Administration on Aging: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov

This site, maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is divided into separate sections for patients and practitioners. The patients' section provides a collection of links to many other Web sites containing information tailored to the elderly. The site also covers educational information (including treatment options) on common ailments like constipation, sexual dysfunction, prostate problems, and eye problems. For the practitioner, there is information on advocacy groups for the elderly, welfare reform, and managed care issues. Finally, the site provides a highly useful directory of other annotated Web resources organized by subject.

Alzheimer's Association: http://www.alz.org

The Internet home of the nationally known Alzheimer's disease support organization, this Web site provides patients with the disease and their families an opportunity to learn more about the disease in easy-to-read short explanations of FAQs and summary statements. Topics range from living with the disease, to caregiving issues for families, to treatment options. There is also a section devoted to ongoing research and recent advancements in the understanding of the disease process and pharmacologic therapy.

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Practice Guidelines: http://www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/index.html

Jointly sponsored physician clinical practice guidelines on topics of interest primarily in cardiology. The guidelines are all available for download as PDF files with some offered for direct viewing in HTML format on your Internet browser.

American Medical Informatics Association : http://www.amia.org/

AMIA is the leading medical informatics organization in the United States. This Web site contains informatics related official position papers, links to educational training opportunities, and information about upcoming conferences and meetings.

American Medical Informatics Management Association: http://www.ahima.org/

A national organization providing access to news articles and in-depth considerations of issues topical to the practical management of health information. This Web site contains several patient oriented fact sheets on electronic medical confidentiality.

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BBC News - Health: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/default.htm

Current health-related news from a trusted source.

CNN Interactive - Health: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH

A reliable source of health-related news.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet: http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm

A sponsored, private website offering current medical news reports, an extensive index of Internet medical resources, and hyperlinked medical news articles categorized by disease process or disease.

Dxplain : http://www.lcs.mgh.harvard.edu/lcshome/dxplain.htm

A diagnostic aid CDS system that utilizes specified clinical findings (eg, symptoms, signs, laboratory data) to produce a ranked list of diagnoses. Justification for the presented diagnoses is provided along with suggestions for collection of further clinical information.

DynaMed: http://www.dynamicmedical.com/

DynaMed - (Dynamic Medical Information System) is an interactive, real-time medical information system designed for use at the point of care. It consists mainly of a vast clinically-organized reference covering basic information and is updated daily from developments in the literature. (FREE registration)

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Geriatric Education Cases: http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/cme/geri

In this site, maintained by the College of Medicine of the University of Florida, visitors find five geriatric teaching cases. Modules provide an introductory case, learning objectives, educational materials (including references, pictures, and graphics), and an assessment of learning. Each module includes an outline of the major geriatric topics covered and a list of the drugs used in the case.

Handbook of Medical Informatics: http://www.mihandbook.stanford.edu/handbook/home.htm

A well-designed and practical on-line text, still in development, designed as an introduction to basic and advanced informatics topics.

Hardin MD: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html

A collection of currently available hyperlinks to medically oriented Internet websites categorized by medical specialties.

HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text: http://text.nlm.nih.gov/ftrs/gateway

Offered by the National Library of Medicine, the HSTAT Web site provides one-step links to important documents used to formulate clinical guidelines. Online versions of the AHCPR Evidence Reports, AHCPR Supported Guidelines, and the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (2nd Edition) are available along with other documents.

Journal Club on the Web: http://www.journalclub.org

An effort to bring peer-review on current Internal Medicine literature to the Internet. The website usually selects one or two topics to review for any given month and provides posted comments, letters to the editor, and summary statements.

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MDConsult: http://www.mdconsult.com/

A comprehensive, fee-based medical information service providing access to fully searchable online medical textbooks, full-text medical journals, patient education material, practice guidelines, drug information, and access to online discussion groups.

MedHunt : http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/

This Health on the Net Foundation's medical document finder uses a focused search engine to find recommended sites on medical topics of interest.

Medical Informatics Taxonomy: http://www.med.usf.edu/CLASS/ovrview2.htm

An intuitively organized schematic representation of the field of Medical Informatics with links to term definitions and external Web sites.

Medical Matrix: http://www.medmatrix.org

An easily searchable database providing hyperlinks for medical journals, patient education, current medical news, and assistance with prescriptions. User registration is required.

Medicare Publications: http://www.medicare.gov/publications.html

This site provides easily downloaded Medicare publications of interest to clinicians and patients, such as "Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home" and "Advance Directives."

Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/

A well-designed website offering current medical news, physician information categorized by specialty, peer-reviewed medical articles, links to popular on-line medical journals, and a large collection of multimedia resources interspersed throughout the site.

Multidisciplinary Education in Geriatrics & Aging: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/dental/Dental_Educational_Software/ Gerontology_and_Geriatric_Dentistry/introduction.html#mainindex

The objectives of this website are to "teach... basic concepts in geriatric care" through a series of multi-media enhanced discussions on several age-relevant topics such as: normal aging, geriatric assessment, case management and hospice, pharmacotherapeutics, nutrition, etc.

Multimedia Medical Reference Library: http://www.med-library.com/medlibrary/

A collection of links and services targeted to the medical professional. The site contains a large collection of multimedia audio clips of physical findings, a medical reference library, and a database of hyperlinks to on-line medical journals, professional medical organizations, and medical schools.

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National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics: http://www.ncemi.org

ED Home Collection of clinical tools and other resources for patient care in the Emergency Department. This National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics site contains clinical calculators, e-tools, question-of-the-day, access to relevant emergency medicine articles, and online decision support tools.

National Guideline Clearinghouse : http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp

A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, this site is sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. It features over 500 guidelines from organizations like the AMA, CDC, and American College of Physicians.

On-line Lessons in Clinical Informatics: http://www.informatics-review.com/lessons.html

An electronic journal's links to the best informatics instructional sites on the Web. The topics range from how to search the Web to how to read a journal article.

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Physicians' Online® Network: http://www.po.com/

Designed with the busy practitioner in mind, the Physicians' Online® Network (POL) has assembled the most comprehensive medical and non-medical content, private communication tools and Web access to build the largest online community of physicians in the world.

Preoperative Assessment and Premedication: http://www.bconnex.net/~jascah/preop.html

Full-text of a virtual book chapter that covers the preoperative assessment and medication of surgical patients. Topics covered include "Communicating with and Educating Patients", " Risk Assessment", " ASA Classification", and " "Laboratory Investigations" among others. The webpage also offers an extensive collection of cross-linked references.

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines: http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/

It provides guidelines and clinical reviews, cross-cultural health, teaching, patient information, and more.

The Six Senses Review: http://www.sixsenses.com/index.html

A sponsored website that rates other medical Internet websites based on six pre-selected criteria. A review of the rated website is also presented.

Today on Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/

A great site which covers clinical management series, practice guidelines, treatment updates, journal scan, journals, conference summaries & schedules, patient resources, ask the experts & discussions, grand rounds and clinical challenges, cme (continuing medical education).

The Virtual Hospital: http://www.vh.org/

A regularly updated effort by the University of Iowa bringing clinically useful content to physicians and patients. The site contains a large collection of multimedia images, audio clips, and video clips. Well-written patient information fact sheets on common medical problems, diseases, and procedures add to the value of the website.

WebDoctor: http://www.gretmar.com/

A comprehensive collection of Internet resources, including on-line medical journals, websites, cases, and newsgroups. The links are arranged by specialty and by disease.

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