VALUABLE HEALTH & HEALTHCARE RESOURCES
HealthGrades - Research Hospitals, Doctors and Nursing Homes
HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings company. Research hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, and more for quality and outcomes comparisons. CAUSA MEMBERS save on each printed report.
healthfinder®
Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations. There?s a wonderful children?s interface with age-appropriate health information and much of the web site?s information is available in Spanish.
MEDLINEplus from the National Library of Medicine
MEDLINEplus offers consumers accurate and current medical information. You can find extensive information about specific diseases and conditions, including drug information. Offerings on this content rich site include a medical encyclopedia, health news, a dictionary, directories to find doctors, dentists and hospitals, interactive tutorials, clinical trials and surgery videos. The entire site is available in Spanish as well, with a handy toggle feature. Other languages are also included. There is no advertising on this site.
NetWellness
NetWellness, a non-profit consumer health web site, has been in operation for over ten years. It provides high quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University and the Ohio State University. It's Ask An Expert feature is a question and answer service provided by numerous health care professionals of the three Universities, who volunteer their time as a community service.
Virtual Pediatric Hospital
This is a digital health sciences collection devoted to pediatrics created by physicians at the University of Iowa to meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. It includes textbooks, Web sites, and anatomy atlases.
Drug InfoNet
This site provides not only prescription drug information and information from the drug manufacturers, but also provides information on diseases and links to various healthcare organizations and government sites. Also includes healthcare news and more!
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
This resource provides an index and easy search providing evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more.
Needy Meds
NeedyMeds attempts to bring together programs from the various pharmaceutical manufacturers to assist people who can't afford to purchase their prescriptions. Each company has its own program, special requirements, forms and procedures; however, currently no central clearinghouse exists for obtaining information about the information or the drugs themselves. This site is an information source only.
wellness360
An online health, diet and fitness program with medical records that pays employees and employers to be healthy. Free to all CAUSA Members.
HEALTH BLOGS
Group blogs covering health care news, technology, new research, trends and policy issues?Great sources of information and opinions on health care issues.
"The United States has the best doctors in the world, the best nurses in the world and the best hospitals in the world, but when we start talking about our health care system, how we take care of our people ... and how the W.H.O. (World Health Organization) rates us, I don't hear anybody talking about how great we are."
Joycelyn Elders, M.D.,
former U.S. Surgeon General