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Links to Medical Related Sites
Medical Sites
- http://www.healthatoz.com
The search engine for Health and Medicine- http://medscape.com
Clinical information with the depth, breadth, and validity needed to improve the practice of medicine. Medscape offers consumers and clinicians a resource for current medical news which is updated regularly.- http://www.centerwatch.com
To find a variety of information related to clinical trials- http://www.ahcpr.gov
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - and check up on Health Insurance ChoiceLegislative
- http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
The Thomas - search this legislative site for all patient rights and protection bills.- http://thomas.loc.gov/medicare
All about Medicare- http://www.guidant.com/about/gov/issues.htm
The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, which became effective February 19, incorporates device-related reforms. This new law, which addresses the agency's regulation of medical devices, drugs, biological products and foods, won praise from patients, physicians and industry organizations nationwideDatabases
- http://www.regent.edu/lawlib/bookmark/bk-t-mal.html
Topic Specific Law-Related Web Sites -- Medical Malpractice - databases for: search by Physician Name or Specialty; discover whether a physician is board certified, when they graduated, where they did their residency, etc.; - "Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources" - an international listing of clinical research trials - a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.- http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?1562019559
AMA Physician Select" is intended for use by the general public to allow quick access information on physicians in the U.S.Dictionaries/Directories/Resources
- http://www.medicinenet.com
Medical DictionaryDrug Indexes
- http://www.rxlist.com
The Internet Drug Index- http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug.htm
Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchHospitals
- http://www.ahd.com The American Hospital Directory provides on-line, comparative data for most hospitals
- http://www.usc.edu/hsc/medicine/anesthesiology/simulator.html
Simulator procedures at University of Southern California
Human Patient Simulators Represents a break-through in medical simulation and gives practitioners across all fields the opportunity to rehearse both simple and complex procedures. The Simulator is a life-size computer controlled manikin which breathes, has a heart beat and includes sophisticated modeling of physiology and pharmacology, enabling it to mimic accurately many human responses. The system comes with a number of pre-configured patients, in which the underlying physiological model is tailored to duplicate a particular kind of individual. The manikin, therefore, can be male or female, young or old, fit or unwell, and can even simulate some aspects of the pregnant patient.
- http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/BMSC/hps.htm
Simulator procedures at The Bristol Medical Simulation CentreArticles and TV
- http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/4b172.htm
Study Recommends Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health http://www.med-malpractice.com
A Death in the Hospital"Medical Devices
- http://www.devicelink.com Site for medical devices
- http://www.fda.gov/medwatch The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed both to educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting adverse events and problems to FDA and/or the manufacturer and; to ensure that new safety information is rapidly communicated to the medical community thereby improving patient care
- http://www.medicinet.com/hp.asp?li=MNI&ag=Y
State of the art medical informationOrgan Transplants
- http://www.transweb.org/index.htm
All about organ transplantation and donationGeneral Medical Topics
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
- http://www.ama-assn.org – American Medical Association; Since 1847 the American Medical Association (AMA) has had one mission: to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
- http://www.aha.org - The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 40,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.
- http://www.cdc.gov – Centers for Disease Control is dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability.
Interesting Readings
- "Human Error in Medicine" - Marilyn Sue Bogner
- "The Killing Profession" - Louise G. Gitzen
- "The Incompetent Doctor: Behind Closed Doors (State of Health)" - Marilyn M. Rosenthal
- "How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power" - Sheldon P. Balu, M.D. and Elaine Shimberg, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1997
- "Error in Medicine" - Lucian L. Leape, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association, December 21, 1994
- "The Girl Who Died Twice, The Libby Zion Case and the Hidden Hazards of Hospitals" - Natalie Robins, Delacorte Press, 1995
- "Silent Violence, Silent Death, The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice" - Harvey Rosenfield, Essential Books, Washington, DC, 1994
- "Now the Lay Me Down to Sleep...What You Don't Know About Anesthesia and Surgery May Harm You" - Ernst, M.D., E&P Publishers, Dothan, AL, 1997