Medical College of Georgia
Division of Continuing Education
Resources for Health Care Professionals
"Resources" are links to web sites providing information designed to assist the busy practitioner. There are also links that may be helpful to patients. This is not an exhaustive list but is a sampling of relevant sites.
Note: The "Resources" are for informational purposes only and are not represented to be error free. Any links to non-Medical College of Georgia information are provided as a courtesy. They are not intended to nor do they constitute an endorsement by the Medical College of Georgia of the linked materials.
ADA (American Dental Association) Oral Health Topics
Provides you with information and resources about various issues related to you and your family's oral health care.
AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
This web site provides practical health care information, research findings and data to help consumers, health providers and others make informed decisions about health care issues.
AMA Professional Resources and Standards
A broad range of practice management tools and resources.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Tthe national association of family doctors whose mission is to improve the health of patients, families, and communities by serving the needs of members with professionalism and creativity.
American College of Physicians (ACP)
A national organization of internists — physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An online source for credible health information.
Drugs.com
Resource for drug and related health information for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
Presents independent, objective, comprehensive and up-to-date information in a clear and concise format.
Electronic Orange Book
Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations.
Evidence-Based Medicine Guide: Databases & Internet Web Sites
This resource has a variety of info on evidence-based medicine, prepared by the Medical College of Georgia Greenblatt Library.
FamilyDoctor.org
Health information for the whole family, presented by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Family Practice News
An independent online newspaper for the family physician.
Georgia DPH (Division of Public Health)
Our mission is to promote and protect the health of people in Georgia wherever they live, work, and play. We unite with individuals, families, and communities to improve their health and enhance their quality of life.
Hardin Meta Directory
The Hardin Meta Directory is a health-related search engine featuring a medical picture gallery.
healthfinder.gov
A government Web site where you will find information and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy. healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet.
Health On the Net Foundation
A search engine from the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.
HSS (Department of Health and Human Services)
The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
An independent not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of health care throughout the world.
MayoClinic.com
Offers health information, self-improvement and disease management tools to empower people to manage their health.
Medem's Medical Library
Represents the full range of patient education information from our medical societies and other trusted sources.
MedlinePlus
Brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC)
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC offers Syntheses of selected guidelines that cover similar topic areas, and Expert Commentary on issues of interest and importance to the clinical guideline community.
Organized Wisdom
OrganizedWisdom® Health is the first human-powered, doctor-guided search service for health. The site provides hand-crafted search result pages called WisdomCards™, for the most popular health search terms and phrases without the clutter, redundant links or index spam typically found in search engines.
PDR.net
A medical professional information web portal which contains specialty focused clinical resources including full drug and disease monographs, patient education, plus specialty news and conference information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Our goal: To help Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need.
Scirus
A comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 450 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.
State Snapshots (from AHRQ)
The State Snapshots provide state-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
Visible Body
Argosy's Visible Body is the most comprehensive
human anatomy visualization tool available today.
This entirely Web-delivered application offers an
unparalleled understanding of human anatomy. |