For over 75 years, the AHA Resource Center has gathered information on hospital and health services administration, with a collection of more than 66,000 volumes of both current and historical materials. Encompassed in this collection are resources on the organization, design, and management of hospitals, health systems, health services, and integrated delivery networks, as well as the social and public policy issues related to community health status, access to health services, health care financing, and community accountability. In addition to a unique collection of books, the Resource Center also offers journals and newsletters, audiovisual products, and an extensive collection of reference materials. Among the resources available are materials contributed by partner organizations in the National Information Center for Health Services Administration. The National Information Center is a collaborative initiative of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Health Information Management Association, and the American Hospital Association.
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The Resource Center has a variety of print and electronic information sources available on-site. Access to historical resources requires an appointment. In addition to loans of materials from the collection, the AHA Resource Center offers a variety of other document delivery and information and data retrieval services to address both immediate and ongoing information needs. The AHA Resource Center loans books to members of the American Hospital Association, to staff and members of participating organizations in the National Information Center for Health Services Administration, and to other libraries in the United States. The loan period is four weeks.