General Health Resources
Clinical Laboratory Science
Complimentary & Alternative Medicine
Consumer Health
- CAPHIS Top 100 List
Links to consumer health sites selected by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of
the Medical Library Association.
- DRConnection
Provides information on physicians practicing in Wisconsin, and links to information on the quality,
safety and cost of care in Wisconsin hospitals.
- Go Ask Alice
Includes information on physical, emotional and spiritual health from Columbia University health
educators in a question and answer format.
- familydoctor.org
Provides health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- Health Information - National Institutes of Health
- Healthfinder
Provides consumer health information from selected government agencies, non-profit organizations,
and universities.
- MayoClinic.com
Provides consumer health information from the Mayo Clinic.
- InteliHealth
Includes health information from Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania School
of Dental Medicine.
- Lab Tests Online
Includes descriptions of clinical lab tests, overviews of conditions and diseases, and
recommendations on preventive screening.
- Medem
Includes health information from over 20 medical societies.
- MedlinePlus
Links to information on selected health topics, dictionaries, databases, clearinghouses, directories,
and organizations.
- SafeMedication.com
Provides consumer information on prescription and over-the-counter medications from the American
Society of Health Systems Pharmacists.
- Merck Manual - Home Edition
- NIH SeniorHealth.gov
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Provides consumer health information in English and Spanish.
- Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and
Intelligent Decisions
Disease Specific Sites
Evidence Based Practice
- Academic Center for Evidence Based Nursing
The goal of the center is to "turn research into action, improving health care, and patient outcomes..."
- ACP Clinical Practice
Guidelines
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
– Evidence Based Practice
- Bandolier: Evidence-based thinking about health
care
Includes summaries and commentaries on recently published systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
- BestBETS
Provides evidence based summaries for topics in emergency medicine, cardiothoracics, nursing,
primary care and pediatrics.
- bmjupdates+
Combines an e-mail alerting system and a searchable database of article citations from over 110
medical journals. Articles are pro-rated for quality and clinical relevance. Free
registration is required.
- Canadian Centre for Health Evidence
Includes the Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice, originally published in JAMA.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - University of Oxford
This NHS center provides an EBM Toolbox, teaching materials, and other resources to support the
practice of evidence-based health care.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - University of
Toronto
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- CMA Infobase
Clinical practice guidelines from Canadian health organizations, government agencies, and
professional societies.
- Cochrane Collaboration
Includes information on Cochrane Groups and Centres, and abstracts of systematic reviews of the
effects of health care.
- Critical Appraisal Skills
Programme Resources (NHS)
Includes appraisal tools for systematic reviews, RCTs, and other study designs.
- EBM and Decision Tools by Alan
Schwartz
- EBM Education Center of
Excellence (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Evidence Based Decision Making (USC)
- Evidence Based Health Care Practitioners
Links
- Evidence Based Medicine:
Finding the Best Clinical Literature (University of Illinois - Chicago)
- Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center
Includes bibliographies, tutorials and databases to support evidence-based practice.
- Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit (University of
Alberta)
- Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial
(SUNY Downstate Medical Center)
- Evidence-Based Nursing
Tutorial form the UNC - Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library.
- Evidence-Based Pediatric Web
Site (University of Michigan)
- Evidence-Based
Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial (University of Minnesota)
- Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health
Project
- Evidence Based Practice
Tutorial for Nurses (Penn State)
- Evidence-Based
Practices for Healthiest Wisconsin 2010
- Evidence Based Public
Health Nursing
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
- Guide to Community Preventive Services
- HealthLinks:
Evidence-Based Practice (University of Washington)
- Hooked on Evidence
Access limited to APTA members.
- HSTAT: Health Services/Technology
Assessment Texts
Provides a single interface for searching clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and
other sources of health information.
- Introduction to
Evidence-Based Medicine
Tutorial from Duke University and UNC - Chapel Hill libraries.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
Includes detailed information on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and links to guidelines
that are available electronically.
- National Library for Health (NHS)
NHS portal for searching evidence based reviews, practice guidelines, images, etc.
- Netting the Evidence – ScHARR
Includes extensive links to evidence-based practice sites.
- NHS Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination - University of York
Includes interfaces for searching the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness and the NHS
Economic Evaluation Database.
- PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)
- PubMed Clinical
Queries
Provides research methodology filters for searching Medline in four categories: therapy,
diagnosis, etiology and prognosis.
- Research and Clinical Resources for
Evidence Based Nursing (McGill University)
- SUMSearch
Uses a single interface to search multiple evidence-based resources.
Government Sites
Health Policy Sites
Health Statistics
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Data &
Surveys
- Association of Religion Data Archives
Includes data on congregational membership at metropolitan, county, state, and national levels.
- Aurora
Health Care Community Health Surveys
Surveys include data on risk factors and disease conditions for adults in selected cities and
counties in eastern Wisconsin.
- Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention - Data and Statistics
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) - Research, Statistics, Data & Systems
- Children's Defense Fund
Includes The State of America's Children 2004, Children in the States, and other
information on child health and welfare.
