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This online listing of Federal and non-federal 800 numbers for organizations providing health information to the public and to professionals is maintained as part of the Health Information Resources d... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical conside... Details >
This web site offers evidence reports and technology assessments on a variety of clinical care topics. Under its Evidence-based Practice Program, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This page links to data on the health and health care utilization of aging Americans.... Details >
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This audio podcast features Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy answering questions about health care quality. Dr. Clancy discusses preventive care, medical e... Details >
Links to web sites that provide information about Asian American health -- Cambodian (Khmer), Laotian, Vietnamese, Indian (Asian), Vietnamese and more.... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
This page provides access to educational materials designed to help consumers become better informed and participate as partners in their own health care. Information covered include questions to to a... Details >
BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or ... Details >
BenefitsCheckUpRx helps you learn about and sign up for valuable public and private programs that can save you money on your health care and prescription drugs. This includes the Extra Help through th... Details >
The Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents describes a system of care that is unique in its attention to health promotion activities and psychosocial f... Details >
This report describes disparities in the health status and outcomes for Native Americans, explores the causes for those disparities. In essence, this report evaluates the Native American Health Care s... Details >
This website promotes resources for quality improvement. The Quality Tools available are organized around the improvement aims described in the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm... Details >
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration
This site provides several links related to home health care, includes government links and other resources available. ... Details >
This page welcomes to the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS), a national non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality of health services for beneficiaries served by publicly fi... Details >
Staff from community-based consumer organizations can use this section to scan the latest program initiatives, funded projects, publications and resources from the Center for Health Care Strategies, I... Details >
This page provides access to initiatives from the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) that are improving the quality of publicly financed health care. CHCS is a national non-profit organiza... Details >
Choosing the right home health care agency is a major decision. This page provides a list of questions that you can print to help you select the home health care agency that best suits your needs.... Details >
Long-term care is the health industry term for care and related expenses associated with an extended illness or injury. Ninety-five percent of long-term care in the United States is custodial in natur... Details >
This page is for consumers who are looking for information about how to find, choose, and use quality health coverage. The page links to resources for health care consumers.... Details >
Consumer Reports on Health is a monthly, 12-page health newsletter published in print and in electronic form by Consumers Union. The newsletter offers independent, unbiased news, information, and reco... Details >
The goal of the CCHCP library is to provide current and often difficult to obtain resources on cross-cultural health care. Its sizable collection includes texts specific to immigrant and refugee commu... Details >
CYFERNet provides hundreds of complete on-line publications featuring practical, research based, Children, Youth, and Family information. You can search this entire site or explore information in the ... Details >
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Search this database of individual state medical boards and containing over 450,000 licensed medical professionals for a physician or medical professional in your area. Medical news, advisories and up... Details >
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This site provides a list of volumes available from the issue briefings for health reporters.... Details >
Home health care is an essential, integral part of health care today, touching the lives of nearly every American. This site presents frequently asked questions about home care. Answers include inform... Details >
Today, you can find a great deal of information about health care quality, both online and in print. This page discusses tools on finding quality information, including report cards, accreditation, an... Details >
This site maintained by Men's Health Network, provides access to different resources including Prescription Assistance links, Clinical Trials and more.... Details >
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care to its customers. This page offers information about VHA benefits and services.... Details >
The Gray Panthers is a national organization of intergenerational activists dedicated to social change. Today, there are more than 20,000 Gray Panthers, many of them active in one of over 28 local Net... Details >
Twenty-five years ago, most people in the United States had indemnity insurance coverage but today, more than half of all Americans who have health insurance are enrolled in some kind of managed care ... Details >
This site provides a list of current and past news stories about health care and other topics.... Details >
This video Web program can help you understand what "quality" means when it comes to health care and how to make sure you spend your health care dollars wisely.... Details >
Healthcare 411 gives consumers information they can use to improve the quality of their health care and help them navigate the health care system. The site offers weekly audio and video programs that ... Details >
Many Americans need to obtain health care services but may have trouble paying for them. This section provides comprehensive information about all of the major federal and state programs to provide co... Details >
The majority of Americans have group health insurance coverage through either their employer, or the employer of a family member. This section is designed for consumers who need more information about... Details >
