Anti Phospholipid Syndrome (also known as Antiphospholipid Syndrome or Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, APS, APLS or even Catastrophic APS and now Systemic Antiphopspholilid Antibody Syndrome - So many names for just one disease)
This site is intended as a research resource for medical professionals, patients and families who wish to learn more about a little known lethal, yet treatable, blood disorder that
causes hypercoagulation.
Early signs of this disease
are often diagnosed as many different disorders before being correctly diagnosed. This inability to correctly diagnose is not due to any form of medical inefficiency, but is due to the disease only being recognised in
the last 9 years, and it's ability to mimic the symptoms of a number of well known and documented diseases.
Even though I have a clinical diagnosis of APLS, wear an SOS Talisman bracelet and carry a medical
fact card on me, in an emergency the Accident and Emergency doctors still insist on treating the possibly catastrophic events as a Migraine.
I hope this site will help to raise the awareness of many doctors
and health care professionals, and give help and the comfort of understanding the problems to patients and their families.
Research into APS is still being completed at a number of hospitals and research
centres worldwide. The information within this site has been collected from their sites and from weekly updates from Medscape.com
I would be interested to hear from patients and doctors who have experience of Anti Phospholipid Syndrome (APS) and its associated disorders.
If these pages have been of interest or help please e-mail me at Eddie@apls.tk
with your comments and reasons for visiting the site, as this will help in assessing the need for updates.
Do you long to talk to others who share your problems from APS, do you have questions you cannot get answered, does your doctor speak to you with long latin names and you are confused? If the anser to any of these is yes, then come over to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/saps_support/ We would love to hear from you, and give you all the help, support and inmformation you need.
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If you have found this site helpful and are a return visitor, you will notice that there are a number of new additions in the menu of diseases. These have been added as a direct result of the APLS Survey, where it was noticed that many of these diseases are shared by patients with APLS. I will continue to add new pages as I research them, and any help with links or information would be greatly appreciated.
Are
you having trouble finding a doctor who
knows about APS or a hospital that has a specialist Consultant for APS?
www.specialistinfo.com, a site
created not only for Doctors but also to provide invaluable information about
Consultants to Healthcare Professionals, potential patients and their families.
As a registered user of this website, you will be able to see the scope of
the site and obtain some useful information. However, full access is only
provided to Subscribers.
Subscribers can see the full index of Consultants' special interests
as well as Consultants' contact details and clinic times
and
even their
clinic waiting times.
Subscription costs £99 per year per user. Discounts are available for
multiple users, with a special fee for potential patients where
access to the site can be obtained for a mere £2.98 for 2 hours. To subscribe, please contact Specialist
Info:
by telephone on
01423-505024/562003 and ask for Subscription Enquiries
Do
you wear spectacles and find it difficult or expensive finding clip-on
sunglasses?
If
the answer is YES then your problems are over.
For
clip-ons to convert your glasses to sun, night
driving, anti-glare or coloured mirror glasses take
a look at Polarized
Optics.
Their speciality is that they produce clip-ons
to fit most frames.
You
won't be disappointed, I wasn't. They also specialize
in full sun, night driving, mirrored, anti-glare, sport
and fit-over spectacles.
Do you long to talk to others who share your problems from APS, do you have questions you cannot get answered, does your doctor speak to you with long latin names and you are confused? If the anser to any of these is yes, then come over to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/saps_support/ We would love to hear from you, and give you all the help, support and inmformation you need.
Medical professionals stop searching the web for a software solution, just visit Software Advice for Electronic Medical Records , a resource site aimed at helping medical professionals find the right solution to their needs. This includes Patient Management systems, Patient Scheduling and Medical Billing, with detailed reviews of the software available.
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Commercial Sites
CollectiveMed - Bills itself as the premier source
for medical PDA hardware and software on the Internet.
handheldmed.com - Features an
extensive library of popular clinical reference software converted for use on
Palm OS® and Pocket PC handhelds.
pdaMD.com - The leading cross-platform site dedicated to handheld
computing in medicine, featuring original articles, product reviews, and active
discussion forums.
Do you long to talk to others who share your problems from APS, do you have questions you cannot get answered, does your doctor speak to you with long latin names and you are confused? If the anser to any of these is yes, then come over to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/saps_support/ We would love to hear from you, and give you all the help, support and inmformation you need.
AMSA - The American Medical Student
Association (AMSA) has a section of its Web site devoted to the use of PDAs in
medical education.
APS Foundation of America Inc.
- This site, hosted by the APSFA offers a selection of free documents, news items, research material and advice on finding doctors proficient in APS.
Cambridge University - "Project Palm"
aims to use handheld computers to create a collaborative learning environment
for Cambridge Medical Students.
Dalhousie
University - Extensive and well-organized site
designed to provide recommendations for the use of handhelds in medical
education, maintained by the Dalhousie University Faculty of
Medicine.
Intro to
Palm - The "Ectopic Cortex", a collection of
links and information maintained by the Duke University Department of Family
Medicine.
JEFFLINE - Palm/Handheld Support for Clinicians - The Clinical Informatics program at Thomas Jefferson University
provides training and support for clinicians on use of handheld computers. Palm
OS® is the handheld operating system of choice at TJU and TJU
Hospital.
Johns Hopkins Medicine - This page of
PDA resources maintained by the JH Office of Academic Computing includes the
usual links, plus some original FAQs.
Medical College of Wisconsin - Check
out their site for details on PDA use during third-year clerkships, electronic
forms, popular applications for clinicians, tutorials, and
more.
Medical
University of South Carolina - a.k.a. "PDAs in
Health Care", a guide to Personal Digital Assistants for faculty, students and
staff of the Medical University of South Carolina.
New
York Medical College - The goal of this project
is to provide students with an introduction and hands-on opportunity to
incorporate a PDA into their clinical educational experience.
Palm Medical Education - Matthew
Delaney's Palm Powered Expert Guide for medical students.
Palm Pilot
Page - A "high yield-must-have-bare bones"
selection of links from the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at Baylor
College of Medicine.
