Web listings
compiled and maintained by Terri Niland, Health Sciences Librarian, Lawrence
Memorial Hospital;
with contributions by Patty Boyle, Health Sciences Librarian, Melrose-Wakefield
Hospital.
Aegis
www.aegis.com
An extensive HIV/AIDS information
and education site. Most material
included is carefully screened and annotated. Aegis = AIDS Education Global
Information System.
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
Home page for AA World Wide Services.
National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism
www.niaaa.nih.gov
Information on alcohol abuse and
alcoholism, including publications, research groups, searchable database,
frequently asked questions, and resources.
The Longwood Herbal Task Force http://www.longwoodherbal.org/
Provides information on a
variety of herbs and supplements, patient fact sheets, interaction and toxicity
information, resources, and additional links.
Alternative Medicine Home
Page
www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Maintained by the Falk Library for
the Health Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh. A springboard for sources of information
on unconventional, complementary, and other integrative therapies.
Ed’s Guide to Alternative
Therapies
www.pathguy.com/altermed.htm
Discusses alternative care
and evaluates claims on the basis of medical research. Rates therapies as confident, optimistic,
doubtful, or pessimistic.
Provides bibliographical citations,
information for researchers, and general information aimed at consumers.
HealthWWWeb
www.healthwwweb.com/
Provides information on integrative,
natural health, and alternative therapies. Includes information on nutrition and
healing therapies and links to other health-oriented sites.
Administration in Aging Alzheimer’s Website www.aoa.gov/alz
Aimed at
both professionals and lay people, provides general information, education
and outreach materials, care training
information, fact sheets.
Alzheimersdisease.com
www.alzheimersdisease.com
Divided into sections for
health care providers and primary caregivers. Provides practical information on early
warning signs, diagnosis, and treatment. Provides caregiver information and
support as well.
Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org/
Home page for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Provides information and resources.
Alzheimer’s Disease Education
and Referral www.alzheimers.org
Provides information about Alzheimer’s
Diseases and related disorders.
American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org/
Home page of the AMA. Includes full text of selected articles
from their journals, news releases, and abstracts.
Human Anatomy Online
www.InnerBody.com/
Colorful, interactive anatomy site.
Explore body systems with full descriptions and other related illustrations.
The Heart and Online Exploration
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/biosci.html
Aimed at laypersons. A multi-media site designed to show how
the heart works.
Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org/
Provides news, updates, fact sheets,
research resources, and chapter locations.
Bioethics.net http://bioethics.net/
Excellent
source of information on bioethics issues, sponsored by the Center for Bioethics
at the University of Pennsylvania. Provides
comprehensive coverage of ethical issues in the areas of medical treatment
and research.
National Reference Center
for Bioethics Literature
www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl
Provides a collection of books,
journals, newspaper articles, legal material, regulations and codes, and government
publications relating to biomedical, medical , and professional ethics.
American Burn Association http://www.ameriburn.org/
Provides
information on acute care, rehabilitation, and prevention of burns. Also lists educational opportunities for
burn professionals.
Case Management Society of
America
www.cmsa.org/home.htm
Home page for the society,
an international organization with 160 chapters.
American Cerebral Palsy Information
Center (ACPIC)
www.cerebralpalsy.org
Provides information on symptoms,
warning signs, causes, treatment, and agencies & programs by state.
National Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse & Neglect
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/
Child abuse information.
CancerTrials www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
Provides
comprehensive patient information on clinical trials. Also provides information on informed
consent and access to the PDQ database.
From the National Cancer Institute.
ClinicalTrials.gov
http://clinicaltrials.gov
Sponsored by the NIH via the National Library of Medicine. Provides patients and consumers with current information about clinical trials, location, design, purpose, criteria, etc
CenterWatch Clinical Trials
Listing Service
www.centerwatch.com
Breaks information down into section
for patients and section for professionals..
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov/
Offers links to all its centers,
offices, and institutes, calendar of events, pointers to topics such as diseases,
prevention guidelines and strategies, the MMWR, scientific data, statistics,
etc.