This section provides consumers with a quick reference list of important health coverage assistance contacts.... Details >
Many Americans who do not have access to group health insurance coverage, like self-employed people, early retirees, students and people whose employers do not offer health benefits, choose to purchas... Details >
Being out to health care providers is important to ensure that one receives proper health care. The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), a non-profit membership organization of medical professi... Details >
A directory of over 1,000 facilities in the United States and its territories that participate in the Hill-Burton free health care program as of January 200. Each entry includes ID number, facility na... Details >
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Nosocomial infections affect approximately 2 million patients annually in acute care facilities in the United States at a direct annual patient care cost of approximately $3.5 billion. The Hospital In... Details >
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This is a quarterly journal published by the NRHA. It offers original research encompassing evaluations of model and demonstration projects to improve rural health, statistical comparisons of rural a... Details >
This page provides physicians with general information about legal issues affecting medical practice.... Details >
This online catalog lists low-literacy consumer health-related publications. Most are available online in both PDF & HTML versions.... Details >
Visit the Indian Health Service medical programs page for links to a diverse range of health care disciplines. These links will take you to information on some of IHS's medical programs and services.... Details >
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
For your health education and information needs, you may choose from this list of general and topic specific health dictionaries and glossaries.... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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Also available in: Spanish
A link to headline news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
Commercial Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, behavior and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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A link to head line news and reports on health, science and health research findings.... Details >
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Lists NIH institutes, centers, and offices. Provides a quick-link option by acronym and a link to NIH directors.... Details >
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Created by the Center for Health in Schools, the Parents' Resource Center provides two types of information: Learn Now-a web portal that provides valuable links to parent-friendly resources on child a... Details >
Published since January 1948, PEDIATRICS publishes papers on original research or observations and special feature articles in the field of pediatrics as broadly defined. Papers on materials pertinent... Details >
This page welcomes to the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland (Coalition), a non-profit corporation established to increase access to health care for low-income, uninsured County res... Details >
This site contains a list of publications, video tapes, and online documents created only by NIC corrections professionals to address specific corrections related topics.... Details >
This is a list of PubMed journals that provide links to full text articles.... Details >
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine
This page links to numerous summaries and reports about health and health care from the Institute of Medicine.... Details >
Families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid may be able to qualify for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This is Title XXI of the Social Security Act and is jointly finance... Details >
Access to health care policy information electronically. Includes titles and abstracts of The Milbank Quarterly as well as other information made available by the Milbank Memorial Fund. The Milbank Qu... Details >
The NCVHS serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics. In that capacity, the Committee provides advice and assi... Details >
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tribal Connections was developed with special funding from the National Library of Medicine and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. With the funding, the Regional Medical Library (RML) at the Univ... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
This Department of Defense page provides information on military health care issues, health care benefits and programs for military personnel and their families. Visit the "hot issues" section for cur... Details >
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, through the Policy Information Center (PIC), provides a centralized source of information on in-process, completed, and on-going eval... Details >
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This web-based resource for residents along the U.S.-Mexico border and others helps seek information on health and human services for border communities. The web site includes information on sources o... Details >
Links to information about medical services for veterans. The Network serves veterans in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and parts of Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and New Jersey.... Details >
Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital health sciences library created to meet the information needs of isolated primary care providers and their patients in the United States Navy. The Virtual Nav... Details >
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Navy Medicine, U.S. Department of the Navy
This database contains comprehensive descriptions of public and private health care coverage options offered by every state and by the federal government. Written in consumer-friendly terms with compl... Details >
The following consumer education materials can help you work with your health professionals to make the best medicine choices, buy safely, and use medicine so it's as safe and effective as possible.... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
This guide was developed to help you make the best health care decisions for choosing health plans, doctors, treatments, hospitals and long-term care. Following this guide will improve your chances f... Details >