Purchasing Resources for Healthcare Information Resources

AllHealth

Source for medical information including tips on healthy living, advice from a panel of health and fitness experts and chat rooms for medical conditions.

http://www.allhealth.com/

Allyn and Bacon\'s Sociology Links

Informational links to various sociology topics.

http://www.abacon.com/sociology/soclinks

Amino Acids

Chemical structure.

http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/bio/amino-acids.html

Asset Management Technologies, Inc.

Developer of health industry data collection software and bar code software used for inventory control and specimen tracking. The software is PC-based. Products are sold to the health, horticulture, dairy, defense and government industries. This compan

http://www.amtsystems.com/

Beta Benefits, Inc.

Provider of Internet-based employee health/wellness benefits community services and B2B employee health and wellness services. Services are provided to multiple industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.

http://www.betabenefits.com/

Bill Wasserman\'s Developmental Biology Page

Resources, journals, as well as pictures, movies and animations of several developmental processes.

http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/dev.htm

BioImmune

CancerOption.com, Inc. is a developmental stage company with a Website (www.CancerOption.com) that provides educational information on different forms of cancer being researched, targeting specific cancers with guidelines and products for alternative and

http://www.canceroption.com/

Bioport

Links to medically related organizations, universities, medical centers and publications.

http://www.bioport.org/

BioValidity

Information databases and reports in a variety of health-related areas. Also provides research services and custom knowledge databases.

http://www.biovalidity.com/

Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin (The)

Provider of reference laboratory services offering over 200 diagnostic assays. Services are provided to the medical industry.

http://www.clinlabs.org/

Cambridge Crystallographic DataCentre

Database containing comprehensive data for organic and metal-organic compounds studied by X-ray and neutron diffraction.

http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/

Can Do, Inc.

Provider of online resource and community services for the disabled. This company was capitalized by venture capital.

http://www.cando.com/

Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres

Network conducts environmental and human health related research.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/cntc/

Carcinogenic Potency Database Project

Provider of results of chronic, long-term animal cancer tests. Standardized database includes sufficient information on each experiment to permit investigations into many research areas of carcinogenesis.

http://potency.berkeley.edu/cpdb.html

CareGuide.com

Online resource for planning and managing healthcare for consumers and employees.

http://www.careguide.com/

Cell and Molecular Biology Online

Peer-reviewed information for practicing specialists and researchers.

http://www.cellbio.com/

ChemFinder by CambridgeSoft

Index to chemical information with structures and physical properties, searchable by name, structure, CAS Number, and physical properties.

http://www.chemfinder.com/

Children\'s Hospital Informatics Program

Multidisciplinary-applied research and education program, part of Children's Hospital.

http://www.chip.org/chip/

Combinatorial Extension of Polypeptides

Combinatorial extension of the optimal path, a method for finding 3-D similarities in protein structures.

http://cl.sdsc.edu/ce.html

Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services

Working paper by Sanjeev Gupta, Hamid Davoodi and Erwin Tiongson of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2000/wp00116.pdf

Dartmouth Atlas of HealthCare in the United States

Employs small area analysis to measure medical resources and utilization seeks to determine the level of resources and services used by defined populations.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~atlas/

Diagnostic Doc

Information about illnesses, health and diseases for all people including patients, laymen, physicians and students in the field of medicine.

http://www.stomachpain.com/

Directory of Sites in Occupational& Environmental Health

Links on human health, environment and work.

http://www.agius.com/hew/links/

Discovery Health

Online resource from Discovery.com providing a broad range of health information and resources.

http://www.discovery.com/

Doctor\'s Guide

Portal of information and news for medical practitioners.

http://www.docguide.com/

Doctors\' Net Access

Comprehensive online service providing medical and general content for medical specialists.

http://www.dna-cd.com/DNAPublic/index.html

Einet:Chemistry

Chemistry informational links.

http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Chemistry.html

EMBLVirus Structure Resource

Images of virus structures.

http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/ExternalInfo/fuller/EMBL_Virus_Structure.html

Enviro-Net

News, features and articles, marketplace and publications.

http://www.enviro-net.com/main.asp

EPA Chemical References Web Pages

Listing of chemicals monitored by EPA's Major Program Systems: Air (AFS), Water (PCS), Hazardous Waste (RCRIS), Superfund (CERCLIS) and Toxics Release Inventory (TRIS).

http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/emci/chemref/index.html

EPA\'s Top 20 Hazardous Substances

ATSDR/EPA priority list; rank number includes a link to an ATSDR publication with health and chemical information about that substance.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cxcx3.html

European Bioinformatics Institute

Center for research and services in bioinformatics. The Institute manages databases of biological data including nucleic acid, protein sequences and macromolecular structures.

