HEALTH
CARE ON THE WEB
The
information provided here is not intended to take the place of your
practitioner
Increasingly,
people are getting health care information from the Web, however wading through cyberspace can be frustrating.
Below is an eclectic list of some sites that offer general information
from non-hospital sources.
Sometimes,
the first stop in surfing the Internet is the search engine like: Google;
Dogpile, Yahoo,
Hotbot
or Excite.
NOTEWORTHY
LAY CONSUMER SITES:
Patient
Education Materials:
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention--Wow! "Health Topics
A to Z" provides a listing of disease and health topics found
on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New
topics are added on an ongoing basis."
CalorieChart.org
(self explanatory from its name)
Produced by Doctor
Online, this site [which I cannot open 11.26.01] contains a very
comprehensive list of high quality patient information leaflets, e.g.,
otitis media.
National Health
Service, Direct is a useful site that patients can access. (Includes
very good audiovisual clips).
Patient.co.uk
This site provides a gateway to many very good sites that contain patient
information leaflets.
PRODIGY's
patient information leaflets are excellent.
 ®--leading
producer of online audio, video and text interviews with leading physicians,
celebrities, and experienced patients: Asthma, Breast Cancer, Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia, Diabetes, Headaches, Hepatitis C, Kidney Disease,
Lymphoma, Menopause, Multiple Myeloma, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid
Arthritis. In keeping with our commitment to providing our customers
access to the latest health information about chronic diseases and conditions
that may affect you or your family [Partners with Caremark, a large
pharmacy benefits management (PBM) firm].
DrKoop.com (Dr.
Koop was the former U.S. Surgeon General and my mentor in Pediatric
Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia).
The
site covers many topics, hosts health forums and offers daily programming.
Features include health news, a "Manage Your Health"
section, drug information and a search engine.
Unfortunately,
this site may be going away.
and 
to preview their online
health risk assessments, state-of-the-art HRAs that combine quantitative
and qualitative analysis that confidentially identify prevalent health
risks within organizations and provide critical reporting data.
Growth
Charts from the 
Mayo
Clinic Select the disease or condition of your choice
to learn more about signs and symptoms, causes, treatments and other
important facts that can help you understand health problems affecting
you or a loved one.
on-line software and data services center to improve outcomes through
population health and disease management programs. E.G., the PhDx® Orthopaedic
application includes modules for Arthroscopy Outcomes, Hip Arthroplasty,
Knee Arthroplasty, Shoulder Arthroplasty and Trauma. PhDx® Spine includes
modules for Low Back Surgical Care, Cervical Surgical Care and Conservative
Spine Care
Prevention Magazine's iVillageHealth
with its Healthy Ideas column has tips
on healthful living, a site that emphasizes women's health, plus.
Kids' Health
answers parent's questions
about children's health.
LifeClinic
- great BMI and Carb counter +++
MedMatrix
-- Medical Matrix is a free directory of selected medical sites on the
Internet. Each site listing has been carefully evaluated by reviewers
from our panel of physicians and medical librarians. Medical Matrix
lists only those sites that meet our criteria for information quality
and site usability, with an emphasis on usefulness to healthcare practitioners.
Insurance
coverage-families' advocacy group
Consumers For Quality Care mail to: cqc@consumerwatchdog.org
 Another
great Women's Health
site
NOTEWORTHY
PRACTITIONER-CONSUMER SITES:
Centerwatch
The
site lists where new drugs are being tested in clinical trials, and
has thousands of trials listed
by broad disease categories.
Healthgate
The
site provides content on health concerns collated from such sources as the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons. It is geared to consumers needing information
on a medical condition. Medical
researchers and health professionals use the site ot access medical
databases from such sources as Medline, AIDSLine and CancerLit.
Ims-health
A
comprehensive site on the pharmaceutical industry, it tracks drug sales
and treatment trends for certain conditions.
Medicare.gov
Along
with information on Medicare, HCFA's site has begun posting nursing
homes' quality survey reports. "Nursing
Home Compare" lets consumers get information by entering a home's
name or by searching within a geographic region.
The database also identifies violations, and compares the number
of violations for each home with the average number of violations per
nursing home in the state. It also lists Medicare HMOs that are not
renewing contracts. (The site, launched in September 1998 is a work
in progress.)
Medscape
Geared to doctors and consumers, the site pools information from medical journals carries
clinical articles, and features news stories and a medical dictionary.
Medsite
This site actually is a search engine. Run by Medsite Publishing, it rates and reviews
more than 10,000 medical and health-related sites for target audience
and quality.
Rxlist
The site is a thorough index of drugs
on the market and in development. It includes information on side effects,
ingredients and which insurers cover the drug.
services allow individuals to receive accurate, personalized health
information to maintain and improve health, while also helping people
communicate their health care requirements more effectively to employers,
health plans and care providers. Wellmed
's Personal Health Manager is a complete set of personal health
management services that allows you to: * Check your health status *
Store personal health records securely * Identify personal health risks
* Get accurate, detailed information relevant to your individual needs
Has a good Smoking Cessation program.
To
search further, try Google
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