Government Agencies

Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (UW-Madison)
Authorized in May 1994 by Wisconsin Act 455 to respond to the agricultural safety and health needs of the farming community. It provides educational programs on farm safety and health for youth and adults, statistics on farm related accidents and deaths, research on rural safety issues, grants for outreach; tractor and farm machinery operation certification programs, and other information.

Health and Safety Agencies (State of Wisconsin)
Page contains links to health and safety resources available from state agencies.

Medicaid Benefits: Online Database
This site contains Medicaid Benefits data with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement. You can choose a state or territory to learn about the benefits that are offered; or choose a category and then a service to see how it compares across all states.

Medicaid in Wisconsin
This page has information about eligibility requirements, recipients, providers, managed care and resources.

Public Health Agencies in Wisconsin
Local public health agency index from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACHHO).

Public Health Departments in Wisconsin
This site has information and links to local and regional Public Health Offices and Tribal Health Agencies.

Vital Records
This Web site provides information on obtaining copies of vital records, searching our records in person, and other available services. There are links to forms and fee schedules for copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce records.

Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
This page is the gateway to links and information for all of the agencies and services under the DHFS umbrella. On the right side of the page is a list of the links to the Most Requested sites covering a wide variety of health and human services needs.

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Depts. and Agencies
This is an alphabetical listing of government departments and agencies in the federal executive, legislative and judicial branches.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
This agency monitors exposures and incidence of diseases associated with toxic exposures. It also has links to state fact sheets, publications, hazardous waste sites by state, and emergency response information.

Bureau of Health Professions (BHP)
The bureau seeks to improve the health status of the population by providing national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that provides the highest quality care for all through universal health care and elimination of disparities.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
An organization which oversees all aspects of social and health issues for adults and children in the US

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Provides links to news, topics, partnerships, laws, information, conservation of resources, and educational materials dealing with the environment

Medicaid Benefits: Online Database
This site contains Medicaid Benefits data with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement. You can choose a state or territory to learn about the benefits that are offered; or choose a category and then a service to see how it compares across all states.

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
NACCHO is the national organization representing local public health agencies. NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH is in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is an agency established to help assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health. NIOSH provides national and world leadership to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and death.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The National Technical Information Service serves our nation as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. The NTIS has assures businesses, universities, and the public timely access through a searchable database of publications to well over 3 million publications covering over 350 subject areas. Their mission supports the nation's economic growth by providing access to information that stimulates innovation and discovery.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

Superintendent of Documents (GPO)
The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Provides a searchable database to U.S. Patents and Trademarks.

www.health.gov
A portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
links to product recalls, safety issues, filing a report on an unsafe product, standards, and a wide variety of consumer product safety information

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
This National Institutes of Medicine site has links to a wide variety of quality information about non-traditional medicine and therapies for consumers and patients.

National Health Information Center (NHIC)
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is 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. NHIC was established in 1979 by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NHIC also provides key support for the healthfinder® Web site, your gateway to reliable consumer health information.

ToxNet
Information from the National Library of Medicine on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This is a site that reviews health research for quality in health care, and resulting reports and guidelines.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Data, statistics, and health information organized for the health professional as well as the consumer.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
This site provides links to information dealing with the products that the FDA regulates, research, safety and recalled products, proposed regulations, laws, information for consumers, health educators, and health professionals

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
The Institute of Medicine serves as adviser to the nation to improve health. As an independent, scientific adviser, the Institute of Medicine strives to provide advice that is unbiased, based on evidence, and grounded in science. Its mission is to embrace the health of people everywhere.

Quality Measures
A public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.

Quality Tools
A clearinghouse for practical, ready-to-use tools for measuring and improving the quality of health care.

Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
A bureau concerned with delivery of health care to underserved populations and the economically disadvantaged as well as those with uncommon diseases
Census Bureau Has information about the demographic groups which comprise the US population.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
[formerly the Health Care Financing Administration or HCFA]
Information for patient-insurees and providers regarding services, manuals and coverage.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA directs programs that improve the Nation's health by expanding access to comprehensive, quality health care for all Americans and works to improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, provide primary health care to medically underserved people, serve women and children through state programs, and train a health workforce that is both diverse and motivated to work in underserved communities.

