Education & Useful Links
PCHP Special Report: Resources which may assist you in locating Affordable_Medications.
Primary Care Health Partners has selected the following sites we believe may provide useful information to you. However, we do not manage these sites and are therefore not responsible for their content. These sites remain solely responsible for any claim, advice, or advertisement appearing on their site. If, after reviewing these sites, you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact one of our offices for additional information.
Adult Patient Resources
Category |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | Medical Library Assocation | A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Resources on diseases, conditions, and other special topics from Dept of Health and Human Services | |
| Familydoctor.org | Health information written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at AAFP | |
| Healthcare 411 | Uses the latest multimedia technologies to offer helpful information about the latest findings from AHRQ-sponsored research. Also provides links to AHRQ's public service announcements. | |
| Healthfinder® | Provides links to online journals, medical dictionaries, minority health, and prevent and care | |
| MayoClinic | Health education for patients and the general public from the Mayo Clinic. Includes interactive tools to manage health | |
| MEDLINEplus | Established by National Library of Medicine includes alphabetical list of "Health Topics", serveral online medical dictionaries, and consumer drug information | |
| NY Online Access to Health (NOAH) | Full-text health topics arranged alphabetically with definitions, care and treatment, and lists of information resources | |
| Advanced Directives | Vermont Advance Directives(VADR) | "We each have the right to make our own healthcare decisions. An advance directive ensures your end of life and other critical healthcare decisions will be honored. The Vermont Advance Directive Registry is an electronic database that stores advance directive documents and makes them accessible to hospitals or other medical service providers." |
| Vermont Ethics Network: Taking Steps | Taking Steps, a publication of the Vermont Ethics Network, is a booklet about making choices for your medical care in the age of modern technology. It discusses: your rights as a patient; common treatment in critical and end-of-life care; how you can use legal documents called "advance directives" to leave instructions for your care if you become unable to speak for yourself. | |
| Allergies, Asthma & Respiratory Diseases | Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network | Information on food allergies including education, research, and advocacy |
| American Academy of Allergies, Asthma & Immunology | Information regarding allergies and asthma inlcuding treatment and new research | |
| Cancer | Cancer.gov | Official website of National Cancer Institute |
| American Cancer Society | News and information regardng types of cancer, patient services, treatment options, and statistics | |
| Women's Cancer Network | Information specific to cancer types and risks affecting women | |
| Diabetes | American Diabetes Assocation | Information about diabetes including healthy living choices, insulin reactions, exercise, and diet |
| Children with Diabetes | Information focused primarily on the needs of children with diabetes | |
| Joslin Diabetes Center | Information provided by one of the leading diabetes clinics. Site includes diabetes education, discussion boards, info on legislative activities, press releases, and the latest news. | |
| Juvenile Diabetes Reserch Foundation International | Diabetes materials for children and teens. | |
| Drug & Alcohol Abuse | Alcoholics Anonymous | Support services for alcoholics and family members of alcoholics |
| Heart Disease | American Heart Association (AHA) | Includes information on warning signs for heart disease and stroke, easy-to-use reference guide, family health information, and risk awareness |
| Congenital Heart Information Network | Information for children and adults with congenital heart disease | |
| HeartHub for Patients | Provides patient education tools, podcasts, enewsletters & videos for Arrhythmias, Cardiac Rehab, Cargiver issues, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), and Stroke | |
| March of Dimes Birth Defects | Focuses on birth defects with an emphasis on congenital heart disease | |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | Information on heart disease for the public | |
| HIV/Aids | HIV InSite | In-depth information about HIV/AIDS |
| Immunizations | Vaccine Information | Information about vaccine preventable diseases |
| HHS Vaccine Information | Gives consumers more information about vaccines and immunizations and helps them make informed decisions about preventive health. | |
| CDC Vaccines & Immunization | CDC site with various resources regarding immunization including immunization schedules, recommendations, and side effects and safety | |
| Influenza | Flu.gov | Information about Influenza including prevention and treatment. |
| International Travel | Travelers' Health - CDC | Offers information to assist travelers and their health-care providers in deciding the vaccines, medications, and other measures necessary to prevent illness and injury during international travel." Please plan ahead and consult this site several months before you plan to leave! |
| Kidney Disease | National Kidney Foundation | Information on kidneys for the public |
| Lung Diseases | Controlling Asthma - Vermont Asthma Program | Site provided by the Vermont Department of Health which has all kinds of links to many other good web sites on asthma |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | Information on lung diseases for the public | |
| Medications | Vermont Rx Card | Prescription assistance program for uninsured or underinsured individuals living or working in Vermont. |
| WebMD Medication Information | Medical information on prescription drugs, vitamins, and over-the-counter medications | |
| Neurology & Mental Health | American Psychological Association | Provides information on a range of psychology topics |
| Alzheimers Assocation | Alzeheimers education and awareness site | |
| American Pain Foundation | Addresses many sources of acute and chronic pain with information on management and medications | |
| Sleep Foundation | Information on sleep health and safety | |
| Nutrition and Fitness | CDC: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity | Information on achieving and maintaining a health weight including nutrition and physical activity |
| Safety | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Information on car seat and vehicle safety for kids |
| Skin Diseases | SkinCarePhysicians.com | Provides information on treatment & management of skin diseases |
| Ticks | CDC - Ticks | Information about ticks including how to avoid them and about tickborne diseases |
| How to Remove a Tick | Information on removal of ticks | |
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