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. You can copy these pages and paste into a Microsoft Word document for a hard copy. If you wish to use this site for direct connection to the web site listed, click on the "WWW" address and it will automatically forward you to the site.
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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |