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Links: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A division of the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA regulates health and safety in the workplace. This site offers information, tips and fact sheets about workplace safety, including information on ergonomics.
Links: American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
ABMS database provides certification information for doctors nationwide.
Links: American Medical Association
Features "Doctor Finder" database to help you find a doctor or check if your doctor's license is current. Also contains lots of health and fitness information for you and your family.
Links: Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors DocFinder
Run by Administrators in Medicine, the site provides disciplinary information through 20 states.
Links: California Department of Managed Health Care
The California Department of Managed Health Care helps Californians resolve problems with their HMOs and works to ensure a better, more solvent and stable managed health care system.
Links: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information about public health, disease, injury and disability. This site also includes health information for international travelers.
Links: FDA MedWatch
Federal Drug Adminstration (FDA) offers online reporting for for consumer reports of adverse reactions or other problems with medicines, medical devices, blood and vaccines.
Links: Federation of State Medical Boards
Directory of state medical boards and links to disciplinary actions taken against doctors.
Links: Healthfinder
Clearinghouse of information on health topics compiled by health agencies and other reputable sources.
Links: Institute of Molecular Virology (at the University of Wisconsin at Madison)
Scientific and historical information about viruses, as well as information about their impact on public health, and how to avoid them.
Links: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Hospital accreditation group investigates complaints from patients through the Office of Quality Monitoring. Toll free hotline is (800) 994-6610.
Links: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Information, resources, and free publications relating to allergies and infectious diseases.
Links: National Organization for Rare Disorders
News and information about rare disorders. Includes three searchable databases, information about treatment drugs and links to support groups.
Links: National Institutes of Health
The home page for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) includes a directory of the individual institutes that make up the NIH, as well as online health publications, infomation, and resources.
Links: National Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has been diligently pursuing one mission since its founding in 1997 – to improve the safety of patients. A decade later, NPSF remains…
Links: Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy
Links to state chapters provide information about hospital based patient representatives and healthcare advocates who handle complaints.
Links: World Health Organization
Information on a wide variety of topics relating to health throughout the world.
Helpdesk: HMOs
HMOs (health maintenance organizations) are a form of managed care, a system of health care insurance designed to keep medical costs in check by coordinating covered individuals’ medical needs. HMOs provide a full range of…
Helpdesk: HMOs vs. fee-for-service
As an HMO member, your health care will be coordinated by your doctor - your “primary care physician” - and you will in most cases be required to use other health care providers, such as…
Helpdesk: Health information
It is a great idea to have a good medical reference book at home. Many health plans have published very complete guides to assessing the seriousness of health concerns. Start your search by asking your…
Helpdesk: Open enrollment periods
Employers that offer more than one health plan will allow employees to switch their coverage between plans only during one time of the year, typically one month in the fall or early winter. This is…
Helpdesk: Investigating doctors’ backgrounds
Information on doctors who have been subject to disciplinary actions can be found online for free at the Docfinder site. Docfinder, run by Administrators In Medicine (AIM), culls its data from state government licensing…
Helpdesk: Generic prescription drugs
The pharmacist probably told you that the drug your doctor requested is not covered by your HMO. This means that if you had wanted that particular drug right away, you would have had to pay…
Links: Families USA
National nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
Links: Family Health Budget
FamilyHealthBudget.com is an interactive web site by Humana to help people plan for and manage the rising cost of health care.