CDC - Injury - WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)

 

Welcome to WISQARS^TM

WISQARS^TM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data. Learn more about WISQARS^TM >>

CDC - Injury - WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)

CDC’s WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources. Researchers, the media, public health professionals, and the public can use WISQARS™ data to learn more about the public health and economic burden associated with unintentional and violence-related injury in the United States.

Users can search, sort, and view the injury data and create reports, charts, and maps based on the following:

• Intent of injury (unintentional injury, violence-related, homicide/assault, legal intervention, suicide/intentional self-harm)
• Mechanism (cause) of injury (e.g., fall, fire, firearm, motor vehicle crash, poisoning, suffocation)
• Body region (e.g., traumatic brain injury, spinal cord, torso, upper and lower extremities)
• Nature (type) of injury (e.g., fracture, dislocation, internal injury, open wound, amputation, and burn)
• Geographic location (national, regional, state) where the injury occurred
• Sex, race/ethnicity, and age of the injured person

Genome.gov | Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

Genome.gov | Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help everyone understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. In addition to definitions, specialists in the field of genetics share their descriptions of terms, and many terms include images, animation and links to related terms.

Getting Started:

Enter a search term or explore the list of terms by selecting a letter from the alphabet on the left and then select from the terms revealed. (A text-only version is available from here.)

1. The Talking Glossary

   At the bottom of most pages in the Talking Glossary are links to help you get the most out of this glossary.

   Linked information explains how to cite a term from the Glossary in a reference paper. Another link allows you to suggest a term currently not in the glossary that you feel would be a valuable addition. And there is a link to email any of the 200+ terms to a friend.

Genome.gov | Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

American Hospital Directory - information about hospitals from public and private data sources including MedPAR, OPPS, hospital cost reports, and other CMS files.

http://ahd.com/

The American Hospital Directory® provides data and statistics about more than 6,000 hospitals nationwide.

AHD.com® hospital information includes both public and private sources such as Medicare claims data, hospital cost reports, and commercial licensors.

AHD® is not affiliated with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and is not a source for AHA Data.  Our data are evidence-based and derived from the most authoritative sources.

Free hospital profiles

Use versatile search tools to explore our database of hospital information.  Create a list or a map of hospitals that match your interests.  View free hospital profiles that include key characteristics, services provided, utilization statistics, accreditation status, financial information, and more.  No registration is required. 

Free state & national stats

View key statistics summarized by hospital, state, and the nation.  Statistics include bed size, discharges, patient days, and gross patient revenue. 

American Hospital Directory - information about hospitals from public and private data sources including MedPAR, OPPS, hospital cost reports, and other CMS files.

Neuroscience Information Framework

Neuroscience Information Framework

The Neuroscience Information Framework is excited to announce the release of NIF 3.1. With improved search and many added products, NIF 3.1 also boasts a new look and feel on the web. To introduce you to the new website, we have created a YouTube video and a Tutorial on the new search interface. You may also wish to view our release notes. As always, we look forward to your comments.

What is NIF?

A dynamic inventory of Web-based neuroscience resources: data, materials, and tools accessible via any computer connected to the Internet. An initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, the Neuroscience Information Framework advances neuroscience research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide through an open source, networked environment.

Neuroscience Information Framework

Medical Dictionary, Medical Abbreviations and Other Search Engines - MediLexicon

http://www.medilexicon.com/

MediLexicon contains searches, information, news and resources for the medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare professional. The following medical searches, medical dictionary listings, and resources are available for free use within this website...

Medical Abbreviations. A dictionary containing over 200,000 medical, biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. The most comprehensive medical abbreviations dictionary on the Internet.
Use Medical Abbreviations Search

Medical Dictionary. Contains definitions and explanations of thousands of medical terms from Stedmans comprehensive medical dictionary.
Use Medical Dictionary Search

Medical News. Hourly reports of all of the latest breaking health news and medical news stories to hit the headlines from around the world.
View Latest Medical News Headlines

ICD-9 Search. Contains definitions of ICD9/ICD9CM codes used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates, morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient records, physician offices, and most NCHS surveys.
Use ICD9 Search

Drug Search. Search the drug databases for drug information including prescription drug information. Multiple drug searches available.
Use Drugs Search

Medical Equipment & Surgical Instruments. Contains definitions of over 3,500 medical and surgical devices and instruments.
Use Medical Equipment Search

Other Searches. Other searches include hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, associations, skin conditions and more.
View Other Searches

Medical Dictionary, Medical Abbreviations and Other Search Engines - MediLexicon

Welcome - Medpedia

Welcome – Medpedia

About The Medpedia Project

The Medpedia Project is a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. This model is founded on providing a free online technology platform that is collaborative, interdisciplinary and transparent. Read more about the model.

Users of the platform include physicians, consumers, medical and scientific journals, medical schools, research institutes, medical associations, hospitals, for-profit and non-profit organizations, expert patients, policy makers, students, non-professionals taking care of loved ones, individual medical professionals, scientists, etc.

As Medpedia grows over the next few years, it will become a repository of up-to-date unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts around the world, and freely available to everyone. The information in this clearinghouse will be easy to discover and navigate, and the technology platform will expand as the community invents more uses for it.

