Reference & Directories
Reference Sources
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Fedworld
A collection of resources for locating government information
Fellowship and Residency Electronic
Interactive Database (FRIEDA) Online
American Medical Association's (AMA) medical workforce and education site. A database of GME and specialty programs with
pertinent training statistics. Also
contains information about "the marketplace for new physicians."
Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR)
Health Technology Assessments (HTA) Publication Listing
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
online
From the World Health Organization
iTools
"Quick access to the best Internet tools." Includes language tools ("look up words and translate them"), research tools
("find facts and theories about any subject"), financial tools ("convert currency"), map tools ("see a map or get driving
directions"), Internet tools ("use networking and web tools"), and people tools ("find people on the Internet").
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) State
Health Facts Online
Site for U.S. State comparisons and state profiles in the areas of: population demographics,
health status, health coverage & uninsured, Medicaid & CHIP, Medicare, health costs & budgets, managed care & health
insurance, providers & service use, women's health, minority health, and HIV/AIDS.
MedlinePlus-Medical Dictionary
National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) Journal Browser
NLM (National Library of Medicine) site for finding basic journal title information. Enter either journal abbreviation, full
journal title, NLM ID, ISO abbreviation, or ISSN to get more information about the journal.
NICHSR History of Health Services Research
Project
(National Library of Medicine/National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)
NICHSR Introduction to HSR Class
Manual
(National Library of Medicine/National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)
NLM/NICHSR HSR Information Central
(National Library of Medicine/National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)
Resources include: Data, Tools and Statistics; Guideline, Journals, Other Publications; Health Disparities;
Evidence Based Practice and Health Technology Assessment; Health Economics and Policy; Child Health Services Research;
Health Informatics; Grants, Funding, and Fellowships; Education and Training; Key Organizations; Meetings and Conferences;
Legislation; Rural Health; State Resources; and Discussion and E-mail Lists.
PubMed Health
Up-to-date information on diseases, conditions, drugs, treatment options, and healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research from institutions around the world.
Walden University Web Links for Health Services Students
Directories
American Medical Association (AMA) Doctor Finder
Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Provides access to publicly available, free reports with information about the process of delivering care
DIRLINE Directory of Health Organizations (National Library of Medicine [NLM])
Health Services Research Training Directory