Palmtop
Medicine - Students and faculty at Virginia
Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia are participating in a
palmtop project using HandSpring Visors.
PDA
Requirement - At UCLA School of Medicine, 3rd
and 4th year students are required to have a PDA to enable "point of contact"
access to information resources and to prepare students for practicing medicine
in the 21st century.
Pediatrics On
Hand - Hosted by the Children's National Medical
Center peds residency. Lots of terrific resources here!
UCLA
Family Medicine - Includes information on
various PDAs, essential software, a library of text files, and a list of top web
sites.
UNC-CH School
of Medicine: PDA Initiative - Useful information
for third and fourth year medical students using Palm OS® handhelds
at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
UW Family Medicine's PDA Resource Guide - Created by the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency
Network, contains lots of great info for all medical PDA users, including links
to PDA web sites, hardware, software, reviews, buyer's guides, software
installation instructions, troubleshooting, tips, and more!
USDSM Palm Program
Site - Developed by the folks at the University
of South Dakota School of Medicine to provide basic information and resources to
assist with the use of PDAs in medical education.
ACP-ASIM PDA
Portal - This site, hosted by the American
College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, offers a selection
of free documents covering a variety of medical topics.
Alanna's Palm Pilot Page
- An overview of how a fourth-year resident at the University of Cincinnati uses
her Palm OS® handheld, including lists of her favorite applications
and Web sites.
APS Foundation of America Inc.
- This site, hosted by the APSFA offers a selection of free documents, news items, research material and advice on finding doctors profivcient in APS.
DMD-Palm-DDS - A site
devoted to news on PDAs in clinical dentistry.
DocSpence.com - Dr.
Steven Spence is the director of the Blackstone Family Practice Residency in Virginia, and has created a handy site containing a wide
variety of medical informatics links, including handheld
computing.
Dr.
B's PDA - A family practitioner's page of
home-grown Palm OS® applications and links.
Firehouse.com - An
extensive listing of fire/EMS-related PDA links, including a few news items and
case studies (and even a couple of games!)
FP PDA - Free Palm OS® medical software, medical
information, Palm OS® tutorials, links, and more.
GasPalm - U.K.-based site
focusing on anesthesia software for Palm OS®
handhelds.
Handheld Healthcare - A
diverse and well-organized collection of links to various resources compiled by
the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
(HIMSS).
Healthy
PalmPilot - The largest collection of
medical Palm OS® databases and documents on the Web.
The Matt
Delaney Page - Matt is a P.A. student who
has written a number of very nice freeware references for iSilo, including guides to interpreting chest x-rays, EKGs, blood
counts, and chemistries.
Medical iSilo
Depot - A collection of more than 100
iSilo documents designed for the medical PDA user gathered from sources far and
near.
Medical Palm Review -
Regularly-updated blog/newsletter hosted by the Technology Application Unit
(TAU) of the Mount Sinai Hospital at the University of Toronto.
MedicalPocketPC.com - You
won't find any Palm OS® information here, but this site is one of the
best for medical users of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices.
MedPDA.net - Created by
MDs for physicians in practice and in training, featuring original articles,
application reviews, news, and answers to common questions.
Meds
PDA - Meds PDA's vision is to provide a
convenient and comprehensive resource for the busy mobile medical professional.
This is also another source for Skyscape
programs.
MeisterMed - Medical
references for the doctor on the go, including CodeMeister, LyteMeister, and
more!
Palm Anesthesiology -
Donald M. Voltz, M.D.'s Palm Powered Expert Guide for
anesthesiology.
Palm Dentistry - Elise S.
Eisenberg, DDS's Palm Powered Expert Guide for dentistry.
PalmMed.sg - The purpose
of this site is to allow experienced users, newbies and everyone in between to
exchange tips on how to maximize the use of your Palm OS® handheld in
the medical arena.
Palm MD - A site devoted
to news related to PDA's in clinical medicine.
PDA
Cortex - Formerly RNPalm.com, this site
has shifted focus to become "the cutting-edge, multidisciplinary community for
the innovators and implementers of mobile informatics."
PDA-Medicus - A
collection of links to freeware medical software and other PDA recommendations
in German
pdaRD.com - "Your #1
resource for everything nutrition, dietetics, and PDAs."
The Pediatric Pilot Page
- Medical files for pediatricians and other physicians who use Palm
OS® handhelds.
PedsPalm.com - The goal
of this site is to be the most complete and up-to-date resource and offer the
visitor an objective view on the best applications and products available for
medical use.
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Software Advice for Electronic Medical Records- A resource site aimed at helping medical professionals find the right solution to their needs. This includes Patient Management systems, Patient Scheduling and Medical Billing, with detailed reviews of the software available.
Andrew Yee's Palm Pilot
Page - Includes a free database of nearly
1,000 medical eponyms, available in JFile Pro and Doc formats. Maintained by
Andrew
Yee.
PubMed MEDLINE –EN– National
Library of Medicine's search service to access the 9 million citations in
MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and
other related databases.
CHID Combined Health Information
Database
Produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. Titles,
abstracts, and availability information for health information and health
education resources.
Medbot: Emergency Medicine
nine medical search engines including medline,
imagefinder, practice guidelines, drug info/interactions, abbreviation
translator, orthopedic search, evidence based lit, more.
Medhunt –EN– Searches
medical information in a global database including both reviewed and unreviewed
web sites. Searches the Internet and our database for medical sites, for
hospitals, and support.
Dr. Gil Med
Links
–EN– Extensive collection of links for physicians - great
for medical translators too!
Dr. Gil Med
Links
–ES– Extensive collection of links for physicians - great
for medical translators too!
EINet Medical
Index Directory
of medical resources for professionals - enormous!
Hardin Meta
Directory
"Hardin MD is a 'list of lists' - Its purpose is to provide easy access to
comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects."
ICD-9 web site All about The International Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. ICD-9-CM, is a classification system that
groups related disease entities and procedures for the reporting of statistical
information.