In association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations, Medpedia will be a commons for the gathering of the information and people critical to health care. Many organizations have united to support The Medpedia Project. See the Record of Merit.

Welcome - Medpedia

CDC WONDER

CDC WONDER

CDC WONDER: Information and Communication

Welcome to CDC WONDER -- Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research -- an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and the public at large. It provides access to a wide array of public health information.

CDC WONDER furthers CDC's mission of health promotion and disease prevention by speeding and simplifying access to public health information for state and local health departments, the Public Health Service, and the academic public health community. CDC WONDER is valuable in public health research, decision making, priority setting, program evaluation, and resource allocation.

CDC WONDER, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an integrated information and communication system for public health. Its purposes are:

1. To promote information-driven decision making by placing timely, useful facts in the hands of public health practitioners and researchers, and
2. To provide the general public with access to specific and detailed information from CDC.

With CDC WONDER you can:

• Access statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics;
• Query numeric data sets on CDC's computers, via "fill-in-the blank" web pages. Public-use data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query, and the requested data are readily summarized and analyzed, with dynamically calculated statistics, charts and maps.

The data is ready for use in desktop applications such as word processors, spreadsheet programs, or statistical and geographic analysis packages. File formats available include plain text (ASCII), web pages (HTML), and spreadsheet files (Tab Separated Values). All of these facilities are menu-driven, and require no special computer expertise.

CDC WONDER

Research & Benchmarking

Research & Benchmarking 

AMGA is a pioneer in the measurement of health outcomes and other data for clinical and service quality improvement. To enhance our members’ ability to deliver the highest quality care to their patients, we offer various collaborative research projects and benchmarking programs. Participants have access to timely and relevant data that helps them quantify provider, employee, and patient satisfaction, identify opportunities for improving clinical processes, and distinguish their organizations in the marketplace.

Research
AMGA is dedicated to sharing innovations in patient care. Many of our members are leaders in quality improvement and have developed new tools and programs for improving health outcomes, lowering the cost of care, and increasing patient satisfaction. Through learning collaboratives, best practice compendiums, and other tools, we share those solutions so others may build upon the programs and continue redesigning care processes to better meet the needs of their patients.

Benchmarking
Today, medical groups depend on multiple sources of data to monitor and improve performance. AMGA understands the challenges inherent in mining and reporting data critical to the successful operation of a medical group. By using AMGA’s comprehensive data resources, medical groups are able to benchmark their performance against other groups on both a national and regional level.

Research & Benchmarking

NRCBL: Publications

NRCBL: Publications 

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature: * Bibliography of Bioethics * Bioethics Searcher's Guides * Bioethics Thesaurus * Bioethics Thesaurus for Genetics * Changing Vocabularies - A Guide o 2005 Update * Changing Vocabularies - Appendix D * New Titles in Bioethics * Office of Technology Assessment Publications * Scope Note Series

NRCBL: Publications

Refugee Health Information Network

Refugee Health Information Network 

Welcome to the Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN®), a national collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals whose objective is to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. more> Health Information in Multiple Languages Health Information in Multiple Languages Multilingual information for health professionals, refugees, and asylees (in print, audio, and video formats) Provider Tools Refugee Health Information for Providers Information useful for health providers working with refugee patients or clients, including assessment guidelines, cultural information, clinic tools, and recent literature citations Refugee Support Services Information about Health Services for Refugees Information for refugees about accessing health services in the United States (including links to information about immigration status and procedures, eligibility for Medicaid, Social Security, etc.)

Refugee Health Information Network

Welcome - Medpedia

Welcome - Medpedia

Medpedia is just getting started. Welcome to the community.

The mission of Medpedia is to openly share and advance medical knowledge, and that includes the knowledge of patients, caregivers and those looking to stay well. By participating and giving your feedback, you are making Medpedia more useful to yourself and others. See all the ways you can get recognition for your contributions to Medpedia.

Welcome - Medpedia

THE Medical Biochemistry Page

THE Medical Biochemistry Page

Online textbook covering biochemistry in addition it includes:

Abbreviations
Glossary of Medical/Clinical Terms
Links
Clinical Lab Data: Blood Test Values
Awards

THE Medical Biochemistry Page

Pubget: the search engine for life-science PDFs

Pubget: the search engine for life-science PDFs

Pubget solves the problem of full-text document access in life science research. Instead of search results linking to papers, with Pubget's proprietary technology, the search results ARE the papers. Once you find the papers you want, you can save, manage and share them — all online.

Each year, scientists spend at least a quarter billion minutes searching for biomedical literature online. This is time they could better spend curing disease and building the future. Pubget's mission is to give them (you!) that time back.

Pubget: the search engine for life-science PDFs

UpToDate Inc.

UpToDate Inc. 

UpToDate is an evidence based, peer reviewed information resource - available via the Web, desktop computer, and PDA.

With UpToDate, you can answer questions quickly, increase your clinical knowledge, and improve patient care. Independent studies confirm these benefits.

The UpToDate community includes our faculty of more than 4,000 leading physicians, peer reviewers, and editors and over 360,000 users. Our faculty writes topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, the latest evidence, and specific recommendations for patient care. Our users provide feedback to the editorial group. This community's combined efforts result in the most trusted, unbiased medical information available.

 

UpToDate Inc.