Links to Helpful Sites
BIDMC and Other Links
BIDMC Patient & Visitor Information
BIDMC Maps and Directions
BIDMC Lodging List
Joslin Diabetes Center
Liver Center at BIDMC
Organ Banks
New England Organ Bank (NEOB)
www.neob.org
New England Program for Kidney Exchange (NEPKE)
www.nepke.org
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
www.optn.org
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
www.ustransplant.org
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
www.unos.org
www.transplantliving.org
Organizations Including Transplant Recipient and Donor Care Foundations
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
American Association of Kidney Patients
www.aakp.org
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
www.aasld.org
American Cancer Society (ACS)
www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
American Liver Foundation
www.liverfoundation.org
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
www.asts.org
American Society of Transplantation (AST)
www.a-s-t.org
American Transplant Association
www.americantransplant.org
AT-RISC Alliance (skin cancer awareness and education in transplant patients)
www.at-risc.org
Donate Life – US Department of Health and Human Services
www.organdonor.gov
Donate Life America
www.shareyourlife.org
ESRD Network of New England
www.networkofnewengland.org
Healthy Transplant
www.healthytransplant.com
International Association for Organ Donation
www.iaod.org
Kidney School
www.kidneyschool.com
Kidney Transplant/Dialysis Association
users.rcn.com/ktda1/
Living Donors Online!
www.livingdonorsonline.org
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases/NIH
www.niddk.nih.gov
National Foundation for Transplants
www.transplants.org
National Kidney Foundation
www.livingdonors.org
National Pancreas Foundation
www.pancreasfoundation.org
Transplant Recipients International Organization
www.trioweb.org
TransWeb
www.transweb.org
Financial and Benefits Assistance
Anthony Picarello Foundation
www.ap-foundation.org
Employee Benefits Security Administration
www.dol.gov/ebsa/
HealthWell Foundation
www.healthwellfoundation.org
Industry-sponsored Assistance Programs
www.needymeds.com
Massachusetts Division of Insurance
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocasubtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Insurance&L3=Health+Insurance&sid=Eoca
Massachusetts Organ Transplant Fund
www.mass.gov/dph/dhcq/transplant/quesots.htm
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
www.mass.gov/mrc/
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
http://www.naic.org/
National Foundation for Transplants
www.transplants.org
National Transplant Assistance Fund
www.transplantfund.org
SHINE (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders)
www.800ageinfo.com
Social Security Administration (SSA)
www.ssa.gov
VA Health Benefits Service Center
http://www1.va.gov/health/
Caregiver Foundations and Organizations
The Caregivers Marketplace
www.caregiversmarketplace.com
Caregiver Media Group
www.caregiver.com
Empowering Caregivers
www.care-givers.com
National Center on Caregiving
www.caregiver.org
National Family Caregivers Association
www.nfcacares.org
The Well Spouse Association
www.wellspouse.org
Health Insurance
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov
Commonwealth Care
www.mass.gov/?pageID=hichomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Qhic
Medicaid
Medicare
www.medicare.gov