Martindale's Health Science Guide -
'98 A
‘Multimedia Specialized Information Resource’ currently containing over 50,000
teaching files; over 124,000 Medical Cases; 867 Multimedia Courses/Textbooks;
1,360 Multimedia Tutorials; over 3,350 Databases, and over 10,300 Movies.
MedEc
Interactive
Excellent gateway, free for physicians, but actually worth the monthly fee for
the PDR interface with Stedman’s Dictionary. Highly recommended.
Medical Informatics
Resources
"...the storage, retrieval, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and
knowledge for problem solving and decision making."
Medscape Online resource for better patient care. Requires
registration, but membership is free. Access to Medline, medical dictionary,
practice guidelines, more.
MedWeb Large medical directory, under
reconstruction...
MT Desk The mother of all medical resources on the web. Search
engines, glossaries, terminology, drugs, lab information, manufacturers, weekly
updates and MUCH MUCH more.
Laboratory
Handbook
University of Michigan. Links to Abbreviations and Symbols, Drug brand
name/Generic Name, Profiles and Surveys, all kinds of laboratory testing.
Laboratory
Handbook
University of Virginia. "Test listing for clinical and anatomic pathology
laboratories – collection instructions/ interpretation."
Laboratory Pages Laboratory and Medical Diagnostics Industry. Why a list
of laboratory equipment links to suppliers? For the names of all the different
types of equipment! Could be handy...
Renee’s Lab
Supplies
Extensive list of... lab supplies! You’d be surprised when it can come in handy
while translating laboratory manuals.
SWEDISH MEDICAL
RESOURCES
Medicin på Nätet –SV– "Främst avsett
för läkare." Bra medicinska resurser på nätet, både svenska och utländska.
MARS Den medicinska faktadatabasen MARS syftar till god
medicinsk praxis inom hälso- och sjukvården. MARS är Socialstyrelsens medel att
föra ut medicinsk kunskap och kvalitet, jämförelsetal och resultatredovisning.
Medicinska
forskningsrådet
–EN FR SE– "Medicinska forskningsrådets uppgift är att stödja
grundforskning inom områdena medicin, farmakologi, odontologi och
veterinärmedicin."
Life Science
Dictionary
8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and
genetics, with terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology
and medicine.
US FDA international
homepage The
Information Guide is a quick reference point where members of the international
community, including foreign government officials, embassy officials, and
importers can obtain information about FDA's international functions.
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health Provides
independent, professional expertise and technical assistance on the development,
safety and effectiveness, and regulation of medical devices and electronic
products that produce radiation.
BfArM Bundesinstitutes für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte
BfArM Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
A to Z of sites
where the following keywords may be found: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Antiphospholipid
Syndrome, APS, APLS, Hughes Syndrome, Sticky Blood, Clotting Disorder, Stroke,
TIA, PE, deathAntiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Antiphospholipid Syndrome,
APS, APLS, Hughes Syndrome, Sticky Blood, Clotting Disorder, Stroke, TIA, PE,
deathAdded 24th July
2008
BioMedNet Baylor Medical College - includes site
for alumni Bill's Medical
Hot Links- Bill is quite a guy to take time out of
his Family Medicine residency in Evansville, Indiana, to create hot links to
some of the most pertinent, educational, and interactive medical sites on the
Web. Bill's smorgasbord of cardiovascular hot links should be commended. It
takes a lot of time and effort to put together a list like that. Bill has found
some interesting and interactive locations that offer medical professionals
beneficial information in an interactive forum. If you have a chance, give him
some encouragement and let him know what you think! Dr.
Brender - Please check out my web site. Interested
in creating your own home page? Contact me at either drbrender@mem.po.com or drbrender@aol.com. Bioethics - Duty and Healing:
Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic, a book by Benjamin Freedman, Division of
Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada,
available only on the internet! British Medical
Journal - includes abstracts, select full text,
complete contents page, index search of back issues to 3/95, links to other
BMJ publications such as Medicineand Global Survival
journals. Botanical.com - searchable database of
800 medicinal plants used in healing, complementary, and alternative medicine
Bioethics
Education Network Discussion Listserv - Coordinator:
George Agich, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Botanical Dermatology
Database - The online version of the book by
Mitchell and Rook Breast Cancer Information Center Breast Cancer Information Core from the
NIH Bipolar Disorder Information Center -
mailing list, articles, search, CME, organizations relating to this debilitating
psychiatric illness Big Hug - interesting information and
comment on current socio-economic changes is medicine. It also has good
nutritiional information, links and book references. Updated regularly. It was
submitted by Michael McKeown,
M.D.
C
California Institute of
Technology Cardiology Compass - Cardiovascular
information resources. Career
Center at Stanford The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention(CDC) CDC's
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention CenterWatch - an international listing of
clinical research trials Centre of Medical Imaging Research Cerner - makers of the Provide electronic
medical records system. Cleveland Clinic Heart
Center - This is one of the best cardiovascular (CV)
medicine sites on the Web. The information is reliable and very relevant. The
site is updated weekly, at least, so it's a good idea to check it out
frequently. There is a Search function that allows key word searching of the
server's contents. The page layout is very readable. The content is deep and
rich. CliniWeb Colorado
HealthNet - electronic access to support services,
medical resources, facts, statistics, goods and services for persons with
chronic medical conditions. Communicable
Disease Surveillance Centre Cornell Medical
college Critical Care
Medicine List Server Cyberspace
Hospital - An on-line medical information center.
Cardiology Research Institute of Southern California - Nationally prominent tertiary-care clinical research facility.
