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Health Care organizations

American Association of Medical Colleges

Agency For Health Care Policy and Research http://www.ahcpr.gov/ Fed Gov. Most important health care management agency. Provides information on medical reimbursement, US health care policy, data guidelines, regulation, etc.

American Health Information Management Association http://www.ahima.org/

HMO Group Association

Insurers

College of American Pathologists, publishers of CAP today.
Pathology reports and blood tests. Excellent discussion on interpreting test results. For a professional audience of pathologists, lab staff. www.cap.org

http://www.medicomint.com/ Managed care journals. List and links to health care, management, policy organizations. National, state, private.

Complementary / Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

Quackwatch. Learn about false claims, misleading information, quacks. Determine whether the great therapy you read in the Internet or some magazine has scientific merit or is really a scam. www.quackwatch.com

NIH national Center for Alternative Medicine altmed.od.nih.gov Fed gov funding agency for research. Web site may be changing name.

Alternative medicine, abstracts, FAQ, e-mail info@thorne.com http://www.thorne.com/

New Hope Communications http://www.newhope.com/
Organize the Natural Health Foods Trade Shows East (~ 10K attendance) and West (~ 20K attendance), probably by far the largest trade shows for the natural food industry. Every manufacturer of natural foods or supplements probably feels that it must present its products at one or both trade shows. Every retailer would likely try to attend at least one show every year. The shows use “gurus” to lecture on topics ranging from alternative medicine to how to make money selling supplements or how to live a happy life. They provide a mixture of lectures covering alternative medicine, folk remedies, management, profit making, strategies to bring customers to stores, etc.
They publish leading magazines including Natural Food Merchandizing, aimed at stored managers (presents new products), Delicious magazine (aimed at consumers, stores apparently can purchase it at huge discounts and give it away to customers; they tie in promotions with advertisements and articles), Nutrition Science News (a description of studies that appear to support the health-benefits of supplements).

Bastyr University. Pres. Joe Pizzarno. One of most influential universities granting degrees in naturopathy medicine and other alternative medicine specialties. http://www.bastyr.edu/

Institute of Functional Medicine http://www.fxmed.com/, http://www.healthcomm.com/
Pres. Jeffrey Bland, PhD. Dr. Bland is one of the most charismatic and smart professionals conducting research and teaching in alternative or complementary medicine. With a PhD in chemistry, Dr. Bland uses the words “functional medicine” and has organized symposiums applying biochemical concepts to develop new diagnostic and treatment strategies. He is one of the “thinkers” of the alternative/complementary medicine movement. He has various “think tanks” and companies that make various products, see his websites for details.
Key research areas include the immune system, antioxidants, and gastrointestinal diseases. Dr. R Lerman, MD, PhD is now his medical research director.

National Nutritional Food Association http://www.nnfa.org/ One of the largest organizations, emphasizes nutritional supplements. Annual trade show that competes/supplements those by New Hope Communications. Influential in setting US supplement policy, getting laws passed by Congress.

Consumerlab.com. Reviews of supplements. Descriptions of chemical composition, quality. Sell reports for a substantial price.

American Academy of Environmental Medicine, AAEM
10 E. Randolph St, New Hope, PA 18938. Medical group with emphasis on alternative/complementary care.

American College for Advancement in Medicine www.acam.org
23121 Verduga Dr Suite 204 Laguna Hills CA 9265. Medical group with emphasis on alternative/complementary care.

Medical Links

Health Explorer http://www.healthexplorer.com/

Healthwise: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/healthwise/

Health site with references, nutrition clinic, etc. www.healthy.net

Source health information housecall.com/index.html

worldwide healthcare forums http://www.healthcareforums.com/

MedConnect http://www.medconnect.com/

Med Help. Information in lay terminology about illnesses. On line medical libraries http://medhlp.netusa.net/

Medical Education Information Center (MEDIC). Information for patients, med students and healthcare professionals.
http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/publ/home.htm

Med Nexus. Medical links, community bulletins, and a "real" librarian. Alphabetical listing of healthcare organizations.
http://www.mednexus.com/

Multimedia Medical Reference Library. Designed to aid Internet searches for specific medical information.
http://www.tiac.net/users/jtward/index.html

healthgate.com is similar to medscape. However, medscape appears to have more information from professional meetings. Provides articles from New England J. of Medicine.

Former US Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, www.drkoop.com
Good site for smoking, obesity.

Medical search engine, rates and reviews medical and health-related Internet sites www.medsite.com

HealthNews, 300+ pages of stories and graphics, ask the expert, disease and symptom encyclopedia. http://www.onhealth.com/

The National Council Against Health Fraud http://www.ncahf.org/ Learn how smart groups seek to get your attention and your money. With the money you save reading this site you can afford a nice vacation.

Physician's Guide to the Internet: http://saturn.netrep.com/home/pgi/

Preventive Care Guidelines (recommendations for patient care)
http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/02mar99/compend.htm

Global network navigator medical table of health resources gnn.com/wic/wics/med.new.html

Worldwide Healthcare Forums www.healthcareforums.com/

New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) www.noah.cuny.edu/

World Health Organization www.who.ch/

Cyberspace Telemedical Office. Services for consumers and medical professionals. Second opinions.
http://telemedical.com/~drcarr/

Health A to Z http://www.healthatoz.com/

Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/, http://www.healthfinder.org/

Mayo Clinic Site http://www.mayohealth.org/

Mayo clinic health oasis http://www.mayo.ivi.com/

Intelihealth (Johns Hopkins University and Aetna) http://www.intelihealth.com/ Good source of news reports written in simple to understand terms.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care http://www.harvardpilgrim.org/

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates http://www.harvardvanguard.org/

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/

Medical Reference

Medical Dictionary http://www.medscape.com/mw/medical.htm

Medical -- World Wide Web Virtual Library http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages/medicine.html

Medline http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ Best source of original abstracts from scientific studies. Huge volume, must be skillful in computer searches and understand technical terms.

For Health Professionals

Medscape, aimed to doctors. www.medscape.com. One of the most comprehensive sites with scientific reports from medical meetings. Good source of technical reports for health professionals with scientific training. Substantial discussioin on drug treatment. Also has a consumer web site. Provides excellent resource with abstracts and comments from national meetings from major professional societies in the field of cardiology, gastroenterology and others.

Medsite, online solutions that save physicians time and money http://www.medsite.com/

Health Administration

http://www.mahealthdata.org. Contains data on prominent healthcare organizations in the region om Mass and Mew Emg;amd. The Consortium collects data, publishes comparative reports, promotes electronic standards, educates through information exchange events and research. Links to HIPAA, internet applications. They have a wide range of data sources. Pricing varies.

http://www.ahrq.gov Agency for Health Care Research and quality. USA Gov. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site provides practical healthcare information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about healthcare issues.

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