This listing is a compilation of selected organizations and Web sites containing a variety of research-oriented material. Concise descriptions of information contained on each site are provided. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by organization name.

Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/index.html
The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of the 11 Federal prisons in operation at that time. Today, the Bureau consists of 98 institutions, six regional offices, a central office (headquarters), three staff training centers, and 29 community corrections offices. The Bureau is responsible for the custody and care of approximately 145,000 Federal offenders.

The George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy
http://www.gwhealthpolicy.org
The Center conducts extensive research and program evaluation of laws, policies, and services affecting low-income medically underserved, and vulnerable populations and the health care providers and institutions that serve them.

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/
The center encompasses an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training focusing on the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services.

Diversity Rx
http://www.diversityrx.org/HTML/DIVRX.htm
Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees, and other diverse populations seeking health care.

DoctorSurf.com
http://www.doctorsurf.com/index.cfm
DoctorSurf.com is a medical destination site designed by doctors for doctors. It delivers a continuous stream of cutting-edge scientific information, educational programming, and consumer and professional services to health care professionals.

Heathlinks.net
http://www.healthlinks.net/
This site is a health care information portal that provides a directory of professional-level health care Web sites, featuring a search directory, newsletter, forums, chatrooms, continuing education ,and classified ads for the health care consumer and professional.

Indian Health Service
http://www.ihs.gov/
The Indian Health Service is the principal Federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people. Its goal is to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/urbanhealth/
This institute serves as a mechanism of integration and action to promote a healthy East Baltimore. It represents the chief response by Johns Hopkins to meet these critical community needs, and particularly to leverage faculty expertise in addressing urban health problems.

MedForum®
http://www.medforum.com/
MedForum® presents an opportunity to publish work in an interactive peer-reviewed journal designed from the ground up to foster more immediate medical communications and collaboration. Through MedForum®, you can share cases and solutions with other physicians around the world; find resources to help keep your practice running smoothly from conference listings and insurance to a jobline to take the worry out of hiring decisions; and link to medical resources and libraries around the globe.

National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm
NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. These data are used by policymakers in Congress and the Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health community.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The National Library of Medicine offers an extensive online information services site on clinical care, toxicology and environmental health, and basic biomedical research.

North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.schsr.unc.edu/ research_programs/Rural_Program/ rhp.html
This program is working to identify problems in the rural health arena through policy-relevant analyses, the geographic and graphical presentation of data, and the dissemination of information to organizations and individuals in the health care field who can use this information for policy or administrative purposes.

Office of Minority Health
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.omhrc.gov/
This site provides information on minority health issues, funding opportunities, conferences, legislative action in Congress, publications, useful information links, and other information. It also includes the Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) to meet the public's need for reliable, accurate, and timely information and technical assistance on issues affecting the health of minority populations. The OMHRC has grown to become one of the Nation's largest sources of minority health information.

Rural Family Medicine
http://www.ruralfamilymedicine.org/
This site is dedicated to providing resources for rural physicians and educators. It presents categorized information regarding different types of rural health systems, including topics on rural hospitals, rural prisons, and rural migrant health care. It contains numerous links to sites of rural organizations and sources of information pertinent to rural health.

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
The Center facilitates collaborative research on health needs and health policy among faculty and researchers in the School of Public Health, School of Public Policy and Social Research, School of Medicine, and other professional schools and academic departments at UCLA.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
This site provides guides on accessing Department of Health and Human Services information resources, information hotlines, and links to the Government Information Locator Service (GILS).

Virtual Naval Hospital(™)
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine
http://www.vnh.org/
The Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital health sciences library designed to deliver expert medical information to providers and patients at the point-of-care in order to help providers take better care of their patients and help patients live healthier lives. It is presented by the Electric Differential Multimedia Laboratory, University of Iowa College of Medicine.

Virtual Hospital®
http://www.vh.org/
The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients.