Resources

Of the numerous web sites and products devoted to health care, some are more valuable to patients than providers.
Here are a few good sites for you and also some that would be helpful to pass on to your patients.

Note: InstaCode Institute provides this list of web sites for informational purposes only. These sites are not affiliated with InstaCode and do not pay a fee to be listed here. The content of the listed sites and links is solely the responsibilty of the respective site owners and operators.

Provider Sites   Psych Sites   CME Sites   Patient Sites   Suggest A Site

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Internet Help

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet
  Perfect for the novice to expert internet user.  Medical news, internet sites of the week, new drugs, internet medical resources.  Rich in information and links.   http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm
  
  
• MedExplorer
  Couldn't find that particular subject using those other search engines?  Here's a search engine designed for the medical community. A LOT of online resources and links.  http://www.medexplorer.com

Publications/Journals

• International Health News
  This site searches through 50 journals and forwards only the interesting and relevant articles.   Convienent and save time with a minimal cost.  http://www.vvv.com/HealthNews
  
  
• New England Journal of Medicine
  Has abstracts and ability to search their articles.  http://www.nejm.org
  
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  Access to their publications and the ability to search their site.   http://www.aafp.org
  
  
• Merck Manual On-line
  Searchable; includes symptoms, common clinical procedures, lab tests.   http://www.merck.com/!!tCOTn3RzItCOTn3RzI/pubs/mmanual
  
  
• Medline
  Free search service provided by the National Library of Medicine.  Access to 9 million citations.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
  
  
• Elsevier Science: Science Publisher to the World
  A site to keep in mind if you want to publish any articles.  http://www.elsevier.com
  
  
• Health Sciences Library - University of Utah
  Numerous electronic journals helpful for research on articles and other information.   A good resource. http://medstat.med.utah.edu

Other

• New Hampshire Medical Society
  Legislation updates regarding medical issues, newsletters, links.  http://www.nhmednet.org/nhmsindex.html
  
  
• American Osteopathic Association
  Helpful medical professional information for our Osteopathic doctor clients. http://www.am-osteo-assn.org
  
  
• Medical Economics Company      (publishers of Physicians Desk Reference)
  Registration is required, but there is some good information and some good resources.   http://www.pdr.net
   
• InstaClaim Billing Software   (Medical billing software for the masses)
  This very simple and easy to use program helps complete paper claim forms, does electronic claims and also does basic patient accounting.

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Useful Psych Links

• http://nationalpsychologist.com
  
  
• http://www.behavior.net
  Discussion groups and resources.
  
  
• http://www.psychweb.com
  
  
• http://www.psychcrawler.com
  
  
• http://www.webofed.com
  On-line source for Social Service CEU's.
  
  
• http://www.fielding.edu/ce/online/
  Live, online and interactive CE Programs.
  
  
• http://www.mentalhealth.com
  Extensive list of links to special disorder sites and other sites of interest to behavioral health providers.
  
  
• http://www.wiley.com/products/subject/psychology
  Publisher of many treatment planning and other books.
  
  
• http://www.psychcentral.com
  Dr. John Grohol’s Mental Health page. Pretty good links and other information.
  
  
• http://www.cyberpsych.com
  Psychology self-help center. More of interest to the patient than the clinician.
  
  
• http://www.mhsource.com
  Mental Health Infosource. Nice site with lots of links and information.
  
  
• http://www.shrinktank.com
  A psychology and mental health BBS (bulletin board system). Lots of information.
  
  
• http://www.seaox.com/psych.html
  Has good links page.
  
  
• http://www.mentalhelp.net
  Looking for program grants? Try this site.
  
  
• http://www.psych.org
  American Psychiatric Association website. Many helpful and informative articles and links.
  
  
• http://www.appi.org
  American Psychiatric Association publishing site. Order APA books, etc from this site.
  
  

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Continuing education resources on the Internet are as varied as education styles. There are lists of meetings / symposiums, electronic discussion groups, tutorials, interactive case studies and resources for home studies.

With this broad range of choices, we can only provide links to sites that will assist you in making your continuing education choices. Please note that not all CME courses are accredited (although most of those we have listed are). Make sure that you review each site's CME course credentials to ensure that it meets your needs. You may need to check with your state certification board.

The various Internet search engines have vast amounts of links for a search on "cme courses". If you are using one of these search engines, we recommend that you include the type of course and/or specialty to make your search more meaningful.

Here is our list of those sites that we feel offer the most information. There are some sites which look like they may be promising, but at the time of this review, they were limited in choices. We will review these at a later time and add more to this list as needed.

• CMECourses.com
  This site has many different specialties and  program types to choose from. They also have a nice search capability   http://www.cmecourses.com
  
  
• Medical Meeting Hotline
  Sponsored by Parkhurst Online. This site has some good conferences listed with the ability to search by geographic location. The only drawback is not being able to search by subject or specialty. If you go to their home page, they also have many other features available.   http://www.bestmdsite.com/meetings/meetings-home.html
  
  
• SearchCME
  Search their list of over 5,000 medical conferences by specialty, date or location. All in all, a good reference.   http://www.searchcme.com/search.htm
  
  
• New England Journal of Medicine - Upcoming Meetings
  Search by location, date or subject. Not very commercial. Many good conferences to choose from.   http://www.nejm.org/general/text/Notices.htm
  
  
• CMEWeb
  American Health Consultants. Online courses at nomimal cost. Not a lot of choices, but can get credit quickly from home.  Also have site for nurses: http://www.ce-web.com.   http://www.cmeweb.com
  
  
• Baylor College of Medicine - Continuing Education
  On line courses available at minimal cost. Pretty good site for credit from home.   http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cme/courses
  
  
• Arc Mesa Educators
  Audio tape continuing education. Inexpensive. No searching capability, but easy to read listings.   http://www.arcmesa.com
  

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• Health Finder
  A gateway consumer health site from the United States government.  Also has online journals.  http://www.healthfinder.gov
  
  
• HealthyWay of Living
  Comprehensive guide to health information resources.  Healthy recipes, health links, health talk, reference tools and more.  http://www1.sympatico.ca/healthyway
  
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians 
  Good patient information for common diseases, disorders, treatments and more.  http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo
  
  
• Chronic Illness Network
  Information resources to the chronically ill community - Cancer, AIDS, Heart Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and more.  http://www.chronicillnet.org
  
  
• Mayo Clinic
  Library, search feature, "Ask the Mayo Physician", free email newsletter subscription service. http://www.mayohealth.org
  
  
• Toll - free Services
  Online database of health-related organizations offering toll-free services.   http://sis.hlm.nih.gov/hotlines/index.html

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Suggest A Site

If you have a site you would like to suggest or recommend we will be glad to review the site for inclusion in our list.

Email the name of the web site, URL, and a brief description to .