LINKS

The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine regulates the practice of medicine through the licensure, registration and certification of members of the medical profession in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/medbd/mainpage.htm

Website for the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. This organization has been working to improve the quality of health care through accreditation since 1951.

http://www.jcaho.org/

The website for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. Its mission is to represent physicians, support professional advancement in public health and public policy, as well as in medical science, education, practice, and ethics, and serve as patient advocates, both on the state and national levels.

http://www.pamedsoc.org/department.cfm?department=For%20Patients