- ChildStats.gov
Provides access to state and national data and reports on children and families.
- City of Milwaukee
Annual and Safety Reports
Public Safety Reports include reported crimes by census tract and aldermanic district.
- City of Milwaukee Health
Department
- Department of Health and Human Services - Gateway to Data and
Statistics
- Envirofacts Data Warehouse - U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Provides environmental information by zip code.
- Fedstats
Provides access to statistics from over 100 government agencies.
- Finding and Using Health Statistics:
A Self-Study Course
- Health & Medical Statistics
on the Internet (University of Maryland Libraries)
- Healthy People 2010 Site
- Internet Crossroads in Social
Science Data
Includes over 650 annotated links to Web sites with demographic, health and other data.
- Kids Count
Provides data useful in measuring the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of
children.
- Locating Health
Statistics
This MU guide includes information on print and electronic sources of health data.
- Map Milwaukee
Produces maps showing locations of fire houses, police stations, hospitals, schools, etc. by zip
code.
- Medical College of Wisconsin Firearm
Injury Center
- MedlinePlus:
Health Statistics
- Milwaukee
Continuum of Care
Includes "Under the Radar, A Survey of Homeless Adults in Milwaukee."
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Partners in Information Access for the Public
Health Workforce: Health Data Tools and Statistics
- SAMSHA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
- State Health Facts Online
- State
of Wisconsin Department of Administration Demographic Services Center
- University of Michigan Documents
Center - Statistical Resources on the Web - Health
- TOXMAP
Generates maps that show where toxic chemicals are released into the air, water and ground.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- University of Wisconsin Population Health
Institute
Publications section includes Wisconsin County Health Rankings.
- Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program -
Statistics & Reports
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
- Health Statistics
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services -
Health Web
Links to data and health program information on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, injury prevention,
minority health, nutrition and physical activity, and oral health.
- Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Many other government agencies, professional associations, and private health-related
organizations have Web sites which provide statistical data. Links to a number of these are included
in other sections of this page.
International Health
- globalhealth.gov
Includes information on individual countries, world health statistics, and travelers' health.
- globalhealthfacts.org
Includes data by country on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and other diseases and health conditions.
- Health Systems Strengthening in Latin America &
the Caribbean - Health Systems Country Profiles
Profiles health services in 35 countries within the Americas.
- HEALTHmap - Global Disease Alert Mapping System
- Infonation
Provides statistical data for Member States of the United Nations.
- International Programs Center
Includes demographic, socioeconomic and health statistics from countries and regions around the
world.
- MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
Includes population, health, HIV and nutrition data for over 75 countries.
- NationMaster: Health Statistics by
Country
- Pan American Health Organization
- Population Reference Bureau
Includes population and health data for over 220 countries, as well as articles and reports on topics
such as aging, education and poverty.
- Statistics Canada!
- UNICEF
- WHOSIS - WHO Statistical Information System
- World Health Organization
Mega Sites
Minority Health
Nursing
- Academic Center for Evidence Based
Nursing
The goal of the center is to "turn research into action, improving health care, and patient outcomes..."
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Nurses Association
- Bureau of Health Professions: Nursing
Includes the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, reports on topics such as the nursing
shortage, and information on nursing education, training programs and grants.
- Evidence-Based
Nursing
Tutorial form the UNC - Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library.
- Evidence Based Practice
Tutorial for Nurses (Penn State)
- Evidence Based Public
Health Nursing
- Health Ministries Association
- International Council of Nurses
- International Parish Nurse Resource Center
- LWW Nursing Center
Includes tables of contents and abstracts for over 50 nursing journals, full-text continuing
education articles, and the AJN Career
Guide.
- NACCHO Model Practices
Provides descriptions of innovative public health practice models from local health departments.
Searchable by category or state.
- NANDA International
- National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations
(NCEMNA)
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Links to state nursing practice and regulation acts, nursing licensure and certification requirements,
and information on nurse licensure compacts.
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- National League for Nursing
- NP Central
Includes clinical information to support the practice of nurse practitioners, an NP directory, and
information on continuing education and job opportunities.
- Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow
Includes information on nursing education, financial aid for nursing students, clinical specialties,
and the nursing shortage.
- Nursing Best Practice
Guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.
- Nursing Knowledge International
This subsidiary of Sigma Theta Tau International offers free and fee-based clinical, research,
career-oriented and continuing education content.
- Nursing Theory Page
- Oncology Nursing Society
Evidence-Based Practice Resource Area
- Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
-
RCN Clinical Guidelines
Practice guidelines from the Royal College of Nursing (UK)
- Research and Clinical Resources for
Evidence Based Nursing (McGill University)
- Selected Nursing
Web Sites
- State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation &
Licensing
- Virginia Henderson International
Nursing Library
Includes a searchable Registry of Nursing Research.
- Wisconsin Nurses Association
- Wisconsin Parish Nurse
Coalition
Physical Therapy
Physician Assistants
Speech Pathology & Audiology
Transfusion Medicine
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