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DIRECTORIES AND DICTIONARIES, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
Bartleby.com (Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage College Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, Gray's Anatomy)CataList (catalog of listserv lists)Webopedia (everything you need to know about the Web)US Postal Service Zip Codes
ADMINISTRATION/POLICY/MANAGED CARE
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHIP: America's Health Insurance Plans American College of Healthcare Executives Center for Studying Health System Change Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Healthcare Association of NY (managed care) Healthcare Financial Management Association HospitalInspections.org Institute of Medicine of the National Academies The Joint Commission Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) National Committee for Quality Assurance National Institute for Health Care Management
ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
National College of Natural Medicine healthy.net Online Professional Associations (links to non-allopathic, and some allopathic, associations)HerbMed National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NIH) The Office of Dietary Supplements
ASSOCIATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND SOCIETIES
See also under specific specialties
Federation of State Medical Boards
CME (online cases)/CE/CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
Cleveland Clinic Free Online CME CMELounge (from the Journal of Family Practice)CME planner Congress Resource Center (Doctor's Guide) dermatlas.org (John Hopkins) Doctor's Guide : CME-related Sites & Medical, Dental, & Pharm schools Doctor's Guide: Conferences by Specialty Doctor's Guide Webcasts/CME Duke University Medical Center Library Images MedConnect (click on Free CME/CE Center) Medical and Medical Scientific Conferences Worldwide Medscape CME Center (free; contains questions) mycme Online CME Sites Urology University CME (Brown University Alpert Medical School)Univ. of Washington Online CME (radiology)
Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
Atlas of Dermatology dermatlas.org (John Hopkins)
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine on the Web
Academy of Family Physicians: How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae American College of Physicians: Career Resource Center ABIM Maintenance of Certification BMJ Careers Continuing Medical Education for Licensure Reregistration Pam Pohly's Net Guide: Job Search Resources: Health and Medical Employment Physician Compensation and Benefits Worksheet US Department of Labor Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations
Cold Spring Harbor: Bioinformatics & Genomics Research DNA from the Beginning Gene Gateway (guides and tutorials to help you get started with with Human Genome Project data)Genetic and Rare Conditions Site (lists educational and support resources for hundreds of genetic conditions or birth defects)Genome Glossary Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disorders: A Primary Care Physician's Guide (links to labs performing the tests)National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
Official US Executive Branch Web Sites Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine NY State Dept. of Health NY State Health Sites: Links US Census Bureau, NY Region USA.gov
American Hospital Association: HIPAA Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
AIDSinfo aidsinfonyc.org AIDS Knowledge Base American Foundation for AIDS Research UNAIDS National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Specialized Information Services (National Library of Medicine)
AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals American Hospital Association Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Federation of American Hospitals
The Nurse Friendly
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) American Medical Informatics Association Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society McMaster University Evidence-Based Health Informatics
Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Health Hippo: Health Policy & Administration (policy & regulatory materials related to health care)Thomas : Legislative Information on the Internet
American Dietetic Association American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 Food and Drug Administration Institute of Food Technologists National Agriculture Library Food & Nutrition Information Center
Occupational Safety & Health Administration Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
SEE PATHOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY LIBGUIDE
American Academy of Ophthalmology American Board of Ophthalmology American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology (NY Eye & Ear Infirmary)
Growthhouse.org: Improving Care for the Dying
PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES
Patient Education Resources for Clinicians (English and Spanish)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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American Public Health Association (APHA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy People 2010 Henry J. Kaiser Foundation National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine National Toxicology Program Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion OSHA Home Page Pan American Health Organization Public Health Image Library (CDC) The State of the World's Children State of New York Department of Health World Health Organization
ICD 9 and 10
National Center for Research Resources Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences: International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Resarch Involving Human Subjects American Psychological Association: Federal Legislation and Regulations for Resarch with Humans Guidances and Information Sheets on Good Clinical Practice in FDA-Regulated Clinical Trials International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Office for Human Research Protections (Department of Health and Human Services Office of Human Subjects Research: Regulations and Ethical Guidelines (NIH)
AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges AMA Education Resources American Medical Student Organization ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)FREIDA (Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database)
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
American College of Rheumatology
TELEMEDICINE
Hardin Meta Directory: Telemedicine
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) ready.gov (US Dept.of Homeland Security)
Merck Medicus Medical Textbooks Mayne Health Library Service Full-text Free Online Textbooks & Clinical Guidelines
CenterSpan
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Botanical.com Index of Poisonous Plants Karolinska Institute Merck Manual TOXNET
