Medical Sites
(also see Baxter County Library Online Databases)
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
A new free tool for information o the quality of care provided by hospitals. Consumers get the information they need to help them make more informed health care decisions. Hospital Compare provides data on specific quality measures such as care for pneumonia, heart failure, and heart attack that patients or their caregivers can use along with other information to help them make informed decisions about hospital care.
www.medscape.com
Features medical journal articles, images, case reports, medical news, free Medline, CME, and drug information
www.medlineplus.gov
Information on conditions, wellness, diseases plus a medical encyclopedia
http://www.arhealthlink.org/
A health information web site provided by the Arkansas Consumer Health Information Network
http://www.baxterhometownhealth.org/
Hometown Health Improvement offers communities an opportunity to make a difference in the health of their citizens. Hometown Health Improvement brings together a wide range of people and institutions including consumers, business leaders, health care providers, elected officials, religious leaders, and educators.
www.clinicaltrials.gov
Provides easy access to information on clinical research studies for a wide range of diseases and conditions. It currently contains over 5,700 clinical studies sponsored the the National Institutes of health , other Federal agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.
www.pubmed.com
A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
www.familydoctor.org
All of the information within familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. The information is regularly reviewed and updated.
healthfinder - Federal gateway to health information
Medem Medical Library - Medical library and link directory
MayoClinic.com - Mayo's directory to health resources
WebMD - Look up information by condition or disease
Safety Tips for Children
Bike Safety
Child Passengers
Children Home Alone
Burn Prevention and Treatment Education
Arkansas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
American Council on Science and Health
Center for Effective Parenting
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Health Information Center