FCRP Links Site

CancerNet
Information developed jointly by the NCI, International Cancer Information Center and the Office of Cancer Communications. The site is tailored to professionals and patients; gives health-care providers links to statistics, peer-reviewed information on screening, detection and treatment of many tumor types, including references, late-breaking news, abstracts to The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and clinical trial information.

CancerSource.com
The mission of CancerSource.com is to be the most comprehensive, accurate, and personalized source of cancer information and services available. We continually serve the needs of our members, both cancer patients and those who care for them and healthcare professionals, by providing free, personalized access to a full range of cancer resources. Our Medical Advisory Board, led by Dr. Vincent DeVita, Director of the Yale Cancer Center, and other leading oncology professionals ensures the reliability and timeliness of our site and the accuracy of the information we provide.

CancerSymptoms.org
Oncology Nursing Society’s CancerSymptoms.org website, designed for patients and caregivers to provide information on learning about and managing each of ten common cancer treatment symptoms: anorexia, cognitive dysfunction, depression, dyspnea, fatigue, hormonal disturbances, neutropenia, pain, peripheral neuropathy, and sexual dysfunction.

Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP)
The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) is the program within the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) of the NCI which plans, assesses, and coordinates all aspects of clinical trials including extramural clinical research programs, internal resources, treatment methods and effectiveness, and compilation and exchange of data as it pertains to the development and evaluation of anticancer agents. Interesting, promising, and novel investigational agents are brought into the program to assist in the clinical development of promising therapeutics. These agents are developed by both intramural and extramural investigators.

Cancervive, Inc.
800-4-TO-CURE (486-2873), 310-203-9232
Cancervive, Inc. is dedicated to providing support, public education, and advocacy to those who have experienced this disease. Our mission is to assist survivors to reclaim their lives after cancer.

CancerWEB
Oncology information geared to patients, health care professionals and scientific researchers; educational resources; treatment statements; links to other oncology sites.

CaP CURE
vides an overview of prostate cancer risk factors and treatments, statistics, research funding, and links to additional related information. Brief, timely summaries highlight recent prostate cancer news and related publications.

Colorectal Cancer Network
This web site is intended to assist people with cancer, their family, friends and caregivers find the information to help them make decisions regarding treatment and management of their disease.

Current News on Cancer

• Cancer Biotechnology Weekly
• Oncolink Cancer News
• Medical News
• National Cancer Institute's Late Breaking News
• Journal of the National Cancer Institute
• Medical News
• New York Times
• The New England Journal of Medicine On-Line
• Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Lungcancer.org

Growth House
Growth house contains resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care such as hospice and home care, palliative care, and pain management.

Guide to Internet Resources on Cancer
Index list of linked sites with general and disease-specific treatment information about cancers, resources listed by country, clinical trial information, and discussion lists and groups.

Hardin Meta Directory -- Oncology
Hardin MD is a "list of lists" - Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. It includes subject listings in large "one-stop-shopping" sites, such as MedWeb and Yahoo, and also independent discipline-specific lists. Hardin MD subject pages indicate the length of lists in each subject, making it easy to see at a glance which lists are most comprehensive - These are often not the lists from the"one-stop-shopping" sites, but those developed by people within the field, which are well-known and frequently cited within the field, but not well-known outside it.

HealthWeb: Oncology
Oncology-related treatment statements, clinical trials information, list servers and newsgroup listings, and links to oncology-related sites.

Komen Foundation Website Addresses:
The Site's include more than 100 pages on breast health information, areas designed for breast cancer survivors and their families, information on the Race for the Cure, and a ca lender of breast cancer-related events and programs.

• BreastCancerInfo.Com
• Race For The Cure
• The Komen Foundation

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The mission of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation and the world through outstanding integrated programs in patient care, research, education and prevention.

Major Cancer Centers

Northeast

• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• The Yale Cancer Center

Mid-Atlantic

• NYU Cancer Institute
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• Fox Chase Cancer Center
• University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
• Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
• Kimmel Cancer Center

South

• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
• Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mid-West

• University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center
• UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
• The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Rocky Mountain

• University of Colorado Cancer Center

South Western

• University of Arizona Cancer Center
• The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Arlington Cancer Center

Medicine Online Cancer Information
Medicine OnLine,TM published by UltiTech, Inc. of Stratford, CT., offers medical information and education in oncology and HIV/AIDS, Medline® literature searches, Daily Medical News, Cancer Forums discussion groups, and reports from medical meetings for health care professionals, patients, and other interested consumers.