Cardiovascular Immunology Research Group
- Cardiology Research Information Server. Capital District Physicians' Health
Plan - managed care organization in the Albany, NY
area Census
Bureau CDC
Animated Datasets CE Anytime - Online medical CME Claritin Allergy Relief
Page - tips for allergy sufferers and links to more
internet allergy info. Columbia Healthcare - the nationwide
Patient Care System Commonwealth Fund - national foundation
doing independent research on health and social-policy issues. Computerized Diagnosis Children with
Diabetes - offers more than 1200 documents
concerning life with type I diabetes started by the father of a newly-diagnosed
two-year who could not find enough other sources for information so he started
his own. Reviewed in Yahoo Internet Life 3/97. CMEA -
"We carry nearly every Medical title!" Call 800-227-CMEA for free catalog
Clinical
Reference Systems ltd - "Computer-based solutions
for patient education in windows (still available in DOS, too)" Visit website
for demo; call 800-237-8401 for info; fax 303-220-1685; Email crs-info@cliniref.com Cancer Care Counseling
Line - "provides immediate psychological support to
cancer patients and their families during times of crisis. Callers will speak
with oncology social workers and can receive counseling, support, education,
information, and referral to local services for additional assistance. Callers
can reach them at 800-813-4673, weekdays from 9am to 5pm" CancerNet - National Cancer Institute site tailored towards patients,
caregivers, primary care physicians, oncologists, and researchers. (posted
11/2000) Canadian
Medical Association Journal - includes
abstracts, select full text, complete contents page, planned search engine of
back issues to 1/95, links to other CMA publications and all other Canadian
journals. Cho-Pat Sports Medicine Products,
including the patented original knee strap and achilles tendon strap. PO Box 293
Hainesport, NJ 08036, tel 800-221-1601. CenterWatch - Clinical Trials Listing Service organized into twenty categories.
Community
Care Physicians - the premier physician-owned
multispecialty integrated network in the Albany, NY region. Center for
Bioethics of the University of Pennsylvania
cmeWEB - American Health Consultants in
Atlanta offers doctors AMA category I credit hours online. Call 800-688-2421 for
more info, or register online. CME Gateway - Medical Education Collaborative in Golden, Colorado offers
"Clinical Care Options for HIV" for online CME Cool Medical
Site of the Week Certified Coding
Specialist-Physician based Program (CCS-P) is a
professional certification program for those coding for physician services
Citizen
1 - Field-specific search engine for health care
Centre for Evidence-based Medicine is
headed by Dr. David Sackett, author of the Users’ Guides to the Medical
Literature series Cancer Information Network - Information
resources for health care professionals, including a daily online cancer
newspaper, links to Cancer resources on the web, patient education and support
materials, and alternative therapy. Cyberounds - interactive grand rounds moderated by academic experts, started by
Harry Levy, MD, MPH in New York. Café Herpé - The genital herpes resource and information spot. A service of
SmithKline Beecham, makers of Famvir. The CPR
Foyer - medical information, including comments from
vendors and users of electronic medical records systems. The Computer-Based
Patient Record as a Continuous Quality Improvement Tool - monthly symposium by
the Dept of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina Computer-Based Patient Record Institute - Schaumburg, IL (awaiting url)
D
Diving Medicine - Comprehensive information about the fascinating
subject of diving medicine provided by Ernest S Campbell, MD, FACS.
Doctors Oughtta
Care! (DOC) Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kardiologie -
The German Center for Cardiology. Dermatology and
Cinema- Skin conditions featured in movies, hosted
by Vail Reese, MD. Winner of the Best Website Award at the 20th annual
International Health and Medical Film Competition in Nov 1996. Diabetes - information about diabetes and tools to help manage the disease
provided by Eli Lilly and Co.(posted 11/2000) Diabetes Public Health
Resource - news and information on the management of
diabetes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Doctors' Guide to
the Internet - shopping mall for medical news,
websites, drug info, conferences, links to business and leisure resources.
Drug Information Center - provides
patient-specific and adverse drug reaction consultations. DataProstat - the information service that
continuously monitors the healthcare IT industry. From the Datapro Information
Services Group, a division of McGraw-Hill. Email for more info Directions in Healthcare
Information Technology Docs Online - Locate a Physician or Dentist in your area, or call 888-WWW-DOCS.
Doctors Without
Borders - "The World is Our Emergency Room" -
American branch of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Definition of Death
Discussion Listserv - Coordinator: Dr. Calixto
Machado, Cuidad de La Habana, Cuba Dr. Bob Dolin’s
Selected Resources
Doctor
Directory - a web resource to find a doctor; search
for a doctor using specialty, location, or other parameters. Doctors can use
this site to establish (or improve) a practice's web presence and will add your
practice's URL free! email: info@doctorpage.com Dissectable
Human - interactive CD-ROM 3-D anatomic atlas of the
human body, tel 800-633-6699 Doctor's Guide to
the internet Doctorline - health-related info for consumers and doctors Dual Diagnosis
Page - information concerning co-existing mental
illness and substance abuse Delmar (NY) Physical Therapy - the only
Vodder certified clinic for the treatment of lymphedema in the Albany, NY
capital region. We also treat chronic pain patients using osteopathic techniques
such as CranioSacral, visceral manipulation and SomatoEmotional Release.
Submitted by Bill Keleher
E
EMBBS - Emergency Medicine and Primary Care
Home Page Empire Medicare
Services ePhysician is an application that enables clinicians to order prescriptions and
lab tests using a Palm (TM) computer, and then transmits those orders securely
to the appropriate pharmacy or lab. The application also allows the clinician to
access medical information at the point of care. submitted by Stuart Weisman,
MD CEO, ePhysician, 9/19/99 ENTREZ - the National Center for
Biotechnology Information's molecular technology database. Text searches return
not only the citations relevant to the initial query, but also articles with
MeSH and text terms in the "neighborhood" of each citation. Now it's alot
easier to Eat Right and Stay Healthy - Read reports
on how Diets Rich in Fruits and Vegetables Lower Blood Pressure and other
benefits of proper nutrition. Epilepsy
genetic research Environmental Bioethics
Network Discussion Listserv - Coordinator: Dr.
Andrew Jameton, Univ Nebraska EM Card - Card-access system providing
medical information via fax on demand. Emergency
Contraception server - hosted by the Office of
Population Research at Princeton Univ
e.MD magazine - Practical Information
Technology in Real-World Medicine, edited by Bryan Bergeron,
MD. Editorial Director is Terry
Monahan, published by the McGraw-Hill Companies.
