Collection of Useful Web Sites

Virginia Medical Schools and Residency Programs
Virginia Hospitals
Patient Education by Disease
Patient Education by Diagnosis
Patient Education - General
Practice Guidelines
Medical Associations, Organizations, and Societies
Government Agencies & Institutes
Journals & Newsletters
Other Indexes of Medical Sites
EMR/CPR Systems
Miscellaneous

Feedback

These Web sites have not all been reviewed by the chapter. Sites often change and addresses are no longer valid. You can usually find the new address by going to the master site (the address before slashes (/) start). Please e-mail Michael Rein if you have suggestions, find an outdated link, or find a good link that should be included.

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Virginia Medical Schools and Residency Programs

University of Virginia

School of Medicine
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/som/home.cfm

Department of Internal Medicine
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/internal

Internal Medicine Residency Program
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/im-residency

Medical College of Virginia

School of Medicine
www.medschool.vcu.edu

Department of Internal Medicine
www.intmed.vcu.edu/

Internal Medicine Residency Program
www.intmed.vcu.edu/home/residency/index.html

Club Med—Internal Medicine Interest Group
www.studentorg.vcu.edu/clubmed/index.html

Eastern Virginia Medical School

School of Medicine
www.evms.edu/

Department of Internal Medicine
www.evms.edu/intmed/index.html

Internal Medicine Residency Program
www.evms.edu/intmed/residents/index.html

Combined Family Practice/Internal Medicine Residency Program
www.evms.edu/intmed/combo/index.html

ACP Interactive Internal Medicine Residency Database

www.acponline.org/residency/index.html

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Virginia Hospitals

Alexandria Hospital
www.inova.org/inovapublic.srt/iah/index.jsp

Arlington Hospital
www.alagsa.com/arlington_hospital.htm

Augusta Medical Center
www.augustamed.com/

Bedford Memorial Hospital
www.bmhva.com

Carilion System
www.carilion.com

  • Bedford Memorial Hospital
  • Franklin Memorial Hospital
  • Giles Memorial Hospital
  • New River Valley Medical Center
  • Roanoke Community Hospital
  • Roanoke Memorial Hospital
  • Saint Albans Hospital
  • Stonewall Jackson Hospital
  • Tazewell Community Hospital

Dominion Hospital
www.dominionhospital.com/

Eastern Virginia Medical School
www.evms.edu/

Fairfax Hospital
www.inova.com/inovapublic.srt/ifh/index.jsp

Fair Oaks Hospital
www.inova.com/inovapublic.srt/ifoh/index.jsp

Health South
www.healthsouth-richmond.com/

Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
www.inova.org/inovapublic.srt/ifhc/index.jsp

John Randolph Medical Center
www.johnrandolphmedicalcenter.com

Loudoun Hospital
www.loudounhospital.org/

Mary Immaculate Hospital
http://bonsecourshamptonroads.com/facilities/maryimm.html

Medical College of Virginia Hospital
http://views.vcu.edu/html/schofmed.html

Mount Vernon Hospital
www.inova.com/inovapublic.srt/imvh/index.jsp

Potomac Hospital
www.pwcweb.com/potomachospital/

Prince William Health System
www.pwhs.org/

Retreat Hospital
www.retreathospital.com/

Reston Hospital
www.restonhospital.com/

RJ Reynolds Patrick Memorial Hospitals
www.rjrhospital.com/

Sentara Hospital
www.sentara.com/

Southside Community Hospital
www.sch-farmville.org/

Tazewell Community Hospital
www.tazecommhospital.com/

Tricare
www.tricare.osd.mil/

University of Virginia Hospital
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/

Virginia Beach General Hospital
www.sentara.com/Sentara/HospitalsFacilities/Hospitals/BeachGeneral/

Wythe County Community Hospital
www.wcch.org/index_flash.php

*If your hospital has a Web site, e-mail Michael Rein the URL and we will add it to the list.We know there may be some missing.

