1. Health Care on the Internet By Narinder Singh, Ph.D., MHA

2. General Reference Martindale's 'The Reference Desk‘ http://www.martindalecenter.com/ http://www.martindalecenter.com/ Martindale's Health Science Guide http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html WebMD http://www.webmd.com/http://www.webmd.com/ DrKoop.com http://www.drkoop.com/http://www.drkoop.com/ Medscape Today http://www.medscape.com/ http://www.medscape.com/

3. Government Sites Official Website for Searching U.S. Government http://www.firstgov.gov/http://www.firstgov.gov/ The White House http://www.whitehouse.govhttp://www.whitehouse.gov Latest Federal Government Statistics: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.htmlhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.html U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/http://www.hhs.gov/ Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov/http://www.healthypeople.gov/ Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/http://www.healthfinder.gov/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC WONDER: Health Information Resources http://wonder.cdc.gov/http://wonder.cdc.gov/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/http://www.nih.gov/ U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ MedlinePlus from NLM http://medlineplus.gov/http://medlineplus.gov/ MedlinePlus from NLM – Sitemap http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sitemap.htmlhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sitemap.html Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/http://www.ssa.gov/ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/http://www.fda.gov/ THOMAS --.U.S. Congress on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/http://thomas.loc.gov/ Federal Rules and Regulations http://www.regulations.gov/http://www.regulations.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/http://www.census.gov/ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/http://www.samhsa.gov/ HHS Forms Download Sitehttp://www.hhs.gov/forms/http://www.hhs.gov/forms/

4. Health Care Information Health on the Net Foundation http://www.hon.ch/http://www.hon.ch/ The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/ FDA Drug Information http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htmhttp://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm National Health Information Center http://www.health.gov/nhic/http://www.health.gov/nhic/ Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body http://www.bartleby.com/107/http://www.bartleby.com/107/ Harvard Medicine http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asphttp://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp National Guideline Clearinghouse™ http://www.guidelines.govhttp://www.guidelines.gov The Merck Manuals http://www.merck.com/pubs/http://www.merck.com/pubs/ WWW Virtual Library: Medicine http://londonbridge.ohsu.edu/wwwvl/all.html http://londonbridge.ohsu.edu/wwwvl/all.html Medicine OnLine http://www.meds.comhttp://www.meds.com HealthGate http://www.healthgate.com/http://www.healthgate.com/ MEDLINKS http://www.medlinks.com/links.htmhttp://www.medlinks.com/links.htm Medical Terms http://www.medterms.com/script/main/alphaidx.asp?p=a_dict http://www.medterms.com/script/main/alphaidx.asp?p=a_dict

5. Health Statistics FedStats Home Page http://www.fedstats.gov/http://www.fedstats.gov/ Statistical Abstract of the United States: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-04.html http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-04.html Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/http://stats.bls.gov/ CMS Data and Statistics http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/statsdata.asphttp://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/statsdata.asp CDC Data and Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm NCHS – FASTATS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm NCHS - Surveys and Data Collection Systems http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm BRFSS Sitemap http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ Data Surveys Index Page http://www.ahrq.gov/data/http://www.ahrq.gov/data/ Health Insurance Statistics (Census) http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/hlthins.html http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/hlthins.html U.S. Census Bureau – TIGER http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html AMA Physician-Related Data Resources http://www.ama- assn.org/ama/pub/category/2670.htmlhttp://www.ama- assn.org/ama/pub/category/2670.html

6. Quality of Health Care NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance http://www.ncqa.org/http://www.ncqa.org/ NCQA MCO Accreditation Information http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/Accreditation/acc reditation.htm http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/Accreditation/acc reditation.htm Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/http://www.jcaho.org/ Health Care Organizations Accreditation http://www.jcaho.org/htba/index.htm http://www.jcaho.org/htba/index.htm

7. Health Care Associations, Societies Medical associations/societies http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/medassoc.htm http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/medassoc.htm American Medical Association http://www.ama- assn.org/http://www.ama- assn.org/ American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/http://www.cancer.org/ World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/ http://www.who.int/ American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) http://www.ache.org/http://www.ache.org/ Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.org/http://www.mayoclinic.org/

8. Health Care Journals Health Care Journals http://www.docguide.com/dgc.nsf/web- journals?Openform&id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880 078C249 http://www.docguide.com/dgc.nsf/web- journals?Openform&id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880 078C249 Medical and Health Journals http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/medjournals.htm http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/medjournals.htm Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) http://jama.ama-assn.org/ http://jama.ama-assn.org/ New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/http://www.nejm.org/ NLM Bookshelf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books Entrez PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

9. Health Care Research Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/ CDC Funding Opportunities http://www.cdc.gov/funding.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/funding.htm National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp Mathematica Home Page http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/ The Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/http://www.urban.org/ RAND http://www.rand.org/http://www.rand.org/ Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/http://www.kff.org/ National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) http://www.nhpf.org/http://www.nhpf.org/

10. Health Law Federal Laws http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm National Health Law http://www.healthlaw.org/ http://www.healthlaw.org/ LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.comhttp://www.lexisnexis.com

11. Health Policy Dept of HHS-Asst. Secretary for Policy & Evaluation http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/index.shtml http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/index.shtml Electronic Policy Network http://www.movingideas.org/ http://www.movingideas.org/ National Governors Association http://www.nga.org/ http://www.nga.org/ National Assoc. of State Medicaid Directors http://www.nasmd.org//http://www.nasmd.org//

12. Kansas Resources State of Kansas http://www.accesskansas.org/http://www.accesskansas.org/ Kansas Legislature http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv- legisportal/index.dohttp://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv- legisportal/index.do Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment (KDHE) http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ Kansas Dept. of Social & Rehab Services (SRS) http://www.srskansas.org/ http://www.srskansas.org/ KS Health Care Data Governing Board http://www.state.ks.us/public/hcdgb/main.html http://www.state.ks.us/public/hcdgb/main.html Blue Skyways of Kansas http://skyways.lib.ks.us/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ Yahoo! - Kansas Resources http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Kansas/ http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Kansas/ Interactive Map of Kansas/KCN http://www.ku.edu/heritage/towns/kanmap.html http://www.ku.edu/heritage/towns/kanmap.html KU Medical Center http://www.kumc.edu/http://www.kumc.edu/