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/

Extension Toxicology Network

Pesticide and toxicology information profiles.

http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/

FlyBrain

Atlas and database of the drosophila.

http://flybrain.neurobio.arizona.edu/

GCG Package Online Help

Development and support of sequence analysis software as well as relational database management tools for storing, mining, and visualizing sequence data.

http://www.gcg.com/genhelp/

GeneMap99

International RH Mapping Consortium; includes the locations of more than 30,000 genes in the human genome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap99/

GuideStar Health Systems, Inc.

Provider of health care coverage information and other medical services via the internet. Services are provided to consumers and medical industries. This company was capitalized by private investment.

http://www.guidestar.com/

Health Affairs

Project HOPE's bimonthly policy journal; focus on issues that inform and shape current health policy debates at the federal and state levels.

http://www.healthaffairs.org/

HealthBizNews.com

Continuously updated healthcare news in a variety of areas of medicine, allied health, legislation as well as international healthcare news.

http://www.healthbiznews.com/

Healthcare Intelligence Network

Searchable and personalized email newsletters and resources in healthcare and managed care, hospital management, health law and regulation and long-term care.

http://hin.com/

Healthcare UK News

Email news service and coverage of UK healthcare industry activities such as acquisitions, new projects, expansion plans, strategy and other developments.

http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/bpheal.htm

Healthcare-info.co.uk

Online resource offering conference information, event management and a directory of healthcare professionals.

http://www.healthcare-info.co.uk/

HealthCast 2010

Report on future trends in the healthcare industry prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

http://www.pwchealth.com/healthcast2010/index.html

Healthlinks

Resource center for medical professionals and consumers. Provides employment listings, online pharmacy, products and a physician search feature.

http://www.healthlinks.com/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - BioInteractive

Online learning modules for grade school students to learn about various areas of medical technology.

http://www.biointeractive.org/

ILO - CIS - International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre

Promote freedom of association, effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour, effective abolition of child labour, and elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occu

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/index.htm

IMS Health

Provider of information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

http://www.ims-health.com/

Information for State Health Policy Program

Disseminate health information by state health agencies, and to provide information on health issues and activities of the program's state grantees.

http://www2.umdnj.edu/shpp/homepage.htm

Institut Pasteur: Neurobiology

Searchable database of health, research in biology, scientific information, practical applications of research, teaching and training.

http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/BNB/bnb-en.html

Institute for Molecular Virology

Research institute devoted to fundamental research in virology.

http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/

Links for Chemists - 6334 pointers to WWW Chemistry Resources

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html

Managed Care Information Center

Executive summary of healthcare industry trends and forecasts.

http://www.themcic.com/surveys/chart-es.htm

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

http://www.state.ma.us/dph/dphhome.htm

MD Consult Clinical Information For Physicians

Full text of medical journals and reference books; practice guidelines; medical news; drug information; MEDLINE. Free 10 day trial.

http://www.mdconsult.com/

MD Multimedia

Training, information and communication tools for Canadian medical practitioners.

http://www.mdmultimedia.com/

MDChoice.com

Physician-reviewed medical information, images, audio and video files. Includes an area specifically for professionals.

http://www.mdchoice.com/

MEDLINEplus

Information about conditions, diseases, drugs, medical terms and healthcare providers.

http://medlineplus.com/

Medsite.com, Inc.

Provider of the medsite.com web site that provides information to medical professionals. Features include a medical search engine, e-mail and medical journal updates via e-mail. This company was capitalized by private investment.

http://www.medsite.com/

Microbiology BBS

Communication resource for the microbiologist.

http://microbiol.org/

Molecules R Us

Full text search of the Protein Databank (PDB) database.

http://molbio.info.nih.gov/cgi-bin/pdb

National Center for Biotechnology Information

A national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics

NCHS is the principal vital and health statistics agency of the US government. A comprehensive resource with links to various surveys, tabulated state data, and more.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

National Center for Infectious Diseases

Traveler advisories, disease information, news and publications.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm

National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (NCMI)

Goal is to establish the infrastructure for fast, routine, atomic structure determination of biological molecules by electron cryo-microscopy and computer reconstruction.

http://ncmi.bcm.tmc.edu/

National Information Center for Health Services Administration

Collaborative effort by the American Hospital Association and other healthcare organizations to provide personalized information and research services to partner staff and members at discounted rates.

http://www.nichsa.org/

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Safety and health at work for all people through research and prevention.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

US Department of Commerce agency collects and disseminates scientific, technical, engineering and related business information produced by the US government and foreign sources.

http://www.ntis.gov

Neuro Probe, Inc.