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Patient Education by Disease

AIDS

The Safer Sex Page
www.safersex.org/

The Terrence Higgins Trust
www.tht.org.uk/

Allergies and Asthma

The American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Online
www.acaai.org/

Dundee University Asthma Research Unit Home Page
www.dundee.ac.uk/GeneralPractice/Asthma/

The Food Allergy Network
www.foodallergy.org/

Alternative Medicine

Acupuncture.com
www.acupuncture.com/

Chiropractic online
www.amerchiro.org

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org/

Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton Home Page
www.alzheimerott.org

Breast Disease

Community Breast Health Project
www.med.stanford.edu/CBHP/

Cancer

Cancer Guide: Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page
http://cancerguide.org/

CancerNet
www.cancernet.co.uk/

National Cancer Institute
www.nci.nih.gov/

Prostate Cancer Home Page
www.cancer.med.umich.edu/cancertreat/urologiconcology/
prostate_cancer.shtml

Communicable Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.html

Travel Health Online
www.tripprep.com/

Diabetes

Canadian Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.ca/

Children with Diabetes
www.castleweb.com/diabetes

Diabetes Health
www.diabetesworld.com/

Diabetes Monitor
www.diabetesmonitor.com

The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
www.jdf.org/

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
www2.niddk.nih.gov//

Digestive Disease

American Gastroenterological Association
www.gastro.org/

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
www2.niddk.nih.gov/

Gynecology and Women's Health

The Museum of Menstruation
www.mum.org/

Online Birth Center
www.moonlily.com/obc/

Parenting Articles and Resources
http://parenting.ivillage.com/jump

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
www.ppfa.org

Pregnancy Related E-mail Lists
www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph/email.html

Stork Site
www.storksite.com/

Water Birth Information
www.waterbirthinfo.com

Heart Disease

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org/

The Heart Surgery Forum
www.hsforum.com

Heart Surgery Online
www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1652/heartintro.html

Mental Health

American Psychological Association
www.apa.org/

Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com/

Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
www.mentalhealth.org/

Headache

Migraine Resource Center
www.migrainehelp.com/

Renal Disease

Kidney disease
www2.niddk.nih.gov/

Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction

Sexuality Information & Education Council
www.siecus.org/

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Patient Education by Diagnosis

Attention Deficit Disorder
www.chadd.org/

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=5&topcategory=Hand

Chlamydia
http://www.healthline.com/channel/chlamydia.html

Congestive Heart Failure
www.aafp.org/afp/981101ap/981101b.html

Constipation
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/topics/constipation.asp

Cystitis-Urinary Tract Infections
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/topics/uti.asp

Genital Herpes
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdherp.htm

Gonorrhea
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdgon.htm

Hemorrhoids
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbc/HBC_WhatIs.html

Hyperlipidemia - Reducing High Blood Cholesterol
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.html

Hypertension - Monitoring Your BP at Home
http://familydoctor.org/128.xml

Hypothyroidism
www.thyroid.org

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/index.htm

Latex allergy links page
http://latexallergylinks.tripod.com/

Low Back Pain
www.aaos.org/wordhtml/pat_educ/lowback.htm

Low Back Pain - Exercises to Minimize Problems
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=10&topcategory=Spine

Osteoporosis
www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/osteopor_new.asp?aud=pat

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdpid.htm

Peptic Ulcers
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/index.htm

Pneumonia
www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35691

Sinusitis
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/sinusitis.htm

Streptococcal Pharyngitis-Group A Streptococcal Infections
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/strep.htm

Vaginal Infections-Vaginal Infections & Vaginitis
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/vaginitis.htm

Warts, urogenital-Human Papilloma Virus & Genital Warts
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdhpv.htm

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Patient Education - General

Columbia University Health Q&A Internet Service for Students
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

Consumer Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.healthfinder.gov/

Doctor's Guide to the Internet
www.pslgroup.com/ptguide.htm

Health Gazette (written by an MD as patient education handouts)
http://tfn.net/healthgazette/

Healthtouch - Health Information: Table of Contents
www.healthtouch.com/level1/hi_toc.htm