Indian Health Service (IHS)
The site has information regarding services, policies, initiatives, health information, technology and tribal contact information for Native Americans and Alaska Natives

National Prevention Information Network (CDC)
The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs, processes, stocks, and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB to organizations and people working in those disease fields in international, national, state, and local settings. All NPIN services are designed to facilitate sharing of information and resources on education and prevention services, published materials, research findings, and trends among users.

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
This organization sponsors public activities and programs to foster healthy behaviors and prevention.

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
The Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce helps the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public's health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
This organization’s Office of Applied Studies provides the nation’s latest data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse, drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and the nation’s drug abuse treatment system.

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
The NAS is a coalition of organizations performing unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI was established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.

National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
The mission of the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) is to prevent illness, disability, and death caused by infectious diseases in the United States and around the world. The Center conducts surveillance, epidemic investigations, epidemiologic and laboratory research, training, and public education programs to develop, evaluate, and promote prevention and control strategies for infectious diseases.

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
The CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is at the forefront of the nation's efforts to prevent and control chronic diseases. The center conducts studies to better understand the causes of these diseases, supports programs to promote healthy behaviors, and monitors the health of the nation through surveys

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Since October 1997, the NHLBI has also had administrative responsibility for the NIH Woman's Health Initiative. Research is related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders. The Institute coordinates relevant activities in the above areas, including the related causes of stroke, with other research institutes and federal health programs. Relationships are maintained with institutions and professional associations, and with international, national, state, and local officials as well as voluntary agencies and organizations working in the above areas.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. Research encompasses the broad spectrum of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, inborn errors of metabolism, endocrine disorders, mineral metabolism, digestive diseases, nutrition, urology and renal disease, and hematology. Basic research studies include biochemistry, nutrition, pathology, histochemistry, chemistry, physical, chemical, and molecular biology, pharmacology, and toxicology.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. Basic research pursues an understanding of the normal and abnormal structure and activities of the human nervous system. Some important areas of NINDS basic research include: biology of the cells of the nervous system, brain and nervous system development, genetics of the brain, cognition and behavior, neurodegeneration, brain plasticity and repair, neural signaling , learning and memory, motor control and integration, sensory function, and neural channels, synapses, and circuits.

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
The National Institute of NursingResearch supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span. Nursing research involves clinical care in a variety of settings including the community and home in addition to more traditional health care sites.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIAAA provides leadership in conducting and supporting researchand coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction, not only to further the understanding of how drugs of abuse affect the brain and behavior, but also working to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners, and the general public.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH is the nation's medical research agency – making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases.

National Research Council (NRC)
The National Research Council is part of the National Academies, which also comprise the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The site has links to searchable databases.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.5 billion, it is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.

Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The mission of ODS is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population. One of the purposes in creating the ODS was to promote scientific research in the area of dietary supplements.

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
This Web site provides information about ORD-sponsored biomedical research, scientific conferences, rare and genetic diseases in English and Spanish (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center), and a portal to information on major topics of interest in the rare diseases community.

Census Bureau
Has information about the demographic groups which comprise the US population.

National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS)
The Nation’s principal health statistics agency, compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people. It is a unique public resource for health information–-a critical element of public health and health policy.

National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
A reporting collection database for statistical purposes of selected variables from medical malpractice payment and adverse licensure, clinical privileges, professional society membership, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports (adverse actions) received by the NPDB concerning physicians, dentists, and other licensed health care professionals. It also includes reports of Medicare and Medicaid exclusion actions taken by the Department of HHS Office of Inspector General. Malpractice payers, state licensing agencies, hospitals, other entities, and professional societies are required to report this data to the National Practitioner Data Bank under the provisions of Title IV of P.L. 99-660, Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. This file does not include any information that identifies individual practitioners or reporting entities. The file is designed to provide data for statistical analysis only.

NCHS Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data

World Health Organization
The United Nations' specialized agency for public health. It monitors disease outbreaks, and assesses the performance of health systems around the globe. Its objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible attainment of health.

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization. Most WHO technical programs make statistical information available, and they will be linked from this site.