1809
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development
Office of Planning and Evaluation
Building 31, Room 2A 10
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-1877
National Institutes of Health
Consensus Development Program
Building 1, Room 210
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496- 1143
National Institutes of Health
Statistics and Analysis Branch
Division of Research Grants
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-7543
National Library of Medicine
Building 38, Room 2S- 18
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
301-496-8834
National Library of Medicine
MEDLARS Management Section
Building 38, Room 4N421
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
800-638-8480, 301-496-6193 in Maryland
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National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford OX2 SHE
England
(44-865) 81-68-76
National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
703-487-4650
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research
Medical Technology Unit
PO Box 188
2300 AD Leiden
The Netherlands
(31-71) 21-4441
New York State Center for Assessing Health
Services
Health Services Center 4L 215
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
516-444-2101
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N2439
Washington, DC 20210
202-523-9700
ODPHP National Health Information Center
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PO Box 1133
Washington, DC 20013-1133
800-336-4797, 202-429-9091
Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and
Enteral Nutrition
214 Hun Memorial
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY 12208
518-445-5079
Pan American Health Organization
525 23rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-861-3219
Patent Depository Library Program Office
Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20231
703-557-9686
Pharmabooks, Ltd.
1775 Broadway, Suite 511
New York, NY 10019
212-262-8230
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
1100 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-835-3420
Pharmaprojects
18/20 Hill Rise
Richmond, Surrey, TWIG 6UA
United Kingdom
(44-1) 94-83-26-2
Physician Payment Review Commission
2120 L Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20037
202-653-7220
Policy Analysis, Inc.
Medical Technology Cost-Effectiveness Program
1577 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA 02146
617-232-4400
Practitioner Reporting System
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-0666
Project HOPE
Center for Health Affairs
2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-656-7401
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
300 Seventh Street SW, Suite 301B
Washington, DC 20024
202-453-3986
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials Report
Collection
c/o Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington :Avenue
Kresge 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02115
617-732-1090
Renal Physicians Association
1101 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-3457
202-898-1562
RESNA-Association for the Advancement of
Rehabilitation Technology
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-1199
Scrip
18/20 Hill Rise
Richmond, Surrey TW10 QUA
United Kingdom
(44-1) 94-83-26
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News
1775 Broadway, Suite 511
New York, NY 10019
212-262-8230
Society for Medical Decision Making
One Main Street
PO Box 447
West Lebanon, NH 03784
603-298-9929
Society of Non-Invasive Vascular Technology
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-857-1149
Society of Nuclear Medicine
136 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-6784
212-889-0717
SoftSearch, Inc.
1560 Broadway, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80202
303-832-7111, 800-426-2873
620
Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Commission on Future Health Care Technology
Room BCB 203
PO Box 5406
2280 HK Rijwijk
The Netherlands
(31-70) 40-72-05
Swedish National Center for Technology
Assessment in Health Care
Drottning Gatan 16
11151 Stockholm
Sweden
(46-8) 24-05-65
Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute
of the Health Services
Library and Research Report Bank
POBox27310
S-102
Stockholm, Sweden
(46-8) 63-05-60
Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute of
the Health Services
Technology Assessment and Health Economics
Box 27310
102 54 Stockholm, Sweden
(46-8) 663-05-60
Technology Assessment and Forecast Program
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
CM2-313
Washington, DC 20231
703-557-0433
Theta Corporation
Theta Building
Middlefield, CT 06455
203-349-1054
United Kingdom Department of Health and
Social Security
Supplies Technology Division
Medical Devices Evaluation Programme
14 Russell Square
London WC1B SEP
England
(44-1) 636-6811, Ext. 3248
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United Network for Organ Sharing
3001 Hungary Spring Road
PO Box 28010
Richmond, VA 23228
804-289-0600
U.S. Administrators Inc.