American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses
www.aacn.org/
Provides information on certification, publications, calendar of events, online catalog, association chapters, and membership information
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org/
Home page for the American Diabetes
Association. Has the latest news
on diabetes.
Diabetes Monitor
www.diabetesmonitor.com
Monitors diabetes happenings and
resources. A patient empowerment
information site.
AMA Disaster Preparedness
and Medical Response
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html
Aimed at
physicians. A resource that deals
with disaster preparedness and medical response. Covers clinical and psychological aspects.
eMedicine Disaster Planning www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic718.htm
Directed
at emergency medicine providers. Written
by the special advisor to the Navy Surgeon General. Provides an introduction to disasterplanning.
JCAHO Pespectives: Mobilizing
America’s Health Care Reservoir
www.jcrinc.com/subscribers/perspectives.asp?durki=1122
Free access
to the December 2001 issue of Perspectives covering national bioterrorism
response, JCAHO’s new emergency management standards, etc.
AHRQ Bioterrorism Site http://www.bioterrorism.uab.edu/
Sponsored
by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Developed to teach hospital based nurses and physicians how to diagnose
and treat rare infections that might be associated with bioterrorism attacks.
AAFP Bioterrorism Site http://www.btresponse.org/
Aimed at
physicians to help them diagnose and treat bioterrorism illness. Includes patient handouts.
ACP-ASIM Bioterrorism Resources www.acponline.org/bioterro
:Part of
the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine site,
covers information on biological weapons, countering bioterrorism, anthrax,
smallpox, pneumonic plague.
Bioterrorsim/Biological Warfare www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/bioterrorism.html
From the
Hardin Library for Health Sciences, provides a quality collection of web links
on bioterrorism.
Massachusetts DPH – Emergency
Preparedness and Response
www.state.ma.us/dph/topics/bioterrorism/bt.htm
Provides
information on bioterrorism including “Confronting the Fear of Bioterrorism,”
“What You Need to Know about Bioterrosism,”
basic laboratory protocols for presumptive identification of anthrax,
FAQ’s guidelines for local health, police, and fire officials re: triage of
environmental materials for screening, clinical aspects of bioterrorism. Etc. Also contains links to other related web
sites.
CSB & EI Center for the
Study of Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections
Located at
the St. Louis University School for Public Health. Provides a wide range of information on
bioterrorism including fact sheets, guidelines, case studies, planning templates
& bioterrorism articles, current news, internet links, etc.
MMWR Information about Anthrax and Bioterrorism www.cdc.gov/mmwr/indexbt.html
Provdies
free, full-text access to recent MMWR articles covering anthrax, bioterrorism
plans, and other bioterrorism reports.
CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
A comprehensive
site covering general information on bioterrorism, anthrax, smallpox, etc. Also includes specific information for
laboratory and health professionals.
Bioterrorism Information & Resources www.idsociety.org/bt/toc.htm
Sponsored
by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Presents information on such topics as
Who to Contact in the Event of a Bioterrorist Threat; Level A Laboratory Protocols;
Guidance for Notification and Interaction with Law Enforcement, etc.
Also, a work-in-progress, it provides information on the major biological
agents.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
For professionals
and lay people, provides information on cardiovascular disease, asthma, blood
disorders, lung diseases, and sleep disorders.
National Organization for Rare Diseases
www.rarediseases.org/
Springboard for information on rare
disorders.
Rare Diseases Clinical Research
Database
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Sponsored by the NIH. Provides information about rare disorders
and conditions research studies and trials. Aimed at healthcare, researchers, and
other professionals.
Cleveland Clinic Center for
Continuing Education www.clevelandclinicmeded.com
Offers physicians 61 CME resources,
organized by topics such as cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine,
allergy, hematology, oncology, nephrology, endocrinology, infectious disease,
and women’s health.
CMEweb.com
www.CMEweb.com
For a small fee per credit
hour and one-time registration, offers more than 1100 hours in various areas
of clinical interest. Tests are
graded online and certificates delivered by e-mail.
