Professional Medical Links

Doctors and nurses sometimes need access to information of a highly-technical nature to help them make the best health care decisions possible. It is also important that they stay informed on the many advances in modern health care. The list of links found lower on this page provides a multitude of information on a wide variety of topics.

These sites were chosen using criteria formulated by the Health Summit Working Group and other criteria, including credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and caveats. Health sciences librarians are uniquely qualified, through our training and experience, to evaluate the quality of health-related websites. We hope you use evaluative criteria on all health web sites you use.

PLEASE NOTE: No direct recommendation or sponsorship by the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, CAPHIS or MLA of these listed web resources is implied. The resources referenced here are intended to provide general information for you. Some resources will contain information that is the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of your physician. Please consult your health care provider for individual information on your specific condition. The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance recieves no compensation for the links that are listed below.

HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION SITES

The Advisory Board Company

American Hospital Directory

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Hospital & Health Care Systems of PA

Health Care Admin Related Associations and Organizations

American College of Health Care Executives

American Hospital Association

National Quality Forum

NURSING LINKS

Evidence Based Nursing

Nursing Center

OJIN The Online Journal of Issues In Nursing

Virtual Nurse Online

Nursing Associations

Critical Care

Emergency Room

Nurse Managers

Nurse Practioners

Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing

Psychiatric Nursing

Wound Care Nursing

Yahoo Nursing

Nursing Continuing Education

Directory of Free Nursing Continuing Education Courses

Licensed Practical Nurse

Dynamic Nursing Education

Medscape Nurses CE Center

Nurse’s Learning Network

Nursing Spectrum Online

RNCEUS

Nursing Theory

Nursing Theorists

PHYSICIAN LINKS

Physician Related Associations

AMA

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Board of Medical Specialties

American College of Cardiology

American College of Chest Physicians

American College of Emergency Physicians

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Rheumatology

American College of Surgeons

American Psychiatric Association

Osteopathic Medicine

Yahoo Medical Associations & Specialties

Bioterrorism

ACP ASIM Bioterrorism

CDC Public Health

NIH Environmental Health and Toxicology

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education

American Academy of Family Physicians

Medscape Internal Medicine CME

Health e Galaxy (contact library for password)

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

Bandolier

The Cochrane Library

LHS Peoria: Evidence Based Medicine

GENERAL MEDICAL/SURGICAL SITES

Cleveland Clinic Medicine

e-Medicine

Medscape

Merck- Medicus

OR Live

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

FDA-U.S. Food and Drug Administration

NIH Institutes

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GUIDELINES

ACP-Clinical Practice Guidlines

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

National Guidelines Clearinghouse

RARE DISORDERS

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

STATISTICS

CDC Data and Statistics

Census Bureau State Data

E-Guide to Health Statistics for Pennsylvania

FED Stats

National Center for Health Statistics

Statistical Abstract of U.S

Updated 12-07-07