Professional Policy Committee
5016 North Parkway Calabasas
Calabasas, CA 91302
800-872-7526, Ext. 173
U.S. Department of Commerce
Industry Publications Division
Office of Industrial Assessment
International Trade Administration
Trade Development
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20230
202-377-4356
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Commercial Information Management
Division of Market Analysis
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Room 2012
Washington, DC 20230
202-377-4203
United States Pharmacopeial Convention
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-0666
University of California, San Francisco
Institute for Health Policy Studies
1326 Third Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-476-4921
University Hospital Consortium
One Mid America Plaza, Suite 624
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
312-954-6766
University of Lausanne
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Chorionic
Villi Sampling
17 r. Bugnon
1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
(41-21) 41-28-66
University of Pennsylvania
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-6011
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Section of Medical Informatics
Department of Medicine
190 Lothrop Street #165A
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-3190
Veterans Administration
Cooperative Studies Program (151 I)
Veterans Administration Medical Center
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
617-739-3479
Veterans Administration
Health Services Research and Development
Service (152)
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
In collaboration with:
Special Projects Office
VA Medical Center (152)
Perry Point, MD 21902
301-642-2411
World Health Organization (WHO)
1211Geneva27
Switzerland
(41-21) 91-21-11
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
INDEX TO ORGANIZATIONS
A
Abstracts of Health Care Machine-Readable Data
Files, 504
Akron City Hospital, 508
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration, 504
Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and
Biology, 557
AMA/NET, 505
American Academy of Dermatology, 558
American Academy of Neurology Practice
Committee, 3
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmic Procedures Assessment
Program, 3
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons, 558
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, 559
American Academy of Pediatrics, 9
American Academy of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, 559
American Association of Blood Banks, 560
American Association for Medical Systems and
Informatics, 561
American Association of Tissue Banks, 561
American College of Cardiology/American Heart
Association Task Force on Assessment of
Cardiovascular Procedures, 14
622
American College of Emergency Physicians, 562
American College of Gastroenterology, 562
American College of Nuclear Physicians, 563
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists Committee Opinions, 16
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists Committee on Technical
Bulletins, 18
American College of Physicians Clinical Efficacy
Assessment Project, 22
American College of Preventive Medicine, 563
American College of Radiology Task Force on
Breast Cancer, 27
American Council on Transplantation, 564
American Dental Association Council on Dental
Materials, Instruments, and Equipment, 31
American Dental Association Council on Dental
Therapeutics, 34
American Diabetes Association, 37
American Gastroenterological Association
Patient Care Committee, 39
American Geriatrics Society, 564
American Healthcare Institute, 565
American Heart Association, 14
American Hospital Association, 504, 524, 526
American Hospital Association Hospital
Technology Series Program, 41
American Institute of Ultrasound In
Medicine, 565
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American Medical Association, 505
American Medical Association Council on
Scientific Affairs, 44
American Medical Association Diagnostic and
Therapeutic Technology Assessment
Program, 47
American Medical Association Drug
Evaluations, 51
American Medical Care and Review
Association, 566
American Medical Peer Review Association, 567
American Medical Review Research Center, 567
American National Standards Institute, 568
American Psychiatric Association, 569
American Public Health Association, 569
American Rheumatism Association, 570
American Society of Anesthesiologists, 571
American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 571
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Committee on Technology Assessment, 52
American Society of Internal Medicine, 572
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 572
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition, 573
American Society for Testing and Materials, 574
American Society of Transplant Physicians, 574
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 575
American Urological Association, 575
Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation, 576
Association of Biotechnology Companies, 577