FREIDA (AMA) www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html
Provides information on graduate
medical education.
National Center for Emergency
Medicine Information
www.ncemi.org
Sponsored by the National Center
for Emergency Medicine Information, can search topics across several databases,
including PubMed, PDR, Idpill, EdAcronym, OrthoSearch, etc.
Emergency Nurses Association
www.ena.org/
Highlights information about association,
the ENA Foundation, certification, and ENCARE (Cancel Alcohol Related Emergencies).
Epilepsy Foundation of America
www.efa.org/
Includes information for patients,
family members, and health professionals in the areas of research, advocacy,
education, and service. Also
contains information on the Gene Discover Project.
NYAM’s Resource Center
www.ebmny.org
Includes selective links to
other EBM sites as well as fact sheets and slide presentations.
FAMILY PRACTICE –
American
Academy of Family Physicians www.aafp.org
Offers extensive, free information to members and non-members with coverage aimed at both healthcare professionals and sophisticated consumers. Also links to a related patient site.
FamilyPractice.com
www.familypractice.com
Provides family physicians with multimedia tools for sharpening diagnostic skills, accessing ABFP resources, and CME
American Forensic Nurses www.amrn.com/
Information on American Forensic Nurses, their work and goals. Distance courses offered.
Administration on Aging
www.aoa.dhhs.gov
Provides information about the agency itself, legal issues, government policy, resources, and current statistics. Also provides links to state agencies.
ElderWeb
www.elderweb.com
Aimed at caregivers, families,
and healthcare professionals. Provides
information on the needs of the aging.
AgeNet
www.agenet.com/
Caregiving information broken down
into 8 categories: health, drugs, legal, insurance, financial, helpful products,
caregiver support, and housing options.
National Institute on Aging
www.nih.gov/nia/
Provides information for both patients
and healthcare professionals.
FirstGov http://www.firstgov.gov/
“The U.S.
government’s official Web portal.” Connects
the searcher to more that 186 million web pages from federal and state governments,
Washington D.C., and U.S. territories, most not available through commercial
sites. Sectioned off for more
convenient searching by Citizens, Business & Nonprofits, Federal Employees,
and Government-to-Government.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://cms.hhs.gov/
Formerly
HCFA. Provides information on
Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, HIPAA, CLIA.
Medicare.gov http://www.medicare.gov/
Official
federal site for people with Medicare.
Provides information on Medicare basics, nursing homes, Medicare plan
choices, fraud and abuse, etc.
National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS)
www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm
Part of the CDC, presents
statistical information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy
influences, onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and healthcare
utilization. Aimed at researchers.
Massachusetts Department of
Public Health
www.state.ma.us/dph
DPH home page. Contains section on publications and statistics.
CDC(Centers for Disease Control)
www.cdc.gov
Homepage.
Fedstats
www.fedstats.gov
Brings together statistical
information from agencies such as CDC, NIH, NCHS, etc. Links provided to AHCPR on medical outcomes.
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
www.nih.gov/
Offers news and events, health information,
grants and contracts, scientific resources, and links to other institutes
and offices.
OSHA
www.osha.gov
Home page.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Resources
www.dhhs.gov/
Home page.
Federal Register and/or Code of Federal Regulations www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
Federal codes, regulations, and
impending legislation.
HSTAT Health Services Technology and Assessment www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat
Provides access to full text documents
such as clinical practice guidelines, quick
reference guide, consumer
brochures, AHCPR documents, NIH Consensus Development Reports, etc.
Contemporary OB/GYN
http://Contobgyn.com
An online version of the journals
with full-text articles from more than 30 issues. Also contains resources for obstetricians
and gynecologists.
Healthy People 2010
www.health.gov/healthypeople
A national health promotion and disease prevention initiative. Allows people to assess the health of the nation and their local communities.
My.americanheart.org http://my.americanheart.org/
Provides
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular professionals with real-time access and
cross-searching to cardiology and stroke information. Includes access to AHA scientific journals,
summaries of new papers and studies, textbooks, journals, news, conferences,
etc.
