Resource Links

The following listing of web sites was updated March 2006. There can be no guarantee that the web sites are still current or have not moved to a new site address. If you should find a site that has either moved or been discontinued contact the Web Liaison at mail to:emilia.webster@stjohn.org for updating.
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STATE WEB SITES ASSOCIATIONS

Alabama Association Medical Staff Services - www.aamss.com
Arizona Association Medical Staff Services - www.aamss.org
California Association Medical Staff Services - www.camss.org
Florida Association Medical Staff Services - www.famss.org
Georgia Association of Medical Staff Services - www.gamss.org
Illinois Association of Medical Staff Services - www.iamss.org
Indiana Association of Medical Staff Services – www.iamss.com
Iowa Association of Medical Staff Services – www.iowaamss.org
Kentucky Association of Medical Staff Services – www.kamss.com
Michigan Association Medical Staff Services - www.mamss.org
National Association of Medical Staff Services - www.namss.org
North Carolina Association of Medical Staff Services – www.ncamss.org
Ohio Association of Medical Staff Services - www.oamss.org
Pennsylvania Association of Medical Staff Services – www.pamss.org
Tennessee Association of Medical Staff Services – www.tamss.org
Texas Society Medical Staff Services - www.tsmss.org
Washington Association of Medical Staff Services - www.wamss.org
 
Licensing Boards

Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners - www.albme.org
Alaska State Board of Dental Examiners - www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/pden.htm
Alaska State Medical Board - www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/pmed.htm
Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners - www.bomex.org
Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners - www.asbde.org
Arkansaa State Medical Board - www.armedicalboard.org
California Medical Board - www.medbd.ca.gov
California Osteopathic Medical Baord - www.docboard.org/cx/
Canadian Provincial Licensing Authorities - www.cmps.ca/licandimm/LicCanadian.html
Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners - www.dora-state.co.us/medical
Connecticut Department of Public health - www.ct-clic.com
Directory of State Medical Boards - www.citizen.org/documents/1505uptodate.PDF
District of Columbia Office of Professional Licensing -           www.dchealth.dc.gov/prof_licensre/services/serarch_licensing.asp?strSearchType=Licensee
Florida Division of Medical Quality Assurance - www.doh.state.fl.us
Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners - www.medicalboard.state.ga.us/
Hawaii Division of Professional and Vocational Licensing -www.ehawaiigov.org/serv/pvl
Idaho Board of Medicine - www.bom.state.id.us/
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation - www.dpr.state.il.us
Indiana Medical Licensing Board - www.ai.org/hpb
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners - www.docboard.org/ia/ia_home.htm
Kansas Board of Healing Arts - www.ink.org/public/boha
Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure - weba.state.ky.us/genericsearch/LicenseSearch.asp?AGY=5
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - www.Isbme.org
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine - www.docboard.org/me/me_home.htm
Maine Board of Osteopathic Licenusre - www.docboard.org/me-osteo/
Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance -www.mbp.state.md.us/
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine - www-massmedboard.org
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services - www.cis.state.mi.us/free/
Minnesota Board of Medical Practice - www.bmp.state.mn.us/
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure - www.msbmi.state.ms.us
Missouri State Licensing Board -http://pr.mo.gov/licensee-search.asp
Montana Board of Medical Examiners - http://app.discoveringmontana.com/lookup/
Nebraska Department of health and Human Services - www.hhs.state.ne.us/lis/lis.asp
Nevada State Board of Medicine - http://medboard.nv.gov/
New Hampshire State Board of Medicine - http://pierce.state.nh.us/MedicineBoard/disclaimer.asp
New Jersy Medical & Mental Health Ratled Professional Boards - www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical.htm
New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners - www.state.nm.us/nmbme/
New Mexico Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners - www.state,nm.us/rid
North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners - www.ncmedboard.org
North Dakota State Board of Medical Examiners - www.ndbomex.com
Ohio State Medical Board - http://license.ohio.gov/lookup/default.asp
Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure & Supervision - www.osbmls.state.ok.us
Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners - www.docboard.org/ok/ok.htm
Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners - www.bme.state.or.us
Pennsylavania State Board of Medicine - www.licensepa.state.pa.us/default.asp
Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure & Discipline - www.docboard.org/ri/main.htm
South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners - www.llr.state.sc.us
Tennesse Board of Medical Examiners - www.state.tn.us/health
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners - www.tsbme.state.tx.us
Utah Division of Occupational & Professional Licensure - www.commerce.state.ut.us
Vermont Board of Medical Practice - www.docboard.org/vt.vermont.htm
Vermont Board of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgons - www.vtprofessionals.org
Virginia Board of Medicine - http://www.dhp.state.va.us/
Washington State - Divison of Professional Licensing - www.doh.wa.gov
West Virgina Board of Medicine/License Directory - www.wvdhhr.org/wvbom/directory.asp
Wisconsin Department of Regulation & Licensing - www.dri.state.wi.us/
Wyoming Board of Medicine - http://wyomedboard.state.wy.us/roster.asp