Association for Health Services Research, 577
B
Baseline Reports, 506
Battelle Memorial Institute, 56
BIOETHICSLINE, 506
Biomedical Business International, 532
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Reports, 507
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Medical
Necessity Program, 58
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Technology Evaluation and Coverage
Program, 61
BMEDSS, 508
Brandeis University Health Policy Center Organ
Procurement Project, 63
BRS Information Technologies, 509
BRS/Saunders, 513
C
California Medical Association, 65
Canadian Association of Manufacturers of
Medical Devices, 578
CANCERLIT, 510
CASSIS (Classification and Search Support
Information System), 510
CBO National Organization for Quality
Assurance in Hospitals Consensus
Development Program (Netherlands), 70
CCC Bibliography on Regional Variations in
Health Care, 51 1
Center for Health Management Research, 523
Center for Health Promotion and Education, 511
Center for the Study of Drug Development, 578
Centers for Disease Control, 507, 511, 521
CLINPROT, 512
COLLEAGUE, 513
College of American Pathologists Survey
Program, 72
Commission on Professional and Hospital
Activities, 515
COMPASS and DURbase, 513
Compendium of HHS Evaluations and Relevant
Other Studies, 514
Congress of the United States Office of
Technology Assessment Health Program, 75
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
Council of Medical Specialty Societies, 579
CPHA Files, 515
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on
Scientific Projects), 515
Current Assessments, New Technology
Abstracts, 516
D
Device Experience Network (DEN), 517
Deutsches Institut fur Medizinische
Dokumentation und Information, 526
DIALOG, 518
DIALOG Information Services, Inc., 518
Directory of Health Services Research
Organizations, 518
DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources
Online), 519
Drug Product Problem Reporting Program
(DPPR), 519
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Database, 520
Duke University Center for Health Policy
Research and Education, 81
Duke University Medical Center, 520
E
ECRI, 525
ECRI Health Devices Program, 84
ECRI Technology Assessment Program, 88
Employee Benefit Research Institute, 580
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
Reports, 521
Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences
Reports, 521
F
FDA Bulletin Board, 522
F-D-C Reports, Inc., 523
Federation of American Health Systems, 580
624
Finnish Society of Technology Assessment in
Health Care, 581
Food and Drug Administration, 93
Food and Drug Adminstration, Center for
Devices and Radiological Health, 94
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drugs
and Biologics, 108
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition, 118
Friedman, Eisenstein, Raemer & Schwartz, 545
Futures Program, 523
G
Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association, 581
George Washington University Medical
Center, 582
Georgetown University, Kennedy School of
Ethics, 506
Georgetown University Medical Center, Institute
for Health Policy Analysis, 120
Group Health Association of America, 583
H
Harvard School of Public Health Institute for
Health Research, 123
Hastings Center, 126
HEALTH (Health Planning and
Administration), 524
Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of
Eligibility, Reimbursement, and Coverage, 129
Health Care Financing Administration, Office of
Research and Demonstrations, 134
Health Council of The Netherlands, 141
Health Data Institute, 539
Health Devices Alerts, 525
Health Devices Sourcebook, 525
Health Industry Manufacturers Association, 583
Health Information Designs, Inc., 16
Health Information Resources in the Federal
Government, 525
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Health Insurance Association of America, 584 L
HEALTHLAWYER, 526
Health and Welfare Canada, Health Services and
Promotion Branch, 144
HECLINET (Health Care Literature Information
Network), 526
HIAA Medical Appropriateness
Compilation, 527
High Blood Pressure Information Center, 528
I
IMPAC (Information for Management Planning
Analysis and Coordination), 528
IMS America Ltd., 529
IMS Audits, 529
Institute for Alternative Futures, 585
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, 585
Institute for the Future, 586
International Federation for Medical and
Biological Engineering, 587
International Federation of Voluntary Health
Service Funds, 587
International Market Research Studies, 530
International Resource Development, Inc., 537
International Society of Technology Assessment
in Health Care, 588
INTERNIST-1/QUICK MEDICAL
REFERENCE (QMR), 531
J
Johns Hopkins Program for Medical Technology
and Practice Assessment, 147
K
Kings Fund Centre for Service Development,
Kings Fund Forum Consensus and
Controversies in Medicine, 150
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania, 241
Lewin and Associates, Inc., Medical Technology
Group, 151
Linkoping University, 549
Linkoping University Center for Medical
Technology Assessment, 153
M
Market Research Reports, 531
Market/Technology Reports, 532
