- Health, United States
- Annual health statistics reports online for years 1993 - 1998. Click on the boxes labelled "PDF" to
download or view the reports. Reports require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view - download your copy from
Adobe's site.
- Health Care Financing Agency (HCFA)
- HCFA administers both Medicare and Medicaid. It pays the medical bills of approximately 72 million people. This site
provides information and access to its services and resources.
- Health Services/Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)
- HSTAT provides full-text access to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's (AHCPR) clinical practice
guidelines and other health care decision making documents.
- Medical Center Occupational Health
- Sponsored by the American College of Occupational Medicine (ACOM). Among other objectives,
ACOM defines scope, objectives and responsibilities of occupational medical services for employees
and staff of health care institutions. This site provides access to various guidelines, e.g., infection
control, and protecting the health and safety of health care workers.
- Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
- OSHA's mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. This site provides
detailed information on the agency and its state partners.
- Medical Board of California
- This link takes users to the State of California Department of
Consumer Affairs. Scroll down to "DOCTORS" and click on Medical Board
of California. Note that other healthcare professions regulated by the
state are listed here as well, e.g., Nurses, Pharmacists, Physical
Therapists, Nursing Homes, etc.
- Medi-Qual
- MediQual is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health. It has
specialized in the field of healthcare information since 1980. The
company combines proprietary clinical knowledge with actual patient
encounter data to create high impact quantitative information.
Healthcare professionals and patients may use the information to
monitor healthcare costs and performance, e.g.,. measures such as
length of stay, costliest procedures, & national hospital report cards
are provided at this website.
- Directories and Locator Services
- AMA Physician Select
- "The American Medical Association's Physician Select, provides
information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States
and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors of medicine
(MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All
physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and
authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency
training programs, licensing and certifying boards, and other data
sources."
- Hospital Select
- Hospital Select is a hospital locator, providing information on
virtually every hospital in the United States. It is compiled and
published by Medical-Net,Inc. ("MNI") as a reference source of
information on individual hospitals inthe United States.
- Hospital Web
- A listing of "main" hospital webservers on the internet. The goal of the site is to provide a
simple and globally accessible way for patients, medical researchers, and physicians to get
information on hospitals around the world.
- San Diego County Medical Society
- Membership directory, meeting schedules and locations and other
general information regarding the society is provided at this site.
- UCSD Physician Locator
- A directory of Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine,
Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Pediatrics physicians in the San Diego
region.
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