Links & Resources

 

Medical Journals

The following sites offer many of the popular journals that family physicians read on a monthly basis. The journals have articles that range from practice management topics to current medical knowledge. These sites are also free.

American Family Physician
Family Practice Management
JAMA
British Medical Journal
The Journal of Family Practice
Postgraduate Medicine

 

Evidence-Based Medicine

The following sites offer the physician a quick review of the latest in medical practice. InfoPOEMS are critically reviewed articles and they give a summary for clinical practice you can use that day in seeing patients.

Bandolier
Center for Evidence-based Medicine
Cochrane Reviews
Medical InfoPOEMS
Critically Appraised Topics (CAT Page)

 

Medical Textbooks

Free textbooks to refresh your memory on anatomy or orthopedic topics.

Merck Manual
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics
Anatomy of the Human Body

 

Patient Education

Great sites for your patients to visit and get accurate medical information.

Johns Hopkins Health Page
Mayo Clinic
AAFP Patient Education

 

PDA Software/Information

Sites that offer information on picking the right PDA or reviewing the latest medical software program. Also, these sites offer links to programs for downloading onto your PDA.

Handheldmed
pdaMD
ePocrates

 

Clinical Tools/Formulas

Clinical tools or calculators for those formulas that you always have to look up in a book are now on the Internet and some can be downloaded onto your PDA.

Clinical Calculator

 

Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines for practice from various sources.

American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines

 

Public Health

Public Health links to the main sites for prevention and disease control.

American Public Health Association
Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Miscellaneous Links

www.wvqualitycoalition.org
The West Virginia Coalition for Quality Health Care is a grant funded, physician-driven organization dedicated to exploring clinical variation and improving health care in West Virginia.

www.medicare.gov
The official federal Medicare website, with useful information for people with Medicare and anyone involved in helping them with their health care decisions.

www.fammedfoundation.com
Supporting some goals and selected projects of the WV Chapter AAFP, developing and providing philanthropic resources for the promotion and support of the specialty of Family Practice, and bringing together Family Practice organizations to coordinate activities and maximize resources.

www.wvinsurance.gov/accesswv
AccessWV is a health plan created by West Virginia statute to provide health insurance to West Virginians who have been unable to find or who have been denied health insurance in the private market because of a medical condition.

Grade Your Payers
The AAFP/FPM Survey of Physicians' Experiences with 3rd-Party Payers

AAFP Bioterrorism Response Resources

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