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org/
Contains information about the AHA,
patient information, support group links, licensed products and services,
sciences and research.
Live Healthier, Live Longer www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd
Sponsored by the National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute. Describes
ways patients with coronary heart disease can lower their bad cholesterol
(LDL).
History of Nursing Information
For nurses interested in Florence
Nightingale and the general history of the nursing profession. Based on Florence Nightingale’s letters.
American Holistic Nurse’s
Association
www.ahna.org/
Contains information on the association,
education, certification, and standards for holistic nursing.
National Association for Home
Care
www.nahc.org/
Home page for the National Association
of Home Care.
American Academy of Hospice
& Palliative Medicine
www.aahpm.org
Geared to physicians and other
healthcare professionals. Provides
education and clinical practice standards, research, and public policy advocacy
for end-of-life care.
Hospice Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org/
Learn about hospice care, how to
select a hospice, and how to locate a hospice near you. Includes information on the Foundation’s
programs and services.
Hospice Nurses Association
www.hpna.org
Homepage for the Association.
HospitalWeb USA http://adams.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html
Provides
links to hospital web sites, alphabetically by state.
AHA. American Hospital Association www.hospitalconnect.com/aha
Home page
for the American Hospital Association.
JOINT COMMISION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTH CARE ORGNAIZATIONS –
JCAHO
www.jcaho.org/
Home page for JCAHO.
Nephron Information Center
www.nephron.com
Aimed at clinicians. Text-book in style. Covers latest news, kidney disease research,
drug updates, reports on devices.
National Council of State
Boards of Nursing
www.ncsbn.org
Information from the NCLEX people.
License Search (for nursing)
www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/rn
From the Massachusetts Division
of Registration, can search to see if an individual is licensed.
Contains more that 5000 links to
health policy and regulatory information.
Aimed at health professionals, attorneys, administrators, etc.
American Liver Foundation
www.liverfoundation.org
The only voluntary, nonprofit health
agency dedicated to preventing, treating, and curing hepatitis and all liver
diseases through research, education, and support groups. Has information for physicians, nurses,
and other health professions, patients and families.
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org/index.html
Provides information on respiratory
and related illnesses.
Massachusetts Division of
Health Care Finance
www.state.ma.us/dhcfp
Includes information on managed
care quality measurement initiatives, regulations, uncompensated care, and
improvement.
Melanoma.com http://www.melanoma.com/
Recognized
by the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Provides accurate, up-to-date melanoma information for consumers. Covers prevention, diagnosis, treatment
and management.
Oncology.com
www.oncology.com
Offers complete and up-to-date
cancer news and information for consumers, patients, and healthcare professionals.
All information on the site is reviewed by a healthcare professional.
Oncology Tools
www.fda.gov/cder/cancer
Contains a variety of information
related to cancer, disease summaries, approved cancer drug therapies.
For patients, consumers and health care professionals
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/
Provides information on the organization
and local chapters, cancer information, calendar of events, publications and
resources.
Ca-a Cancer Journal for Clinicians http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/
Free, full-text access to journal
articles dating back to 1996.
Provides information, professional
and patient, on melanoma, prostate cancer, lung cancer, ovarian, breast and
brain cancer. Covers pain, fatigue,
and clinical trials.
Cancernet http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov
Cancer information homepage of the
National Cancer Institute.
OncoLink http://www.oncolink.com/
Disseminates cancer information
to health professionals and laypersons and enables them to browse disease-oriented
and medical specialty-oriented menus for information on causes, prevention
and screening, therapeutic trials, conference/meetings, personal experiences,
support groups, patient and family concerns.
Quackwatch
www.quackwatch.com
Helps to uncover web sites
that post questionable information.
.Drkoop.com
www.drkoop.com
Contains a very large and diverse
set of information resources aimed at consumers.
WebMed
www.webmd.com
Provides health and wellness information
for consumers with a health and medical library, community message boards,
breaking medical news. Also,
fee-based resources for professionals.
