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| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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| To protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, appropriately secure, and which provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. |
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Approximately 8,500 employees in 170 occupations
Conducts epidemiological research and
surveillance throughout the world
Employs researchers and scientists who conduct research on disease, serve on multi-disciplinary epidemic response teams, and provide assistance in domestic or international crises
Sponsors scientists conducting field research and assigns staff to state and local health departments |
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regulating:
Food
Cosmetics
Medicines and medical devices
Radiation-emitting products
Feed and drugs for pets
Biological products
Blood Products
Vaccines
monitors the manufacture, import,
transport, storage, and sale of about $1 trillion worth of products each year |
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Directs national health programs that improve the Nation's health
Assures equitable access to comprehensive, quality healthcare for all
Goals:
to improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS
to provide primary healthcare to medically underserved people
to serve women and children through State programs
to train a health workforce that is both diverse and motivated to work in under served communities |
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Principal Federal healthcare advocate and provider for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Serves over 550 Federally recognized tribes in 35 States
Comprehensive healthcare services, including preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and environmental.
Most IHS facilities are west of the Mississippi
Northern Plains States
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Alaska |
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Federal focal point for medical research in the U.S.
Comprised of 27 separate Institutes and Centers
75 buildings on more that 300 acres in Bethesda, MD
Mission: to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone |
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| – to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. |
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Component of the Department of Homeland Security
One of the seven Uniformed Services, and is the smallest of the five armed services
Headquarters in Washington, DC
Opportunities throughout the US
New Jersey
New York
Florida
New Orleans
California
Alaska
Puerto Rico |
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Headquarters in Washington, DC
Opportunities throughout the US
New York
Florida
Texas
Arizona
California
Puerto Rico |
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| Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services |
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Mission: to assure health care security for beneficiaries
Vision: to open our programs to full partnership with the entire health community to improve quality and efficiency in an evolving health care system.
Goals:
To provide access to quality care
To provide services to beneficiaries
To provide program administration to run programs
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/aboutcms.asp |
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