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Administrators in Medicine - DocFinder
search |
| Federation of State Medical
Boards -- "leading source of physician disciplinary information" |
| Public
Citizen - The Health Research Group |
| Public Citizen
-- offers you information
on doctors they say have been disciplined by state and federal governments. |
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Public Citizen -- list of more than 20,000 "Questionable Doctors" |
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations |
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Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Quality Check database |
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National Committee for Quality Assurance -
evaluates and reports on managed care organizations |
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) |
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Institute for Health Care
Research & Policy |
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American Academy of
Pediatrics - "Principles of Pediatric Safety" |
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American Academy of
Pediatrics - "Quality Improvement and Management" |
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality - "20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in
Children"
(Note: This is a PDF file. In order to view any PDF file, you will need
software called Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it, you can
download it for
free here). |
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Medem - do a search for "You and Your Pediatrician" |
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Medem - do a search under "communication"
for an article on communicating with your doctor |
| Metanoia - independent
consumer guide to therapists and counselors who provide help over the Internet |
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American College of Emergency Physicians -
includes tips for getting the best emergency care |
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List of FDA
Certified Mammography Facilities |
| U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - Consumer Guide to
buying prescriptions online |
| U.S. Food and
Drug Administration - "Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online" |
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission - directs you to the appropriate places to register concerns
over products and/or services |
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MedWatch, the FDA Safety
Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program - this is who you call if
you suspect product tampering, drug substitutions, or product counterfeiting |
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Links for
Assistance with Medical care and Health Products |
| National Library of
Medicine |
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MEDLINE plus
(National Library of Medicine) -- Drug information, from A to Z. Also
contains recall information and warnings, and includes information in Spanish |
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PubMed (National Library of
Medicine) - original studies and citations about medical topics and drugs
(more academic than other sites) |
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KidsHealth - the benefits of "Talking to the Pharmacist" |
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ConsumerLab.com - independent tests
of herbal, vitamin and mineral supplements |
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National Patient Safety Foundation |
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Hospice Patients Alliance - tips
for making sure your loved one gets quality end-of-life care |
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Office for Civil Rights (U.S. DHHS)
- "National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information" |
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National Council on Patient Information
and Education - motto is "Educate Before You Medicate: Knowledge is the
Best Medicine" |
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Quackwatch
- "Your guide to health fraud, quackery and intelligent decisions" |
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Alliance of Claims Assistance Professionals - nonprofit organization that
assists with healthcare claims and problems |
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Patients are Powerful -
nonprofit organization that offers assistance in getting coverage |
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American Medical Association |
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American Hospital Association |
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Institute of Medicine |
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American Nurses Association |
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Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance
Services |
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U.S. Preventive Services
Task Force - independent panel of experts
that reviews the evidence and develops recommendations for preventive services |
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Sandwich Generation - for information about seniors' risk of addiction to
medication |
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Health Care Products - make sure the health care product is what you need |
| "Power to the Patient: The
Treatments to Insist on When You're Sick", by Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D. |