Netwellness
www.netwellness.org
A consumer library for the University
of Cincinnati
www.healthsquare.com/medcare2.htm
For patients and consumers, a searchable
online alphabetical encyclopedia of medical information. Includes causes, signs & symptoms,
care, do’s & don’ts.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
www.mayohealth.org
Comprehensive collection of health
information, much of it reprinted for the Mayo Health Letter. Drug information abstracted from USP-DI.
Medscape www.medscape.com
For health professionals, includes
links to publication, self-assessment features, medical news, Medline reviews
and other Internet resources. Access
is unrestricted, but need to register first and use password each time.
NOAH: New York Online Access
to Health
www.noah-health.org/index.html
Information in both English and
Spanish on a wide variety of topics.
Postgraduate Medicine Online
www.postgradmed.com/
Online version of the peer-reviewed
journal. Provides table of contents
and selected full text, plus a Patients Notes section of education sheets.
Wellness Web: the Patient’s
Network
www.wellnessweb.com
Information on many medical conditions
for both health professionals and patients. Covers traditional and alternative medicine,
nutrition and fitness.
MedlinePlus www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
For consumers, provides access to
select list of resources from Medline.
Also offers links to self-help groups, consumer-oriented organizations,
dictionaries, directories, and libraries.
PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
Provides free access to National
Library of Medicine’s Medline databases (bibliographic, not full-text).
National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill (NAMI)
www.nami.org
Provides support, education,
advocacy, and research. A core
source on mental illness.
Alliance for Psychosocial
Nursing
www.psychnurse.org
Site features internet and
government resources specializing in mental health, the index and key points
from The Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
and Mental Health Services, monthly questions, classified ads, and information
on seminars, meetings, and conferences.
National Institute of Mental
Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Home page for this government
agency. Provides information
in disorders and treatments, news, and current research.
Mental Health Resources on
the Internet
www.mentalhealth.org/links/index.htm
A comprehensive listing of Internet mental health resources.
Mental Health Source
www.mhsource.com
For professionals and lay persons. Covers topics such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other disorders. Provides news updates, latest research, links to FDA new drug approvals. Also, provides links to other mental health-related web sites.
Mental Health Net
http://mentalhelp.net
Covers a variety of mental health disorders such as depression, panic attacks, CFS, anxiety, etc., as well as professional resources in psychology, psychiatry, social work.
American College of Nurse
Midwives
www.acnm.org/
Information on how to find nurse-midwives,
nurse midwifery education and certification, ACNM and midwifery information,
ACNM chapter information, and
other nursing resources.
National Association of Neonatal
Nurses
www.nann.org/
Home page of the Association, the
only association in the U.S. specifically for nurses in this specialty.
Provides
links to news, FAQ’s, calendar of events, and other chapters. Also contains pointers to the Neuroscience
Foundation and the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.
MedTerms.com http://www.medterms.com/
A medical
dictionary written at the lay level by physicians. A good source for medical terminology.
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists www.aana.com/
Organizational information for members.
Contains patient, member, and professional resources.
Patients can access information describing anesthesia, its effects,
and the recovery process.
American College of Nurse
Practitioners
www.nurse.org/acnp
Homepage of the organization.
AONE. American Organization of Nurse Executives
http://www.aone.org/
Provides information
on the nursing management profession and issues, especially the nursing shortage.
(Some of the site is available to members, only).
Covers areas such as legislation, public policy, patient care, management,
education, etc.
Graduatenurse.com
www.graduatenurse.com
A nursing employment web site
directed at undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.
Nurses.com
www.nurses.com
Provides nursing news, topical
columns on such areas as IV Therapy, Medication Errors, Drug Updates, etc,
a buyer’s guide, career center, and discussion groups.
Nursing.about.com
www.nursing.about.com
Comprehensive nursing site
covering news, resources, activism, and connections to CE resources. Includes such areas as care plans/nursing
diagnoses, clinical standards, holistic nursing, poison control, etc.
NurseLinx.com
www.nurselinx.com
Presents the latest general nursing news and clinical developments covering almost 20 areas including, administration, gastroenterology, med/surg, home health, critical care, orthopedics, and vascular surgery. Information is taken directly from authoritative medical and nursing journals.