Maryland Hospital Association, 589
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc., 506
Massachusetts Medical Society, 536
McGill University Department of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, 156
McMaster University Department of Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 159
Mead Data Central, 535
Medical Device and Laboratory Product Problem
Reporting Program (PRP), 533
Medical Device Register, 533
Medical Device Reporting (MDR), 534
Medical Research Council, National Health and
Welfare Canada, 162
Medical Technology and Practice Patterns
Institute, 165
MEDIS, 535
MEDLINE, 535
MEDLINK (Massachusetts Medical Information
Link), 536
Multi-Client Reports, 537
N
NAHDO Resource Manual, 537
National Advisory Council on Health Care
Technology Assessment, 590
625
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
National Association of Health Data
Organizations, 590
National Association of Manufacturers, 591
National Cancer Institute, 510, 512, 546
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment, 168
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment, Division
of Extramural Research, 169
National Center for Health Services Research and
Health Care Technology Assessment, Office of
Health Technology Assessment, 176
National Center for Health Statistics, 538
National Cholesterol Education Program/NHLBI
Smoking Education Program Information
Center, 539
National Electrical Manufacturers
Association, 592
National Health Council, 592
National Health Research and Development
Program (Canada), 182
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 191,
528, 539, 541
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, 202
National Institutes of Health, 515
National Institutes of Health Consensus
Development Program, 205
National Library of Medicine, 210, 506, 510, 512,
519, 524, 535, 542, 544
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe
Infirmary, 542
National Reference File, 539
National Technical Information Service, 540
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research, Medical Technology Unit
(TNO), 213
NEXIS, 541
626
o
ODPHP National Health Information
Center, 525
Office of Health Technology Assessment,
National Center for Health Services Research
and Health Care Technology Assessment, 176
Office of Technology Assessment, Health
Programs, Congress of the United States, 75
Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and
Enteral Nutrition, 593
Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials, 542
p
Pan American Health Organization, 593
Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 510
PDQ (Physician Data Query), 542
PharmaBooks, Ltd., 543
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 594
Pharmaprojects, 543
Physician Payment Review Commission, 595
Policy Analysis, Inc., 215
POPLINE (Population Information Online), 544
Product Development Directory, Product
SOS, 544
Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs, 216
Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission, 219
R
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials Report
Collection, 545
Renal Physicians Association, 595
Report on Cost-Effective Products and
Technologies, 545
RESNA-Association for the Advancement of
Rehabilitation Technology, 596
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S
Scrip, 546
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News, 546
SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results Program), 546
Society for Medical Decision Making, 597
Society of Non-Invasive Vascular
Technology, 597
Society of Nuclear Medicine, 598
Soft Search, Inc., 505
SPRILINE, 547
State University of New York at Stony Brook,516
Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios,
Commission on Future Health Care
Technology, 223
Swedish National Center for Technology
Assessment in Health Care, 598
Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute of V
the Health Services, 598
T
Technical Data Center, U.S. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, 548
Technology Assessment and Forecast
Program, 599
Theta Corporation, 531
U
United Kingdom Department of Health and
Social Security, Supplies Technology
Division, 227
United Network for Organ Sharing, 601
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.,
519, 533
U.S. Administrators, Inc., 232
U.S. Department of Commerce, 540, 548
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of
Commercial Information Management, 530
U.S. Industrial Outlook, 548
University of California, San Francisco, Institute
for Health Policy Studies, 236
University Hospital Consortium, 601
University of Copenhagen, 511
University of Lausanne, Institute of Social and
Preventive Medicine, 239
University of Pennsylvania, Leonard Davis
Institute of Health Economics, 241
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 53]
Veterans Administration, Cooperative Studies
Program, 244
Veterans Administration, Health Services
Research and Development Service, 248
W
WHO/LINFO Database on Health Technology
Assessment, 549
World Health Organization, 550
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