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Healthcare Links   ...   a growing list

This page is intended to help you find resources on a wide variety of healthcare topics. We'll be organizing these links into groups, and adding more. If you can suggest additional links, please e-mail our webmaster with your suggestions.

Healthfinder
A general health information locator provided by the US government. Lots of links to further information.

US Department of Health and Human Services
Comprehensive US government resource site, overall starting point for agencies and programs within HHS.

National Institute of Health
National Institute of Health. Large health-related site, excellent source of information on a wide variety of health-related topics.

Center for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. Another exceptional website brought to you by the federal government.

JCAHO
National healthcare accreditation organization; a rich source of health-related links.

CaringBridge
A free communication resource for families with newborns, or with a family member in the hospital. This is a wonderful way for families to provide information to other family members and friends. You can create and maintain your own page for the patient, providing news and status and receiving inbound messages.

American Medical Association
Official site of the AMA; info for professionals, institutions, and patients. Not all parts of site accessible to the public.

Journal of the American Medical Association
Full text available by subscription only, but still a good resource for locating further information.

New England Journal of Medicine
Like the AMA Journal, full articles are available by subscription only, but abstracts and indexes provide a good start on research.

The Mayo Clinic
The official site of one of the world's finest clinics. Note: Because of the way their site is designed, you may have to "triple click" to return to this page from the Mayo site.

The Marshfield Clinic
Official site of another widely-known and widely-respected clinic.

Intelihealth
Featuring medical information from the Harvard Medical School.

Discovery Health
Brought to you by the Discovery Channel.

CBS Health Watch
A good health resource site from CBS.

A Family Physician's Web Starter
Intended primarily for physicians, this is a huge list of clinical reference links, plus many non-clinical links.

WebMD
A comprehensive medical information website.

PACER
A resource group for people with disabilities, and their families.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
This is a great site to find patient and family educational material as related to home care.

Gillette Children's Hospital - St Paul
Includes an equipment exchange message board.

University of Minnesota Pediatrics Home Page
A good source of pediatric health info; many links.

Medformation
Site for Allina Clinics & Hospitals, a large network of health service providers in the Twin cities

University of Wisconsin Medical Links
Huge index of links within Medical School website at University of Wisconsin.

Virtual Hospital
Comprehensive medical site, a service of the University of Iowa.

Alzheimer's research
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University.

Alzheimer's Association
Valuable resources for families and caregivers of Alzheimer's patients.

AARC
American Association for Respiratory Care

Allergy and Asthma Network, Mothers of Asthmatics
Lots of info and related links.

Aaron's Tracheostomy Page
A parent-created site specifically for trach patients.

Oxygen For Travel
Information and oxygen locations for patients traveling with oxygen.

Cystic Fibrosis Equipment Guide
A Canadian guide to equipment used in the treatment of cystic fibrosis.

Sharon Litton - Oxygen
All about oxygen - equipment, disposables, usage, traveling, etc.

American Association for Homecare
Association formed by the merger of NAMES (National Association for Medical Equipment Services), HIDA Home Care (Health Industry Distributors Association's Home Care Division), and HHSSA (Home Health Services & Staffing Association).

Google
Probably the best of the web search engines; has the capability to search for images. Can also translate text and websites.

AskJeeves
Ask Jeeves the butler any question and he will provide sources for the answer.