Eye on
Primary Care List- Discussion group. To join send the e-mail message
SUBSCRIBE EOPC-L <yourfirstname
yourlastname>
F
Family Practice Residency
Program at the
Univ of Washington The Fam-Med
Archives - FTP files The Fam-Med
Archives- Gopher Federal
Government Foundation for
Informed Medical Decision Making Family Physician
Recruiter FAM-MED
- Family Medicine Discussion group, focusing on the use of computer and
telecommunication technology in the teaching and practice of family medicine. To
join send the e-mail message SUBSCRIBE FAM-MED
<yourfirstname yourlastname> FAMILY-L - Academically oriented
Discussion group emphasizing medical education, administration, and research
within family medicine. To join send an e-mail message to request subscription
information. The
Family Practice Handbook - online reference book
Family Practice In-training exams -
medical CME now available online, offers one credit for each block of 10
questions. (posted 11/2000) Flash Code - "Fast, simple, accurate, and
painless coding" developed by a physician, available through DBL Enterprises.
A Forum
for Women's Health - informational site that
includes Ask a Woman Doctor, where questions are answered by Karen
Sarpolis, MD in Chicago. Dr. Felix's Free
Medline Page Facts for Families
56 titles from the American Academy of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Discussion Listserv - Coordinator: Dr. Ann Donchin, Indiana Univ
FIT Foundation
Diabetes - Offers the first vrml diabetes University
on the net. Designed to activate, educate & motivate with fun! Tools for
active diabetics, FIT Flexible Insulin Therapy, Insulin sensitivity, DiabMath!
The Diabetic Wizard: Java self-test! Insulin type H or R?, Carbohydrates?,
calories/day?. International community and diabetic friends. Self-aid group
"Diabetes and technology". Submitted by Patrick
Auderset, Rigistrasse 9 CH-5610 Wohlen, Switzerland
Tel: ..41 56 621 07 00 Fax: ..41 56 621 07 17 Foresighted Practice Guideline
Model - mailing list of the Practice Guidelines Users Group. To join, send
e-mail to LISTSERVE@NETCOM.COM in the body of the
note type: Subscribe HEALTH-PRO. For a Healthy
Life - online
medical record site provided by Dr. Sam Sugar, an internist in
Illinois
G
Glaucoma
Foundation Global Health
Network Dr. John
Grohol - lists hundreds of psychology and support
group newsgroups Geriatrics
Project Glaxo-Wellcome
Pharmaceuticals Co. Gold Standard Multimedia
Inc Greenstone Healthcare
Solutions Dr. Philip
Gilly - is a Family Physician in Hudson, NY and has
a nice website with links and patient education articles. Global Medic - Personalized health management tools; online symptom assessment;
kids’, women’s and men’s Check Ups; Health Quiz; Daily health news articles;
4,000+ medical-term Health Encyclopedia; Drug Book database. submitted by
Louise
D’Anjou, July 22, 1999. Dr.
Greenberg - is a dermatologist in Elk Grove Village,
IL and a writer. Guide to San Fermin - new internet guide dedicated to the festival of
Pamplona and the famous running of the bulls that takes place in this town
during the first fortnight of July. The guide includes more than 200 pages of
detailed information on all the aspects of the festival as well as hundreds of
photographs by the best photographers that come every year to this small town in
the north of Spain.
H
Dr. Hardin’s Medical What’s-New
Harvard Medical
School Health care
News Health
Education Program - a computer database listing more
than 450 patient education pieces, by topic and format. All materials included
in the database have been peer reviewed for scientific accuracy, assessed for
reading level, and approved for use in a family practice setting. The HEP is
available free, on disk, paper, or on the web. It is a service provided by the
American Academy of
Family PhysiciansFoundation (tel 800-274-2237 ext
4406). Health Gazettedeveloped by Karl Hempel,
MD, a family physician in Tallahassee, FL Health Hippo compendium of policy and regulatory information relating to health
care. (posted 11/2000) Health Care Business Digest - where
medicine and business meet face-to-face online. Published by MultiMedia Healthcare,
Inc. at the Office Center at Princeton Meadows
Building 300 in Plainsboro, NJ 08536, tel:609-275-3800, fax: 609-275-4779.
HealthAnswers - the website formerly
known as America's Housecall Network, now includes the AAFP Health Education
Program database Health A to
Z - includes info on healing, complementary, and
alternative medicine Health Care Reality Check - a website
dedicated to exposing quackery. (posted 11/2000) Healthtouch - searchable info on health, wellness, diseases, illnesses,
medications. Healthinfo - The AAFP's Public Health and
Information service Healthworld Online - broad range of
natural approaches to healing, complementary, and alternative medicine
Health Info-Com Network Medical Newsletter HealthNet - developing the health care
information infrastructure for Canada HealthNet
Australia - Information dedicated to health and
related industries in Australia. HealthNet
Egypt - information about healthcare in Egypt
HealthNet Slovak Republic - Internet
services for health care institutions in Slovakia Health
Online - includes a well-linked Library and on-line
CME programs on alternative therapies, tel 303-659-2252. Healthwise - the Health Education and
Wellness Program of Columbia University, including the popular "Go Ask Alice"
Health on the net
An international initiative to promote
“best-in-class” information technologies by the non-profit foundation based in
Geneva Health Resources for Primary Care - links
to documents for providers and health information handouts for patients
HealthWeb
HealthyNet - includes Medline searches.
Healthy
Women – features include information on many issues
concerning women, including ways to customize the web site to suit visitors’
preferences. HeartWeb - A medical journal on the web.
