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Health Care Data Analytics

American Health Information Management Association
At the intersection of healthcare, technology and business
Healthcare Data & Analytics Association
Volunteer organization of data and analytics practitioners in academic medical centers, healthcare providers, insurance companies, key government agencies, and public health organizations throughout North America and abroad. Offers free student membership.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Nonprofit seeking to reform the global health ecosystem through the power of information and technology.
National Association of Health Data Organizations
Non-profit membership and educational association dedicated to improving health care data collection and use.
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Organization working to cultivate data science leaders in public health, work includes identifying core competencies for data science professionals.

Data Analytics

Data Science Association
Non-profit professional association of data scientists with a mission to promote data science to improve life, business, and government, and set standards for the ethical professional practice of data science.
INFORMS
International association for professionals in operations research and analytics
SIGKDD
The Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, a community for data mining, data science, and analytics.

Bio/medical Informatics

International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Leading professional society for computational biology and bioinformatics
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
A community committed to the vision of a world where informatics transforms people’s care.

Biostatistics

American Statistical Association (ASA)
Promoting the practice and profession of statistics.

Implementation Science

D&B Hoovers
162 million+ public, private, and nonprofit global companies. News, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, market share. Create lists of companies that match a given set of criteria.
PrivCo
Business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. PrivCo also covers venture capital funding deals, private equity deals, and merger acquisition data.
PitchBook
PitchBook tracks every aspect of the public and private equity markets, including venture capital, private equity and M&A. Research and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.

Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an Excel file). Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and academic support/staff for academic purposes.

H-1B Employer Data Hub
Search for employers that have submitted petitions to employ H-1B nonimmigrant workers by location and industry.

Nonprofit

GuideStar Pro
A database of millions of US nonprofit organizations. Search for organizations and people by name, geography, financials, or a variety of other criteria. Reports include general information on the nonprofit, people, mission and programs, goals and results, Form 990 filings, and financial data.
Foundation Directory Online
Consists of a searchable database of the information in The foundation directory about U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities; includes links to foundation web sites, links to 990-PF's (foundation tax filings) and application guidelines. Also contains database of grants awarded by the top funders.

Government

Leadership Connect
Search for Federal organizations by location and subject area. Find contact information for alumni or other individuals by their position or organization.

IBISWorld: Industry
A collection of market research reports for over 700 U.S. industries and almost 60 global industries. Reports are typically 30-60 pages in length and include key statistics, market segmentation, market characteristics, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors, industry performance, and outlook.
BCC Research
BCC's market research reports explore major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations. Industry analysis and market forecasts for advanced materials, high-tech systems and components, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the forefront of the company's expertise.
Statista: the leading statistics portal
Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.

Technavio Global Reports (via EMIS)
Market research reports on global industries including, communication, consumer services/discretionary/staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities.
Technavio Country/Regional Reports (via EMIS)
Market research reports on country/regional industries including, communication, consumer services/discretionary/staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities.

New York Times (Website via Dartmouth Libraries)
Instructions for registration and renewal of access. Publication websites are valuable for current content. Full-text databases often provide a better search for content over a few days.
Washington Post
WSJ.com - Wall Street Journal
Register to access WSJ.com from your laptop, phone, or other mobile device. Use your Dartmouth email address.
News and Newspapers Guide
Check out this research guide curated and maintained by our history librarian about the news and newspapers you have access to through Dartmouth Libraries. Includes local newspaper sources.