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Medical & Health Sites
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Update of Agency for Health Care Policy and Research created
by the Health Care Research and Quality Act of 1999; national news and
research on health care quality.
- Centers for Disease Control
- Fact sheets, disease prevention, and other health information; links to state and local health departments.
- Department of Health and Human Services
- News from federal health department; links to other federal health agencies.
- DHHS Office of the Inspector General
- Regulatory news, information on government antifraud activities.
- Food
& Drug Administration FOIA Search
- Health Care Financing Administration
- DHHS information on Medicare, Medicaid, and child health
government projects, health care fraud and abuse, managed care,
government initiatives and regulations.
- National Cancer Institute
- Information on government cancer initiatives and studies.
- National Institute on Aging
- News and health information relating to the elderly.
- National Institute on Mental Health
- News on mental health issues and current research.
- National Institutes of Health
- NIH news; links to scientific resources and other health
information, such as consumer health publications, clinical trials,
hotlines, MEDLINE, NIH Information Index.
- US Food and Drug Administration
- Comprehensive information about drugs, medical devices, products, and current research.
ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Family practice information including consumer health database.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Information on pediatrics including child safety.
- American Association of Health Plans
- Source for information on managed care plans including initiatives and government policy.
- American Cancer Society
- Types of cancer, prevention, treatment.
- American Chiropractice Association
- Chiropractic publications, research, products, and services.
- American Council on Science and Health
- "Mainstream scientific information ... related to food,
nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and
health."
- American Dental Association
- Dental news including research and clinical issues; directory of member dentists.
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Current news articles about HIV/AIDS including treatment directory.
- American Heart Association
- Heart disease and prevention, treatment, risk factors.
- American Hospital Association
- News, advocacy on issues affecting hospitals including government regulation.
- Amercian Medical Association
- American Ostepathic Association
- Ostepathic treatment, certification, accreditation.
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- News of interest to pharmacists in health system environments including government regulations.
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Promotes quality academic medicine; includes list of accredited medical schools and teaching hospitals.
- Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States
- Information on licensing, credentialing, and other guidelines; policy statements.
- Medical Records Institute
- Trends in electronic medical records and their use, applications, and functions.
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
- Accreditation information on health plans including accreditation status list.
SEARCH ENGINES AND OTHER MEDICAL INFORMATION
- Achoo Healthcare Online
- Search engine for medical web sites.
- CANCERLIT
- National Cancer Instutitute's database on more than 90 cancer topics.
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet
- Aimed mainly at MDs; posts articles on current medical news and other developments.
- DrKoop.com
- Information on over 60 health topics.
- InteliHealth
- John Hopkins University site for medical news and information.
- Mayo Clinic Health O@sis
- Information on medical conditions and medications.
- Medem
- Set up by 7 physician groups to provide "trustworthy ... high quality" medical information.
- Mediconsult
- "Comprehensive condition centers with reliable information" on medical conditions.
- MEDLINE
- Search for articles by topic.
- MEDLINEPlus
- Information on MDs, hospitals, organizations; medical dictionary; searches by topics.
- OncoLink
- Cancer types, specialists, clinical trials.
- Patient's Guide to Medical Information on the Internet
- Search engine for more than 20,000 medical sites and other searches.
- Quackwatch
- Debunks questionable medical ads, products, services, treatments, and sources of "advice."
- Reuters Health Information
- Latest articles on medical and health topics.
- WebDoctor - Internet Navigator for Physicians
- "Virtual library of up-to-date, peer-reviewed professional
medical information" with links to more than 10,000 sites and articles.
DRUGS AND MEDICATIONS