RNWeb
www.rnweb.com
Features articles and resources for nurses with menu items such as the current issue of RN, Legal Q&A, Management help line, Earnings survey, Drug Center (featuring the PDR Nurses Handbook), CE Center, Career section, healthcare news, etc.
AJN Career Guide
www.nursingcenter.com
Includes features such as Your Guide
to Certification, State Nurses Associations, How to Get a License, Nationwide
Opportunities, Educational Opportunities.
Online Journal of Issues in
Nursing (OJIN)
www.nursingworld.org/ojin
A peer-reviewed publication covering
nursing issues. Presents different
points of view for each issue.
Nurseweek/Healthweek
www.nurseweek.com/
Covers news about the
nursing profession, rather than clinical topics.
ANA Nursingworld
www.nursingworld.org
Nursing information from the American
Nurses Association.
Allnurses.com http://wwnurse.com/
Covers a variety of broad topics
that are then narrowed down to more specific fields. Categories include Associations, Boards
of Nursing, Colleges and Universities, Commercial Businesses, Communication,
Nursing Bulletin Boards, Newsgroups, Mailing Lists, and Continuing Education.
Nursing Spectrum Career Fitness
www.nursingspectrum.com
Good for new nurses or nurses furthering
their career. Contains comprehensive
job database, information on employers, CME opportunities, and discussion
forums.
National Organization of Associate
Degree Nursing
www.noadn.org
Home page of the N-OADN, the leading
advocate for associate degree nursing education.
National League for Nursing
www.nln.org
A resource for nursing practice,
nursing education, and nursing research.
Also, information on NLN membership, Constituent Leagues, accreditation,
testing services, meetings and workshops.
Nursingnet
www.nursingnet.org/
Contains NLN archives re: history,
links to journals and other publications, nursing schools, hospitals, nursing
unions. Includes information
for nurses, nursing students, nurse practitioners, and ER nurses.
Springnet
www.nursingmanagement.com/
Offers a wide variety of information
for nurses, nurse managers, nurse practitioners, nursing students, and emergency
nurses.
Virtual Nursing Center
www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Nursing.html
Comprehensive site with links to many other nursing related resources on the Internet. Includes nursing journals, courses, drug information, nursing schools, and nursing informatics.
American Dietetic Association
www.eatright.org
Home page for the association, information
for both professionals and consumers.
Association of Women’s Health,
Ob and Neonatal Nursing
www.awhonn.org/
Provides information on the organization
and on a variety of resources for obstetrical, neonatal and women’s health
care.
Contemporary OB/GYN http://contobgyn.com/
An online version of the journal
with full-text articles from more than 30 issues. Also contains resources for obstetricians
and gynecologists.
Home page for the association.
Macular Degeneration Help
Center
www.MacD.net
Resource on age-related macular
degeneration. Covers research
developments, clinical trials, and experimental treatments. Accessible to viewers with limited vision
or who use assistive devices.
Practical ENT for Primary
Care Physicians
http://icarus.med.utoronto.ca/carr/manual/outline.html
Provides ENT information geared
to the needs of the primary care physician.
AHA Quality and Patient Safety
www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issues/patient_safety
Provides
tools and resources to help hospitals measure quality of care, improve patient
safety, and create a safety culture.
Site available at no cost, but some materials restricted to AHA members.
AHRQ WebM&M: Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/
An online
journal with two goals: “To bring expert knowledge and research to bear on
specific cases, and to develop a nonpunative culture where medical practitioners
are able to learn from medical mistakes.”
Also provides CME opportunities, with registration.
CDER Medication Errors www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors/default.htm
Provides basic information
on medication error reports and reporting.
Includes a section defining the causes of medication errors, a brief
list of drug products recently associated with reported medication errors,
links to medication error reports and articles, reporting advice, and links
to internal FDA resources on the topic.
Institute of Medicine Quality
Initiative
Users can stay up-to-date
on IOM projects and reports on quality.