Histology History of Medicine
Online from the NLM HIV Infoweb HIV Prevention Fact Sheets from the
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UCSF The HMO Group - info on HMOs practices, data, and key contacts, as well as links
to member HMOs and medical resources, email to brau@hmogroup.com. Homeopathy
Homepage - primer on this system of treating illness
with energy medicine through the law of similars, as well as info on healing,
complementary, and alternative medicine Hospital Ethics
Committee Network Discussion Listserv - Coordinator:
Robyn Shapiro, JD, Medical College of Wisconsin Hospital
Medicine journal - For
over 30 years, the source for practical, well-illustrated primary care
information. Homecare Products, Inc. is the
manufacturer of EZ-Access brand portable wheelchair ramps and inflatable bathing
aids. The ramps are manufactured in the USA by the physically challenged.
Submitted by Leon
Alexander Hospital Web It's a great site for
looking up any hospital in the world. Human Gene
Map - coordinated by the NLM's National Center for
Biotechnology Information HyperDoc - National Library of Medicine
gateway, including the internet Grateful Med. Henriette's
Herbal Homepage - set of annotated links to herbal
matters online for use in healing, complementary, and alternative medicine
Hereditary
Hearing Impairment Resource Registry Healthfinder - the federal website
intended to provide a comprehensive source for online information, linking
multiple agency websites with user-friendly searching. Health World
Online - features on wellness, nutrition, and
fitness Holy Name
Hospital - located in Teaneck, NJ, home of the
CyberNursery! Paul Menolowitz, MD (IM) Webmaster Home Test Kits
In Honor of
Peter Bennett - Recipient of the 1996 Banting Medal.
Dr. Hatzakis - ENT surgeon in Greece!
Healthcare Informatics - journal of software and hardware applications in
health care.
Last Acts -End-of-life issues resource directory, calendar of
events, and links to related sites. LabTrak Lawson Software - provider of health-care accounting, human resources, and
purchasing programs. Lancet - includes abstracts, select
full text, tables and data graphs, complete contents page, links to references
cited, planned search engine of back issues to 6/96, links to NEJM,
Nature, and Science journals. LabNotes Handbook - frequently used
reference ranges from the Dept of Pathology at Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database -
is a multimedia online annotated bibliography of medicine-related prose, poetry,
film, video, theater, and art, a resource in the field of medical humanities,
maintained by the Hippocrates
Project at the NYU School of
Medicine.
Medicine in
Sports Pages on the Web - another great resource.
MedBulletin - Nationwide listings of
physician employment opportunities. MedFaxx - offers alternative, non-invasive, non-drug technologies to both
medical professionals and end-users of the products. These include iontophoresis
units, which deliver drugs without needles, magnets for magnetotherapy, and many
other items. Email Whitney Hill (wwhill@delta.com) for more info. Modern
Medicine journal -
interactive medical information from all of the publications of Advanstar
Communications: Cosmetic Surgery Times; Dermatology Times; DVM,
The Newsmagazine for Veterinary Medicine; Formulary;
Geriatrics; Managed Healthcare, including PharmaCare
Economics; Modern Medicine; Ophthalmology Times;
Physician's Management; Urology Times MED2000TM - medical office software for
Windows® by Jamison Business Systems, Inc. 317 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY
11787, tel: 516-366-0990, fax: 516-724-5049. E-mail for more info. McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division The Medical
Commerce Network - provides the "benefits of a
network designed especially for . . . a physician, pharmacist, physical
therapist, hospital, insurance provider, pharmaceutical company, medical
supplier, or other entity involved in the health care industry." tel:
888-363-8428. TheMayo Clinic Proceedings
- includes complete contents page. Medicon's
Free Medline Page Medical
Matrix Medline Access Page MEDIC - the Medical Education Information Center of the University of
Texas Medical School at Houston Medbulletin - create an on-line magazine of information about physician
employment opportunities in all specialties. Mothers of
Asthmatics – A subsidiary of the Allergy and Asthma
Network, this web site is dedicated to the elimination of morbidity and
mortality due to allergies and asthma. Multimedia Database Multimedia Medical Reference Library The
Medical Records Institute Medicare Rights
Non-profit advocacy group Medical Records
Institute Mental Health Net Medical Computing Today Managed
Care Modern
Physician - Essential business news for physician
executives Multimedia
HealthCare/Freedom, LLC - "Your source for online
information resources for the issues facing medicine today" Publishers of
Home Healthcare Consultant, Clinical Geriatrics, Health Care Business Digest,
Nursing Home Medicine: The Annals of Long-Term Care Medical Access
Online provides Internet solutions for the medical
community. "We support the growth of this rapidly evolving technology. We
understand the need for collaboration and consensus, so that we can all move
toward the future together." Submitted by Medical Access
Online. Email. MyDoktor - This website is for all
medical and healthcare professionals with palmtop computers. It offers an EPOC
database in medicine and drugs that is a free download. There are over 1500+
monographs, product reviews, medical notes with ECGs, x-rays and graphs, even a
comprehensive drugs list. The files are updated monthly. Submitted by Rajendra
Patel,
7/2000.
Pharmaceutical Information
Network Physicians' Guide to the
Internet - register using promotional code 9632 to
get first month free Physicians'
Home Page Physicians' Online PracticeNet Preventive Medicine
Residency Program of South Carolina Primary
Care at Univ Chicago Primary Care at Univ Florida
Patient
Care Online is a "Web site featuring articles from
the award-winning magazine, Patient Care, provides resources for primary care
physicians who want expert advice on effective and efficient care for their
patients." Patient
Education Patient
Education Archives - a compendium of the educational
and informational handouts used in a Family Physician's office practice.
Pediatrics America's Pharmaceutical Research
Companies Prime Practice - the interactive CD-ROM
educational series from the Mayo Clinic tel 800-553-5426 Physicians' Desk Reference
- introduces pdrnet.com available 12/16/96.
Patient
Ed - A patient education management system for
Windows, version 1.1. Favorably reviewed by the AAFP Foundation. A product of
Medifor, Inc, call 800-366-3710 for info and a free demo disk. Psychiatry - online depression screening
and other screens Primary Care
Internet Guide - provides links to primary-care
resources, discussion groups, teaching modules, academic institutions, and more.
