AMSO - American Medical Specialty Organization, Inc.
Provides a forum for health care professionals and consumers to discuss and learn about the ever-changing managed health care industry.

Association of Cancer Online Resources

Background Checks on Doctors
Contains data on doctors disciplined by state medical boards and federal agencies in 13 states over the past ten years.

Quackwatch
Operates a growing list of Web sites aimed at combating health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Reports on actions by state and federal agencies.

Federation of State Medical Boards
Umbrella group for all state medical boards as well as 13 state boards of osteopathic medicine. Provides web addresses, mailing addresses and phone numbers for state boards.

Administrators in Medicine
Free site. Contains licensing background, malpractice, criminal conviction and disciplinary information of physicians and other health care practitioners from state government licensing boards.

CDC (Center for Disease Control) WONDER System
Provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Includes topics such as Traveler's Health, Health Information, Publications and Data & Statistics.

Chemical Abuse - Narcotics Anonymous
Provides information about the fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous. Includes product news, professional information and local contact information.

The Commonwealth Fund

Compare Your Care
This free interactive website uses online surveys to help consumers compare their own doctor's care to national benchmarks for depression, heart disease, asthma, diabetes and general health care.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
An interactive Web site to provide employee-consumers with in-depth information about health care coverage under private and public health plans. The site includes explanations of federal mandates and patients’ rights, as well as a glossary of insurance terms for such concepts as pre-existing conditions and COBRA qualifying events.

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Topics include: Food, Human Drugs, Biologics, Animal Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Devices, Children & Tobacco Regulations, Medical Products Reporting, Etc.

Healthfinder
A consumer health and human services information web site from the U.S. government. Includes selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Hospital Report Cards:

• Health Grades Inc.
  Ratings of more than 5,000 hospitals based on volume and mortality rates for 25 common procedures and diagnosis.
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  Results of most recent review by national hospital-accreditation authority. Scores for hospital services and systems compared with national results. Interactive search features.
• Health Care Choices
  Volume information for specified states on high-risk cancer and cardiac surgeries. Site also links to individual state hospital-report sites.

Internet Mental Health
Provides information such as symptoms and treatment for mental health problems and disorders.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Federal program that provides drug abuse research and education, promotes drug abuse awareness and treatment and oversees such efforts in each state.

National Library of Medicine
The U.S. National Library of Medicine is the world's largest research library in a single scientific and professional field. Includes all major areas of the health sciences - from medical history to biotechnology. Housed within the Library-- books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, and pictorial materials as old as pre-1914 to current, including rare medical texts, manuscripts, etc.

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Includes weekly articles on wellness and preventive medicine. Resources available include the Oasis Library, Allergy & Asthma Center, Diet & Nutrition, Cancer Center, Heart Center, Pregnancy & Children, Medical Center and more.

Organ Donation
Provides information and resources on organ donations and transplantation issues.

Quality Tools Web Site
This site is promoted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to urge both medical providers and consumers to visit this website. Although primarily aimed at medical professionals, this site has a patient and consumer section with links to information such as how to choose health-care services, and how to figure out if your care is any good, including questions to ask your doctor before surgery or treatment.

RealAge
Includes excellent on-line health risk assessment information.

Steve Dunns' Cancer Guide

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
Online database which provides information on doctors, hospitals or other groups excluded from participation in federal health programs such as Medicare, due to fraud, patient abuse, and licensing board actions.

WebMD

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