Provides the latest updates on studies by the various IOM committees
involved in its “special initiative to improve healthcare quality.” Users can read the reports online at no
cost, or purchase a print copy.
JCAHO Facts About Patient Safety www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/index.htm
Provides access to JCAHO patient
safety resources covering such areas as national patient safety goals, safety-related
standards, sentinel event policy, sentinel event alerts, patient safety coalitions,
legislative efforts, etc. Also provides an outlinefor a patient
safety plan.
Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors http://www.macoalition.org/
Identifies and reports on
best practices, and disseminates information about them through public and
professional education.
MedWatch www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html
“Internet gateway for timely
safety information on drugs and medical products regulated by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.” Provides
information on prescription and OTC drugs, nutritional products, biologics,
and medical devices. Provides
access to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, the Special Nutritionals
Adverse Event Monitoring System, and the Manufacturer and User Facility Device
Experience Database.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices http://www.ismp.org/
Provides
information and education about adverse drug events and their prevention. Contains sections on recent articles,
archives, hazard alerts, alerts for consumers, FAQ’s news & events, etc.
National Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/
AMA-sponsored
site covering patient safety issues and educational programs.
Home page.
PEDINFO
www.pedinfo.org/
Offers links to resources in a variety
of categories in pediatrics.
Journal of Medical Internet Research www.jmir.org/index.htm
A peer-reviewed journal covering
all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare filed
using internet or intranet technologies.
High Wire Press Publications
http://highwire.stanford.edu/
From Stanford University’s
High Wire Press. Free access
to the full-text of more than 137,000science archived journal articles, mostly
in the fields of science, technology, and medicine.
Free Medical Journals.com
www.freemedicaljournals.com
Dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals (which offer at least some or all of their text.
AORN Online
www.aorn.org/
Contains information on AORN and
its activities. Includes “Surgery
Center: A Patient’s Place” with patient centered information.
PHARMACOLOGY –
CenterWatch:
Drugs Approved by the FDA www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/druglist.html
An
online database of FDA-approved drugs going back to 1996. Users can search by year, by various categories,
or medical areas. Searching all
years in all categories at once results in an exhaustive list of drugs.
FDA
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research www.fda.gov/cder
Provides
information on new drug approvals, prescription and OTC drugs, consumer drug
information and FAQ’s, drug safety and side effects, clinical trials, drug
preparedness and bioterrorism, public health alerts and warnings.
Healthtouch
Online Medication Guide
www.healthtouch.com/bin/Econtent_HT/dnoteinfo.asp?cid=HTDRUG
“Offers
a searchable collection of ‘printer-friendly’ prescription drug-information
sheets for consumers.” Drugs
are listed alphabetically by both generic and brand names with mode of delivery.
Mayo
Clinic Drug Search
www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/druginformation/index.cfm
A
prescription and OTC drug information database developed by Micromedex. Can search for U.S. and Canadian drugs
by name, or consult the alphabetical listing. Also, provides information about general
use of medication.
MEDLINEplus
Drug Information www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Developed
by the National Library of Medicine for consumers. Provides information on U.S. and Canadian
generic or brand name drugs by searching an alphabetical listing.
Medscape
Drug Info www.medscape.com/druginfo
Provides
“high level of professionally-oriented information on prescription and OTC
drugs.” Information on each drug
includes basics on drug class, use and dosage, advers effects, precautions,
interactions, overdose and toxicity, etc.
Requires one-time free registration.
Consumer Drug Information Sheets (FDA) www.fda.gov/cder/drug/DrugSafety/DrugIndex.htm
For consumers. Provides basic information about medications approved by the FDA within the last couple of years.
Drug InfoNet
www.druginfonet.com
For health professionals and consumers.
Drug information by brand name, generic name, drug company, and therapeutic
class.
Internet FDA
www.fda.gov
FDA home page, includes information
about recently approved drugs.
American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) www.acponline.org/sci-policy/guidelines/recent.htm.
Aimed at Internists. Home page for the society. Covers information on patient care, advocacy,
practice management, CME, web site links, etc.
