Health & Medicine Websites
Administration
Medicaid and Medicare
Medical
Statistics
Related websites:
Audiology
Counseling & Psychology
Administration
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): News & resources, guidelines & medical outcomes, consumer health, etc.
American Hospital Association (AHA): The national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities.
HealthGrades: HealthGrades is the leading healthcare ratings organization, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO): The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
Medicaid and Medicare
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Medicaid/SCHIP: Health Policy, Public Opinion & Research: A wealth of information and resources realted to Medicaid/SCHIP, from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Medicare.gov: U.S. government site about Medicare.
Medical
National Library of Medicine (NLM): The world's largest medical library. Links to many health-related web sites.
MedlinePLUS: Information directory from the National Library of Medicine providing links to health information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted consumer and government health agencies.
Pubmed: PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Data and Statistics: Offers links to CDC reports and guidelines, scientific data on diseases, and various health databases. Links are available leading to additional information on health statistics and related topics, and news stories relating to topical issues.
Directory of Health and Human Service Data Resources: Compilation of information about virtually all major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
World Health Organization (WHO): World health issues, international health statistics, e-mail & phone directories, etc.
To find journal articles, use Research Databases.
