Research Foundations
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health and Health Care Improvement - RWJFThe mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. It is the United States' largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care.
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Health Policy, Media Resources, Public Health Education & South Africa - Kaiser Family FoundationThe foundation describes itself as a major producer of policy analysis and research reviews as well as a clearinghouse for news and information.
- The Commonwealth Fund - Health Policy, Health Reform, and Delivery System ImprovementThe Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
Images
- Atlas ImagesAn extensive collection of Medical Gross Anatomy images from the University of Michigan's medical school.
- Medical Images on the WebDirectory of resources that provide medical images on the Web. Maintained by University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Florence Nightingale MuseumThe Museum, located in London, holds a unique collection of artefacts and is the only place where you can learn the full story of this remarkable woman. The website makes the collection accessible locally.
Government Sources
- AgingStats.Gov - Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related StatisticsIncludes access to "Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being" and links to all federal agencies who collect statistics on aging.
- AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)-Recommendations for clinical preventive services developed by the USPSTF (United States Preventive Services Task Force) based on systematic reviews can be found at this site.
-Clinical practice guidelines can be found at the National Guideline Clearinghouse portion of this site. - AIDS INFOSponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site provides a comprehensive source for information on all aspects opf HIV/AIDS. A searchbox is available as well as tabs for Guidelines, Drugs, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, Health Topics and Tools.
- CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)Federal government resource focusing on public health issues. Reliable information and reviewed links to other websites.
- Center for BioSecurityA searchable database from 1998 to present of articles, commentary, Congressional testimony and recent events in the areas of Bioterrorism and Biosecurity.
- Data Access - Health Data Interactive - HomepageCreate custom downloads for statistics about infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Tables can also be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and pattern
- Guide to Clinical Preventive ServicesReport of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force provides recommendations on preventive interventions: screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprophylatic regimens for more than 80 conditions.
- Healthy People 2020 - Improving the Health of AmericansThe home page.
- Healthy People 2020- Goals and ObjectivesThe set of goals and objectives with ten year targets will be an interactive Web site as the main vehicle fordissemination instead of the former print publication. See www.healthy people.gov for more information.
- Home Page - The Office of Minority HealthA Division of Health & Human Services, Health topics and statistics can be found here.
- IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements )Connect and select the IBIDS Consumer Database.
This database does not contain full text documents but contains references to books and journal articles on the topic.
Bioethics
- Medical Ethics: MedlinePlusResources compiled by MedLine for the US National Library of Medicine.
Patient Safety Information
- National Patient Safety FoundationA Comprehensive Resource Center of free links is accessible from this foundation.