American Society of PeriAnesthesia
Nurses
www.aspan.org/
Membership information and resources
relating to perianesthesia nursing.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
www.guideline.gov
Makes available the latest clinical
practice guidelines.
Primary Care Clinical Practice
Guidelines
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines
For primary care providers – and
evidence based medicine approach to using clinical practice guidelines.
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium http://www.mahealthdata.org/
Affiliated
with the MHA, provides resources to help with HIPAA preparation, compliance,
privacy issues, code sets, etc.
HHS (HIPAA) http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp
Health and Human Services
site, gives up-to-date information on HIPAA provisions, the entire privacy
document, and press briefings.
HIPAA Advisory
www.hipaadvisory.com
Contains all the government
documents related to HIPAA, plus some articles, analysis, and free access
to two HIPAA e-mail newsletters.
Health Privacy Project
www.healthprivacy.org
Provides information on health
privacy in general, both state and federal. Also covers analysis of late-breaking
news that may affect health privacy issues.
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org/
Home page of the AACAP. Contains a section on 56 “Facts for Families”
with fact sheets on carious problems of childhood and adolescence (in English,
Spanish, French).
Association of Rehabilitation
Nurses
www.rehabnurse.org/
Includes membership information,
CE opportunities, news, certification, grants and scholarships, and general
information for the public.
National Center on Sleep Disorders
Research
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr
Developed by the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the NIH. Covers research programs, professional
education, and public information.
SleepNet
www.sleepnet.com/
Attempts to link all known sleep
information on the Internet together in one easy location. More than 50 links to sleep disorder centers,
support groups, and other organizations related to sleep disorders.
Comprehensive State-Specific Healthcare Statistics http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/
Sponsored
by the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides a broad range of statistical information
covering such topics as managed care, the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare,
healthcare demographics, women’s health, HIV/AIDS.
Substance Abuse Resource Center http://substanceabuse.rwjf.org/
Aimed at
professionals, pulls together information on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Also contains nearly 1000 Web resources
on substance abuse. Developed
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
NIDA Drugpages/Clubdrugs
www.nida.nih.gov/drugpages/clubdrugs.html
Provides current information
on club drugs such as Ecstasy, Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine, etc.
National Institute on Drug
Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov
Provides overall information on
a variety of aspects of substance abuse, including cigarette smoking. Fact sheets available.
Web of Addictions
www.well.com/user/woa
Provides links to specific pages
and organizations and resources related to alcohol and drug addiction. Contains fact sheets.
National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information (PREVLINE)
www.health.org/
NCADI handouts on alcohol and drug
facts for professionals and students.
Topics include hallucinogens, depressants, alcohol, prescription and
over-the-counter drugs.
SIDS Alliance
www.sidsalliance.org/
A non-profit organization
for the support of SIDS families, education, and research.
Fainting.com www.medtronic.com/reveal
For health professionals, patients,
and families. Provides information on recurrent
fainting as well as a diagnostic tool.
Healthy Palm Pilot http://www.healthypalmpilot.com/
A good source
to find out about new PDA resources, evaluated by peers.
University of Alberta Libraries Personal Digital Assistants www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/index.cfm
Calls itself the “starting
point for medical professionals and students interested in information about
PDA’s and the internet.”
PDAMD
www.pdamd.com
Offers articles and product
reviews on PDA’s (Personal Digital Assistants), especially re: the Palm Pilot.
HHS Office of Women’s Health www.4woman.gov/owh/index.htm
Federal web
site for women’s issues including information on women’s health issues, health
care services, public and health professional education and training.
National Women’s Health Resource
Center www.healthywomen.org/
Includes question & answer section
and an annotated list of women’s health links in over 50 categories.
If you have any questions or comments about any of the above Web sites, have difficulty accessing a site with the web address given, or would like to contribute a web site to the list, please contact Terri Niland, Health Sciences Librarian, Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 781-306-6606 or by e-mail at tniland@hallmarkhealth.org
Revised
10/03; 1/06