Prostate
Online - A prostate cancer survivor's resource base
for managing the diagnostic and treatment process for prostate cancer through
education and empowerment. submitted by Virgil Simons on August 17, 1999. Prostate Problems
Mailing List - an informal support group frequented
by men with cancer, urologists, oncologists, radiation therapists, and others.
To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line blank and
type subscribe prostate <your
name> in the body. Photographic Atlas of
Civil War Injuries - Photographs of Surgical Cases
and Specimens from the Otis Historical Archives of the Military Medical Museum.
Features 446 pages with illustrations, edited by Bradley Bengtson and Julian
Kuz. Reviewed in JAMA 2/12/97. For more info e-mail. PowerMed - is a computer-based medical
record software program for Windows 95, 3.1, NT and the Macintosh. "Combining
powerful automation with an easy to use interface, PowerMed software's base
package has many features not found in software priced thousands higher. The
full program may be downloaded from our website. Pricing is $499 for the first
licensed user, $99 each additional (licensing is not required for office staff
or basic nursing personnel)". For more info contactBill Zelman, DO. Physicians' Record Co. - Color-tabbed
chart dividers for use in medical centers, clinics, nursing care facilities,
etc. E-mail them for more info. PocketCHARTTM - software for palmtop computers
running Windows® CE by Physix, Inc. E-mail them for more info. Physician's Choice - medical and
health-related websites reviewed by physicians. Pathologia
Paidon - simplified reference on lung cancer, breast
cancer, and the Pap smear by Pathologist Pat Connelly, MD in Dayton.
Pohly's Internet Guide - Healthcare Employment
Resources - a simple, straighforward page designed
to point healthcare professionals in the right direction as they embark on their
job searches. Also includes Healthcare
Recruiters on the Net. Patient Medical
Assistant - Dr. Michael Cole's list of common
ailments and useful information about how to handle them. PaperChase is a service of the Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, a major
teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. On a not-for-profit basis, we
provide access to the MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, and HealthSTAR databases of the
National Library of Medicine, and the CancarLit database of the National Cancer
Institute. PaperChase combines all four databases-over 9,500,000 references-into
one database, the largest database of references of biomedical literature in the
world. Submitted by Richard A. Nici
. Psych
Links - dozens of links in medicine and mental
health. Patient
Ed® - Patient
Education Management System for Windows® by Medifor, Inc. E-mail for more info. Patient education and Support
Pulmonary Hypertension
Association Educational support for patients with
pulmonary hypertension, their families, and physicians Palm-med - Forum on hand-held devices in medicine Psychiatric Ethics Network
Discussion Listserv - Coordinator: Dr. Emilio
Mordini, Psychoanalytic Institute for Social Research, Rome Pharmaceutical Research &
Manufacturer’s Assoc Physician Management tools
- Information-based clinical performance improvement
Permanente Journal From the Permanente
Medical Group, the physicians of the world’s oldest HMO Physician's
Employment - The largest data base of physician
opportunities on the Internet. Submitted by Robert Truog. Pocket Guide to Clinical Coding - an
inexpensive, easy to use dictatable format guide to increase reimbursement,
diminish audit exposure, and produce a comprehensive medical record using the
latest AMA/HCFA guidelines. Copies sell for $10.75 directly from the physician,
publisher/author: M. Tray Dunaway, MD, FACS, or write to Rebel Records, Inc. 1413 Mill Street
Camden, SC 29020
Q
QuitNet - Volumes of support materials about smoking cessation
from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Quackery - the popular culture of medicine
R
Radiology Teaching File Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Running
Injuries Page - thorough compendium of information
about running-related injuries and their prevention by Washington, DC podiatrist
Dr. Stephen Pribut Respiratory Medicine Online - The
National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, publishers of the Journal
of Respiratory Diseases, launch the first major Internet service designed
specifically for physicians treating lung, allergic, and immune diseases.
ResistanceWeb - Tracking bacterial
resistance to antibiotics Rx
SampleLink @ Medscape - Drug samples for physicians’
offices only Reproductive Rights Discussion Listserv
Coordinator: R. Alta Charo, Medical College of Wisconsin
Remote Area Medical
Volunteer Corps - All-volunteer, non-profit,
airborne-relief organization which has provided medical, surgical, eye, and
dental care to more than 51,000 people since 1992. RxList - searchable index on drugs and medication interactions
Richman Company - electronic billing and
collections. email to David Daniels (info@richman-company.com) for info.
Radiology
Webserver- Univ of Washington in Seattle offers
radiological case studies for CME online. Radiology
Cases In Pediatric Emergency Medicine RxSheets - connects physicians with
pharmaceutical companies for samples, drug info, clinical trials, etc. (posted
11/2000) RxSheets - connects physicians with pharmaceutical companies for samples, drug info, clinical trials, etc. (posted 11/2000) Rosacea Support Group - A community of patients, family members and friends
dedicated to dealing with Rosacea, together.
S
Safer Sex Page Silver
Platter Southern California Orthopedic
Institute StarTrek
Voyager The
Samaritans - international on-line suicide crisis
service Science of Obesity and Weight Control Sky and Telescope
magazine Dr. Bob's
Smoking Cessation Page Software Advice for Electronic Medical Records- A resource site aimed at helping medical professionals find the right solution to their needs. This includes Patient Management systems, Patient Scheduling and Medical Billing, with detailed reviews of the software available. SportsDoc - online examining of virtual patients to learn more about
sports medicine injuries using MRIs, Xrays, surgical videos and an extensive
medical library. State and National
Healthcare Organizations Society of Teachers of Family
Medicine - fine organization assisting the teachers
and learners of modern family medicine. For more info you may e-mail them. Spinal Cord Injury site - the more than
200,000 Americans living with spinal-cord injuries now have a place to go for
information and social support. Science
- the journal of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Scientific American - scientific
journal. Support/education program for heart patients/families. Online newsletter....articles: Ask the Doctor, Cardiac Calm, Chief
Surgeon's Corner, Food News, Heart Health, Psychologically Speaking, ...Pulse,
Recipe, Rehab Rap, Thought for the Month, etc... It was submitted by Bonnie
Campbell. Shape Up
America! - Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's
initiative, founded in 1994, to get Americans off the couch and into better
health. Includes the CyberKitchen feature to help one design a meal plan and
estimate one's daily calorie goal based on inputted information. Saint Francis
Hospital - 35 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 tel
(914) 471-2000. SmartTalkpatient communication
productivity tool Starbright - Technology, entertainment,
and pediatrics come together to empower seriously ill children Sickbay.com - a portal to Healthcare savings: Transcription, Billing, Funding,
Personnel, Electronic Claims, Claims Dispute Resolution, Convention Information,
Marketing, Emergency Information, Waste Removal, Physician Placement, Online
Medical Store, Health 24 News, HealthScout and Continuing Education for Nurses,
and Coming soon: Practice Management, Medical Answering Services, Medical
Equipment Auction, Continuing Education for Doctors and much, much more.