Cardiovascular Resources
American College of Cariology - www.acc.org
American Heart Association - www.americanheart.org
American Heart Association Go Red for Women - www.goredforwomen.org
American Stroke Association - www.strokeassociation.org
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Cariovascular Health - www.cdc.gov/cvhCleveland Clinic:
HeartInfo - www.heartinfo.org
Heart & Vascular Institute - www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter
Mayo Clinic: Heart Disease Center - www.mayoclinic.com
MedLinePlus: Heart Disease - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases
Medscape - www.medscape.com/cardiology-home
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute - www.nhlbi.nih.gov
WebMD Heart & Vascular Center - www.webmed.com/diseases_and_conditions/heart_and_vascular
World Heart Federation - http://www.worldheart.org/

Disaster Preparedness Sites

U.S. Department of Homeland Security - www.ready.gov
Agency for health Care Reasearch & Quality - www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm
Allstate - www.allstate.com/catastrophe/pagerender.asp?Page=howprepare.htm
American Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html
American Medical Assocation - www.ama.assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.bt.cdc.gov
DisasterHelp - www.disasterhelp.gov
Disaster News Network - www.disasternews.net
Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Response Association - www.disasters.org
Federal Emergency Management Agency - www.fema.gov
MedlinePlus - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html
Office of Public Health Preparedness - www.michigan.gov/ophp
Univerity of Alabama at Birmingham - www.bioterrorism.uab.edu
U.S. Department of Agriculture - http://disaster.usda.gov/prepar_jump.htm
U. S. Department of Education - www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html

Health Care Quality Statistics

Health Grades - www.healthgrades.com
ConsumerReports.org - www.consumerreports.org
Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety - www.leapfroggroup.org/home
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

Medical Resources

American Cander Society - http://www.cancer.org/
American Diabetes Association - www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf
American Heart Assocation - www.americanheart.org
Arthritis Foundation - www.arthritis.org
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - www.cff.org
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation - www.msfacts.org
National Cancer Institute - www.cancer.gov/cancer_information
National Institute of Mental Health - www.nimh.nih.gov
National Insitutue of Neurological Disorfers and Stroke - www.ninds.nih.gov
National Women's Health Information Center - www.4woman.gov
Onco Link - University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center - www.cancer.med.upenn.edu
Professional Health Program Resource Network - www.phprn.com
Pub Med - Search the National Library of Medicine - www.4ncbl.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
Web MD - www.webmd.com

Medical Schools and Education

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - www.acgme.org
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) - www.ecfmg.org
National Student Clearing House - www.nsic.org

