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As a convenience to our members, we have compiled this list of links to information on medical and healthcare topics.
Web Links / Vendors
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
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