Manufacturer of chemotaxis chambers which are used in biomedical research. Products are sold to the biomedical research industry.

http://www.neuroprobe.com/

NeuroSciNet

Links to neuro-related sites.

http://www.neuro.soton.ac.uk/NeuroSciNet/NeuroSciNet.list.html

NIH Molecular Modeling

Supplier of molecular modeling resources and expertise to the NIH research community.

http://cmm.info.nih.gov/modeling/

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services

Strengthen the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of within the collaborative framework of the HHS agencies.

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/

Office of Minority Health Research Center

Improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health.

http://www.omhrc.gov/

Online Clinical Calculator

Online calculator for Bayesian Analysis and clinical laboratory values.

http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/clincalc.html

PaperChase

Provider of on-line medical database access services. The organization provides access to the Library of Medicine's informational database including the MEDLINE, HealthSTAR, Aidsline and Cancerlit databases. Services are provided to hospitals. This com

http://www.paperchase.com/

PDB AtA Glance

Hypertext-based classification of the Brookhaven Protein Databank.

http://cmm.info.nih.gov/modeling/pdb_at_a_glance.html

PDR.net

Medical and healthcare Web site created by Medical Economics Company. Contains PDR online, news and articles for physicians, pharmacists, nurses and physician assistants.

http://www.pdr.net/

Phoenix Foundation

Nonprofit organization working to develop an extensive virtual medicine library.

http://www.bioport.org/phoenix/index.html

Plastic Surgery Statistics

Gathered and maintained by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

http://www.plasticsurgery.org

Plunkett Research: Health Care & Biotech Industry Channel

Site offering healthcare and biotechnology industry trend information, statistics, data and market research.

http://www.plunkettresearch.com/health/index.htm

Protein Data Bank

The single international repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D macromolecular structure data primarily determined experimentally by X-ray crystallography and NMR.

http://www.rcsb.org/

Protein Motions Database

Describes the motions that occur in proteins and other macromolecules.

http://bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu/MolMovDB/

Quality Biological, Inc.

Manufacturer of a broad range of culture media, reagents and buffers for use in cell and molecular biology research, as well as bone marrow assay products for use in hematology research. Provider of research and development services in the areas of cell

http://www.qualitybiological.com/

Radcliffe\'s Murray Research Center

Promotes the use of existing social science data to explore human development in the context of social change; research using longitudinal studies, qualitative data, and secondary analysis.

http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray/index.htm

Resources of Interest To Pharmacologists & Toxicologists

http://www.pharmtox.med.uwo.ca/www/resource.html

RNA Structure Image Library

aimed at a better dissemination of information on three-dimensional biopolymer structures with an emphasis on visualization and analysis. It provides access to all structure entries deposited at the Protein Data Bank (PDB) or at the Nucleic Acid Database

http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE.html

RxList - The Internet Drug Index

Internet Drug Index with keyword searches, drug ID, health information.

http://www.rxlist.com/

Safety Data

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research drug information and regulatory guidance.

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm

Social Statistics Briefing Room

Access to current Federal social statistics from numerous Federal agencies.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html

Solucient

Repository of healthcare information, including industry news, reports and related resources.

http://www.solucient.com/

Spectral Data Base System

For organic compounds; includes 6 different types of spectra: EI mass, 1H decoupled 13C NMR, 1H NMR pattern (90 and/or 400 MHz), 1H NMR parameter (300 MHz pattern generated), FT-IR, laser-Raman, and ESR.

http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/menu-e.html

Spine-health.com

Site providing information and resources to help people understand, prevent and seek appropriate treatment for back pain.

http://www.spine-health.com/

TERA

Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment; dedicated to the best use of toxicity data for the development of risk values.

http://www.tera.org/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/fdahomepage.html

Urban Institute article

"Health Care Market Competition in Six States: Implications for the Poor"; November, 1998 article by Randall R. Bovbjerg & Jill A. Marsteller.

http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occ17.html

Virtual Embryo

Modules can be keyed to textbooks to supplement lecture material and reading assignments.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~browder/

WebElements

Pictures showing element structures and periodic properties.

http://www.webelements.com/

What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy-A Primer

Working paper by William Hsiao of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2000/wp00136.pdf

Wheeless\' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Compiled by C.R. Wheeless, MD, from journal articles, national meetings, lectures, and other textbooks. Updated in 1999.

http://www.wheelessonline.com/