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http://www.medicalmal.com/neglig.html What Is Medical Negligence | |
http://www.healthatoz.com The search engine for Health and Medicine | |
http://medscape.com Clinical information with the depth, breadth, and validity needed to improve the practice of medicine. Medscape offers consumers and clinicians a resource for current medical news which is updated regularly. | |
http://www.mediconsult.com The offices of doctors on-line on the Internet | |
http://www.iatrogenic.org Medical malpractice victims |
http://www.blackhealthnet.com On-line source for health information | |
http://medartist.com/index.htm Serves as the Internet hub for medical illustration and related services |
http://buylink.com/med/index.html Illustrates expert medical innovative procedures and products | |
http://www.centerwatch.com To find a variety of information related to clinical trials | |
http://www.ahcpr.gov "Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - and check up on Health Insurance Choices" - frequently asked questions |
Legislative
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html The Thomas - search this legislative site for all patient rights and protection bills. | |
http://thomas.loc.gov/medicare All about Medicare | |
http://www.guidant.com/about/gov/issues.htm The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, which became effective February 19, incorporates device-related reforms. This new law, which addresses the agency's regulation of medical devices, drugs, biological products and foods, won praise from patients, physicians and industry organizations nationwide |
Databases
http://www.regent.edu/lawlib/bookmark/bk-t-mal.html Topic Specific Law-Related Web Sites -- Medical Malpractice - databases for: search by Physician Name or Specialty; discover whether a physician is board certified, when they graduated, where they did their residency, etc.; - "Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources" - an international listing of clinical research trials - a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies. | |
http://members.aol.com/Doctorhlp/CHO/index.html "Medical Malpractice Database of 16,638 Questionable Doctors" - the medical malpractice database of questionable doctors was established as a "warning label" for consumers to help protect them from potentially dangerous and high risk doctors. | |
http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?1562019559 "AMA Physician Select" is intended for use by the general public to allow quick access information on physicians in the U.S. |
HMO's
http://www.medicarehmo.com/index.htm For everyone interested and considering joining or learning more about Medicare HMO's | |
http://www.harp.org Health care policy and HMO's |
Dictionaries/Directories/Resources
http://www.medicinenet.com Medical Dictionary | |
http://www.himanet.com/resource/index.htm Government and medical technology information and dictionary of medical technology acronyms | |
http://www.coast-resources.com The Disability & Medical Resource Directory was founded and developed by the disabled for the purpose of providing information to the disabled, handicapped challenged, elderly, caregivers and healthcare professional and providers |
Drug Indexes
http://www.rxlist.com The Internet Drug Index | |
http://www.medscape.com/misc/formdrugs.html Comprehensive and authoritative drug database in the U.S. with complete and timely information on over 200,000 drug products | |
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug.htm Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
Hospitals
http://www.ahd.com The American Hospital Directory provides on-line, comparative data for most hospitals | |
http://www.4hospitals.com Site to search for hospitals and their related information |
Human Patient Simulators Represents a break-through in medical simulation and gives practitioners across all fields the opportunity to rehearse both simple and complex procedures. The Simulator is a life-size computer controlled manikin which breathes, has a heart beat and includes sophisticated modeling of physiology and pharmacology, enabling it to mimic accurately many human responses. The system comes with a number of pre-configured patients, in which the underlying physiological model is tailored to duplicate a particular kind of individual. The manikin, therefore, can be male or female, young or old, fit or unwell, and can even simulate some aspects of the pregnant patient.
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/medicine/anesthesiology/simulator.html Simulator procedures at University of Southern California | |
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/BMSC/hps.htm Simulator procedures at The Bristol Medical Simulation Centre | |
http://www.pkpd.icon.palo-alto.med.va.gov/simulator/sim.htm Simulator procedures at Stanford University |
Articles and T.V.
http://archive.abcnews.com/sections/living/medmistakes1009/index.html Poll on Medical Mistakes by National Patient Safety Foundation | |
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/4b172.htm "Study Recommends Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients" - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | |
http://www.pathfinder.com/penews/drweil/19971010/story4.html "Americans on Medical Mistakes" | |
http://www.olender.com/injure.html "If a Doctor Injures You or A Loved One" | |
http://www.detnews.com/1998/nation/9801/31/01310082.htm "Was Baby's Death a Medical Mistake, or Murder" - Detroit Times | |
http://backandneck.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa1023b.htm "Doctor Fakes Xrays to Perform Unnecessary Surgeries" - Dateline, 10/23/97 | |
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9810/06/transplant.success/index.html "Study finds race and gender gaps in organ distribution" - CNN.com | |
http://www.med-malpractice.com "A Death in the Hospital" |
Medical Devices
http://www.devicelink.com Site for medical devices | |
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed both to educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting adverse events and problems to FDA and/or the manufacturer and; to ensure that new safety information is rapidly communicated to the medical community thereby improving patient care | |
http://www.medicinet.com/hp.asp?li=MNI&ag=Y State of the art medical information |
Organ Transplants
http://www.transweb.org/index.htm All about organ transplantation and donation | |
http://www.transplantation.com/index.htm The National Institute of Transplantation (NIT) is an internationally recognized leader on all aspects of organ transplantation including laboratory and patient research, as well as professional and public education |
General Medical Topics
Suggested Readings
"Human Error in Medicine" - Marilyn Sue Bogner | |
"The Killing Profession" - Louise G. Gitzen | |
"The Incompetent Doctor: Behind Closed Doors (State of Health)" - Marilyn M. Rosenthal | |
"How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power" - Sheldon P. Balu, M.D. and Elaine Shimberg, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1997 | |
"Error in Medicine" - Lucian L. Leape, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association, December 21, 1994 | |
"The Girl Who Died Twice, The Libby Zion Case and the Hidden Hazards of Hospitals" - Natalie Robins, Delacorte Press, 1995 | |
"Silent Violence, Silent Death, The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice" - Harvey Rosenfield, Essential Books, Washington, DC, 1994 | |
"Now the Lay Me Down to Sleep...What You Don't Know About Anesthesia and Surgery May Harm You" - Ernst, M.D., E&P Publishers, Dothan, AL, 1997 |