Internists Board Certification Status
www.abim.org/who/index.shtm

Johns Hopkins: Patient Advocacy Groups
http://md-jd.info/hopkins.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov/

National Institute for Mental Health - Information
www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/index.cfm

NIAAA- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
www.niaaa.nih.gov/

Olen Pregnancy Calendar
http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/calendar

Physicians - Board Certification
www.certifacts.org

Physician Select from the AMA
www.ama-assn.org

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Practice Guidelines

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Clinical Practice Guidelines
www.medicaledu.com/ahcpr.htm

Bandolier Home Page (Evidence Based Medicine)
www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/index.html

CDC - Diseases & Conditions
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000e035

CDC - Traveler's Health
www.cdc.gov/travel/

McMaster's Guideline Appraisal - Health Information Research Unit
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/

National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3upd04.pdf

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Medical Associations, Organizations, and Societies

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org/

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org/

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org/

American Health Care Association - Health Services Research
www.ahca.org/research/index.html

American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org/

American Medical Informatics Association
www.amia.org/

American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org/

Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges
www.aamc.org/start.htm

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.chadd.org/

Lupus Foundation of America
www.lupus.org

Medical Records Institute
www.medrecinst.com/

SAS Institute
www.sas.com/corporate/index.html

North American Primary Care Research Group
www.napcrg.org/

World Health Organization
www.who.int/en/

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Government Agencies & Institutes

CDC
www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov/

NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
www.niaaa.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/

National Medical Library - Grateful Med and PubMed
www.nlm.nih.gov

Medicare Information, including links for ICD-9 Codes
www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicare.asp

National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov/

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Physician license status, sanction status
www.docboard.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.os.dhhs.gov/

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
www.nlm.nih.gov/

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Journals & Newsletters

MedWeb: Electronic Newsletters and Journals
www.medweb.emory.edu./medweb/

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/

New England Journal of Medicine Online - Home Page
www.nejm.org/

Physicians Medical Law Letter
www.pmll.com

American Health Consultants - Includes CME
www.ahcpub.com

Doctor's Guide to the Internet
www.docguide.com/

Medical Breakthroughs reported by Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.
http://www.ivanhoe.com/

NewsFile
www.newsrx.net

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Other Indexes of Medical Sites

Body Home Page (AIDS Information)
www.thebody.com/index.html

Clinical Calculators
www.intmed.mcw.edu/clincalc.html

Clinical Current Strategies
www.ccspublishing.com/

Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html

The Doctors' Page
www.doctorspage.net

FREE Internet Encyclopedia
www.clever.net/cam/encyclopedia.html

Galaxy's Medical Directory
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Medicine.html

Hardin MD: Medical Information and Resources
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

Lipid Education Program
www2.umdnj.edu/ucgweb/ho_toc.html

MedConnect - Information Services for the Medical Community
www.medconnect.com/

Med Nexus
www.mednexus.com/

Medscape (from WebMD)
www.medscape.com/home

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
(catalog of human genes and genetic disorders)
www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
www.nlm.nih.gov/

Virtual Hospital
www.vh.org/

WebMD
www.webmd.com

Yahoo! Health
www.yahoo.com/health/medicine

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EMR/CPR Systems

Bureau of Health Professions Grants
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm

Department of Health and Human Services GrantsNet
www.hhs.gov/grants/index.shtml

Electronic Medical Record Systems Vendors
www.telemedical.com/Telemedical/Products/emr.html

Medical Computing
www.medg.lcs.mit.edu/courses/6893-S95/6893.html

Practice Partner (formerly known as Physician Micro Systems, Inc.)
www.pmsi.com

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Miscellaneous

Consumer Information Center
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Department of the Treasury
www.ustreas.gov/

International Directories
www.infobel.com/world

Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Senior Sites
www.seniorsites.com/

Shareware
www.shareware.com/

Social Security Administration Home Page
www.ssa.gov/

U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
www.census.gov/

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov/

U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov

The White House
www.whitehouse.gov/

Who Where? Lycos Search for E-mail Addresses
www.whowhere.com/


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