National Action Plan on Breast Cancer
MISSION A critical national health priority is to reduce morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in the United States and, ultimately, to prevent the disease. The mission of the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer (NAPBC) is to stimulate rapid progress in eradicating breast cancer. STRATEGY The strategy for the Plan is to serve as a catalyst for national efforts to coordinate actions by government and nongovernment organizations, agencies, and individuals to advance knowledge, research, policy, and services. By encouraging new ideas and mobilizing partnerships, the Plan will strive to "jump start" innovative, long-term efforts that will result in rapid progress in the fight against breast cancer. GOALS The goals of the NAPBC are to: · Identify and assess, on an ongoing basis, priority areas where additional knowledge and work are needed to prevent and cure breast cancer, to improve survival, to enhance the quality of life of those with the disease, and to develop and implement strategies, actions, and initiatives to address identified priority areas. · Promote and foster communication, collaboration, and cooperation among diverse partners necessary to implement NAPBC initiatives. · Ensure ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of the implementation of NAPBC goals.

National Breast Cancer Coalition
The National Breast Cancer Coalition is a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to fighting breast cancer. NBCC was formed in 1991 with one mission: to eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy. Our website is designed to help you join us in this fight. Here you can find all sorts of information including how to become an advocate for change, our legislative priorities for the 106th Congress, which Members of Congress have been supportive of our agenda and how NBCC-trained advocates have helped change the world of breast cancer research. Here you can find information about NBCC's history, goals and accomplishments, how to become a member and learn about our current educational and training programs.

National Cancer Institute
The official web site of NCI. A searchable site that contains: "What's new in cancer research and treatment", information for patients , public and mass media, CancerNet, information on clinical trials, an events calendar, administrative and legislative information, and links to other cancer web sites.

National Cancer Policy Board
The Board will confront obstacles and address issues that arise in the prevention, control, diagnosis, treatment, and amelioration of cancer. It will meet at least three times annually to examine (1) implications of ongoing research and new technologies, (2) issues arising in prevention and delivery of care, and (3) problems faced in the Nation's battle against cancer. The Board intends to pursue activities balanced among prevention, cancer care, and research. It will be a common meeting ground for the many federal agencies that sponsor or directly conduct relevant work, as well as state and local health authorities and private sector interests, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, payers and purchasers of care, and health care providers.

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Cancer Prevention and Control
A recognized leader in cancer control and prevention, the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC), which is part of CDC's National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, implements programs for the nation. The division serves as a leader for nationwide cancer prevention and control and as a partner with state health agencies and other key groups. DCPC focuses its cancer prevention and control resources in six priority areas: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, The National Program of Cancer Registries, Skin Cancer Primary Prevention and Education Initiatives, the Prostate Cancer Control Initiative, Colorectal Cancer Control Initiative. and the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Founded in 1986 of, by, and for cancer survivors, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) has grown into a nationwide network of independent organizations and individuals working in the area of cancer support and information. NCCS is a grassroots network of individuals and organizations working on behalf of people with all types of cancer. NCCS has become a respected voice for people with all types of cancer.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a not for profit, tax-exempt corporation that is an alliance of the world's leading cancer centers. Established in 1995 to enhance the leadership role of member institutions in the evolving managed care environment, the NCCN seeks to support and strengthen the mission of member institutions in three basic areas: To provide state-of-the-art cancer care to the greatest number of patients in need; To advance the state of the art in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment through excellence in basic and clinical research; To enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care delivery through the ongoing collection, synthesis and analysis of outcomes data. The NCCN develops programs and products that, in partnerships with managed care companies, employers and unions, offer people greater access to: our leading doctors, superior treatment, programs that continuously improve the effectiveness of treatment and management that enhances the efficiency of cancer care delivery.

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
NOCC was founded by ovarian cancer survivors in Boca Raton, FL. Its birth was induced by the trivialization and lack of attention to ovarian cancer throughout the media. In April 1995, they began a nationwide campaign to gain national recognition for the SILENT killer, ovarian cancer. Thousands of ovarian cancer survivors throughout the nation have joined NOCC. Twenty-three states are following Florida NOCC's lead by forming their own state chapters. There are no required dues or fees for membership. NOCC is pursuing funding through pharmaceutical grants and monies from the public and private sector with a goal of more research and improved treatment modalities. Donations for operating expenses are always appreciated.

National Prostate Cancer Coalition
We invite you to take time to explore the information and materials available here on NPCC's web site. You can use these materials to become an engaged and informed activist in the fight to ensure that prostate cancer research is made a national funding priority.

Oncology.com
Oncology.com is the most complete, up-to-date source of online cancer news and information for patients, health-care professionals and the entire cancer community. By providing complex information in a direct, clear style, we offer a wide range of resources with the same ease of access for all users. It is Oncology.com's policy that all medical information on the site be reviewed by a health-care professional. Our unique combination of expertise and outreach is unprecedented on the World Wide Web.

OncoLink
University of Pennsylvania site that contains a large number of oncology resources for patients and health care professionals; publications, large collection of peer-reviewed information, cancer trial information, links to other online reference sources, chemotherapy education materials for patients, anticancer drug regimens, supportive care topics and disease management reviews, and descriptions of oncology-related mailing lists and newsgroups.

