Health Information Management

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): Click Here
  
• The Health Information Management Supersite: Click Here
      Supersite's link to vendor directory: Click Here
  
• ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals: Click Here
     Web version of this newsmagazine.
  
• For The Record: Click Here
     Newsmagazine information and subscription information.

Health Informatics

• Medical Record Institute (focus is on electronic records): Click Here
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA):  Click Here
  
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems and Society (HIMSS): Click Here

Medical Sites

• Nurses PDR Resource Center (drug info): Click Here
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Click Here
  
• Mayo Health Oasis: Click Here
     From the Mayo Clinic. This site offers a variety of health information and a free weekly e-mail bulletin, Housecalls, to which you can subscribe.
  
• Merck Manual On-line: Click Here
     This site is maintained by the publishers of the Merck Manual, a popular medical reference book. The site contains the manual (look under Publications) and allows you to type in the disease of interest to search for applicable pages. Another nice feature is the Disease Infopark, which includes information about diseases of special interest. In addition to these two features, the site has numerous other offerings.
• Medscape: Click Here
     Medscape offers a good site that is full of current information and also provides medical topic searches through Medline. You need to register for this site in order to fully access it. There is no charge, you just fill out an on-line questionnaire. Be sure to remember your username and password for future use! Medscape sends you medical e-mail updates once a week.
• Health Indicators 5:  Click Here
     The American Association of Clinical Chemistry profiles 5 important tests:
  Cholesterol, Glucose, Hemoglobin, PSA (prostate specific antigen), and TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
  
• Web Guide to Birth Defects (from the International Center for Birth Defects):  Click Here
• National Center for Biotechnology Information: Click Here
     Information about the human genome project and related research and findings.
• Cells Alive!  Click Here
     Watch your injured or ill cells in action.

Health Care Organizations and Agencies

• Kentucky Cancer Registry: Click Here
• Cancernet of the National Cancer Institutes: Click Here
• SEER Cancer Registry Info: Click Here
• American College of Surgeons: Click Here
• Food and Nutrition Information Center: Click Here
• American Heart Association: Click Here
• American Lung Association: Click Here
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Click Here
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Click Here
• National Council on Women's Health: Click Here
• Women's Cancer Network: Click Here
• National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases:  Click Here
• American Pain Foundation: Click Here
• Department of Health and Human Services: Click Here
• American Hospital Association: Click Here
• Kentucky Hospital Association: Click Here
• Amercian Medical Association: Click Here
• New England Journal of Medicine: Click Here
• American Public Health Association: Click Here
• Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: Click Here
• American Health Care Association: Click Here
• Medicare:  Click Here
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):  Click Here
• National Committee on Quality Assurance: Click Here
• U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Click Here
• National Institutes of Health: Click Here
• National Library of Medicine: Click Here
• Telemedicine Information Exchange: Click Here
• Telemedicine Research Center: Click Here