Patient Safety Sites
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - www.ahrq.gov/qual/errorsix.htm
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture - www.ahrq.gov/qual/hospculture
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Patient Safety Network - www.psnet.ahrq.gov
American Academy of Neurology - www.aan.com/professionals/patient/patient_saf.cfm
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - www.aaos.org/safety/patient_home.htm
American College of Physicians - www.acponline.org/ptsafety/?idx
American Hospital Association - www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/patient_safety/
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation - www.apsf.org
Am. Society of Health-System Pharmacists Center on Patient Safety - www.ashp.org/patient-safety
FDA patient Safety News - www.fda.gov/psn
Institute for Healthcare Improvement - www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/PatientSafety
Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety - www.jcipatientsafety.org
JCAHO Ntl. Patient Safety Goals - www.jcaho.org/accredted+organizations/patient+safety/npsg.htm
National patient Safety Foundation - www.npsf.org
Patient Safety First - www.patientsafetyfirst.org
Patient Saety & quality Healthcare - www.psqh.com

 Pediatric Resources

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - www.aacap.org
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry - http://aapd.org
American Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org
American Board of Pediatrics - www.abp.org
American SIDS Institute - www.sids.org
Brazelton Institute - www.brazelton-institute.com
Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine - www.cpem.org
Children's Cancer Association - www.childrenscancerassociation.org
Children's Hospital Boston - www.childrenshopsital.org
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - www.chop.edu
MedlinePlue: Children's Health - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenshealth.html
Medscape Pediatrics - www.medscape.com/pediatrics-home
PedialLink - www.pedialink.org
PediatricEducation.org - www.pediatriceducation.org
Society for Adolescent Medicine - www.adolescenthealth.org
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - www.stjude.org

Specialty Boards and Organizations

American Accademy of Physician Assistants - www.aapa.org
American Board of Allergy & Immunology - www.abai.org
American Board of Anesthesiology - www. abanes.org
American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery - www.abcrs.org
American Board of Emergency Medicine - www.abem.org
American Board of Family Practice -www.abfp.org
American Board of Internal Medicine - www.abim.org
American Board of Medical genetics - www.faseb.org/genetics/abmg/abmgmenu.htm
American Board of Medical Specialties - www.abms.org
American Board of Neurological Surgery - www-abns.org
American Board of Obstetrics * Gynecology - www.abog.org
American Board of Ophthalmology - www.abop.org
American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - www.aboms.org
American Board of Orthodontics - www.americanboardortho.com
American Board of Otolaryngology - www.aboto.org
American Board of Pathology - www.abpath.org
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry - www.abpd.org
American Board of Pediatrics - www.abp.org
American Board of Periodontology - www.perio.org
American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - www.abpmr.org
American Board of Podatric Surgery - www.abps.org
American Board of Preventive Medicine - www.abprevmed.org
American Board of Professional Psychology - www.abpp.org
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - www.abpn.com
American Board of Radiology -www.theabr.org
American Board of Surgery - www.absurgery.org
American Board of Thoracic Surgery - www.abts.org
American College of Physicians Executives - www.acpe.org
American Dentral Association - www.ada.org
American Health Quality Association - www.ahqa.org
American Hospital Association - www.hospitalconnect.com/DesktopServlet
American Medicine Assocation - www.ama-assn.org/amaprofiles
American Osteopathic Association - www.am-osteo-assn.org
American Osteopathic Association boards - www.aoa-net.org
American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine - www.gia-net.org/certification/miclear.htm
American Osteopathic Board of Surgery - www.aobs.org
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants - www.nccpa.net
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada - www.royalcollege.ca

Useful Web Site Links

Health Care professionals Network- Document Sharing - wlm-web.com/hcnet/index2.htm
Hospital Soup - www.hospitalsoup.com
Managed Care Information Center - www.themcic.com
MI Volunteer Registry - www.mivolunteerregistry.org
Modern Healthcare - www.modernhealthcare.com
MSSP Quiz Corner - www.msspnexus.com
The National Credentialing Forum - www.winstaff.com/ncf