submitted by Dan
Schieferstein, Crew Member, 1/27/2000. Senior
Technologies - Manufacturer and direct sales of
restraint-free products including WanderGuard departure alert system (dementia
& Alzheimer's), TABS mobility monitors (fall prevention), Decura therapeutic
mattress (decubitis and pressure ulcers) and the Arial wireless communication
system (nurse call system). Email to sti@navix.net. Spine-Health.com – Resources aimed at
assisting the victims of spinal injuries. Statchart - online medical record site where patients enter their
own information for use by an emergency department if the patient should be
unable to provide details.
T
Taiwan HealthNet The Internet Medical
Exchange (TIME) - directory of information about
physicians Telemedicine -A Guide to Assessing
Telecommunications in Health Care, a new report from the Institute of
Medicine Telemedicine- This site not only promotes
telemedicine but the descriptions about the various applications of this new
technology are fascinating and make visiting this site quite worthwhile.
Overall, this is a great place to familiarize yourself with an emerging
technology that will undoubtedly soon have significant impact in the medical
field. Teton
Data Systems - Publisher of the popular STAT!-Ref
Library of medical references on CD-ROMs. Tel (800)-755-7828, Fax
(307)-739-1229, Email Sales@tetondata.com Telemedicine Newsgroup True Data - decision support research in areas such as Demographics, Market
share, physician networks, and small area analysis, available as printouts,
slides, or transparencies for presentation-quality data. A service of Computers by Design,
Inc. tel: 800-843-8696, fax: 516-696-0950.
21st
Century Eloquence - dealer in speech-recognition
software in Palm Beach, FL founded by Eric Fishman, MD a practicing orthopedist.
Tel 800-245-2133 or Email for more info. Tumor Board - this browsable archive includes copyright-free digital pathology
images. TeleTriage Systems™ is a leader and
innovator in products for the Telephone Triage and Call Center Industries,
specializing in user friendly products which provide the link between healthcare
problems and solutions, need for and access to care, human beings and healthcare
services. Travel
Medicine Clinic - hosted by the University of North
Texas Health Science center at Fort Worth Tobacco Free Kids
- Largest nongovernment initiative against teen
smoking Tumor
Board - copyright-free digital pathology images
The
Testosterone Source - explore how testosterone
works, learn about testosterone deficicy, and discover how to locate physicians
who treat the condition; with links to the American Association of
Endocrinologists (AACE); sponsored by SmithKline Beecham. Tar Wars - the award-winning national tobacco
education program for fifth-grade students. For info call (800) TAR-WARS
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit Virtual Hospital - at the University of
Iowa Hospital Virtual
Medical Center Visible Human Project - Images and
Animations The Visible
Human Project - main informational page. The main
Visible Human Project home page is http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html. Submitted by: Richard A. Banvard Office of High Performance
Computing and Communications Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical
Communications National Library of Medicine, Bldg 38A, Rm B1N-30M National
Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland 20894 301-435-3266 301-402-4080 (FAX)
banvard@nlm.nih.gov Vista Behavioral Health Plans - San
Diego-based managed mental health care company Virtual World
Congress - the American College of Chest Physicians'
scientific assembly in cyberspace, complete with lectures, symposia, and CME
courses. The Vaccine
Page is a serious attempt to collect all useful
information about vaccines, organize it meaningfully, present it appropriately
for each of several distinct audiences, and above all, keep it up to date. It
was submitted by Don
Radler. Virtual Human Male
database - Center for Human Simulation at the Univ
Colorado Health Science Center Viridae conducts antiviral research and testing, consisting of a CRO,
virology laboratory, and investigator site for antiviral clinical trials.
Viridae is an antiviral product think tank for herpes simplex diseases,
AIDS/HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Viridae is led by Dr. Stephen L. Sacks, a world-renowned expert on sexually
transmitted diseases and author of "The Truth About Herpes", now in its fourth
edition. Submitted by Michael Jensen.
W
WebPath: Internet Pathology
Laboratory -
includes archived images demonstrating gross and microscopic pathologic findings
associated with human disease states. Weight-loss Health guidelines for
overweight or obese individuals with steps for safe and effective weight loss
and patient education materials from the NHLBI. (posted 11/2000) Whole
Brain Atlas Web of
Addictions - Links to addiction-related fact sheets
created by various organizations. Web Directory of EMR Vendors -
comprehensive listing of companies providing Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
systems. WONCA - the World Organization of family
doctors
X
Y
Yahoo! Health:
Medicine - The
premier on-line index of medical web sites. Yahoo: Diseases and Conditions You
First - fill out a health and habits questionnaire
to have your "body-age" calculated. Set up by Greenstone Healthcare Services, a
subsidiary of Pharmacia and Upjohn, the site offers the health risk assessment
and a sixteen page analysis of personal health. Your Health
Daily - a service of the NY Times
syndicate Your Health Chart - a web-based personal medical record that allows users
to access their health and medical history 24x7, including problem lists, family
history, medications, living wills, lab results, and insurance information.