Oncology Nursing Society
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a national organization of more than 27,000 registered nurses and other healthcare professionals dedicated to excellence in patient care, teaching, research, administration and education in the field of oncology.

Oncology Tools
A site to simplify users' efforts to access information related to cancer and cancer-related therapies, including prostate cancer. Users can obtain information about approved oncology drugs, the FDA's Office of Special Health about FDA patient programs and other resources, clinical trials, and a patient liaison program.

PDQ-NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database
PDQ, NCI's comprehensive cancer database, contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, and supportive care; a registry of approximately 1,700 open and 10,300 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, genetic counselors, and organizations that provide cancer care. All PDQ cancer information summaries are peer-reviewed and updated monthly by five editorial boards of oncology specialists in adult treatment, pediatric treatment, supportive care, screening, prevention, and cancer genetics. They review current literature from more than 70 biomedical journals, evaluate its relevance, and synthesize it into concise, clear summaries. Many of the summaries are also available in Spanish.

Prostate Cancer Program
This site is a resource for prostate cancer related information pertaining to diagnosis, staging, treatment options, specialists, investigational studies and current research. It is intended for patients and health professionals, alike.

PROSTATEinfo.com
A site to provide patients and health professionals with information and resources regarding the management of prostate cancer. Users can navigate directly to a discussion section on prostate cancer and its detection, staging and diagnostic tests, treatment options, and a medical glossary; a patient support section where patients can find support services; a section for the professional that lists links to prostate cancer resources and associations, provides answers to FAQs about prostate cancer therapy, and lists available prostate cancer educational materials; and a section containing proprietary medical information.

Prostate Pointers
This site contains a compilation of prostate cancer information and links developed by a prostate cancer survivor. It includes many links to other sites for information on various treatment topics, including experimental and alternative medicine therapies, news, organizations, advocacy groups, recipes, and selected physicians who treat patients with prostate cancer.

Urologic Oncology
An Internet resource for prostate cancer developed for patients and health care professionals by the Comprehensive Care Center at the University of Michigan. Users can access information about prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, treatments, and research investigations.

Healthcare Management Links

Institute for Managed Care at Michigan State University
The Michigan State University Institute for Managed Care was established in 1995 through a joint agreement between Michigan State University and Blue Care Network-Health Central to develop an interdisciplinary managed health care initiative for education and research. Our educational mission is to stimulate a curriculum at all levels to help students, educators and providers learn how to manage care more effectively. The research arm of the institute maintains a commitment to priority health care issues and for specific populations in rural and urban areas, including Medicaid, Medicare, and especially the underserved with special health care needs. The long term goal is to develop the Institute into a nationally recognized center for the teaching and study of the effective delivery of managed care. We are located at D132 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1315.

Medical Economics
This useful page devoted to managed care has links to other resources as well as lists of managed-care publications such as newsletters and magazines.

National Committee for Quality Assurance
Web site for a private, non-profit organization whose mission is "to provide information that enables purchasers and consumers of managed health care to distinguish among plans based on quality, thereby allowing them to make more informed health care purchasing decisions."

Government Links

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was established in 1989 as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Reauthorizing legislation passed in November 1999 establishes AHRQ as the lead Federal agency on quality research. AHRQ, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers.

CANCERLIT Topic Searches
Citations and abstracts of six months of current literature on more than 70 oncology topics in the NCI's CANCERLIT database.

CancerNet
Information developed jointly by the NCI, International Cancer Information Center and the Office of Cancer Communications. The site is tailored to professionals and patients; gives health-care providers links to statistics, peer-reviewed information on screening, detection and treatment of many tumor types, including references, late-breaking news, abstracts to The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and clinical trial information.

Department of Health and Human Services
A searchable, government site containing news and public affairs, research and policy administration, gateways to Health and Human Services and other government services, and Healthfinder. Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Healthfinder
This site, developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), contains consumer health information resources produced by the Federal Government and its many partners. Topics include AIDS and HIV infection, mental health, women's health, heart disease, breast cancer, infectious diseases, aging, etc.

Healthy People 2010
Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together national, State, and local government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional organizations; businesses; communities; and individuals to improve the health of all Americans, eliminate disparities in health, and improve years and quality of healthy life.

Medicare
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) administers Medicare, the nation's largest health insurance program, which covers 39 million Americans. Medicare provides health insurance to people age 65 and over and those who have permanent kidney failure and certain people with disabilities.

Michigan Department of Community Health
News, general information and links to topics on aging, mental health and child health care.

Michigan Government Web Pages
This site offers information about Michigan government and state departments.

Michigan Legislature
Information about bills, resolutions, committee schedules and other proceedings in the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives.

National Cancer Institute
The official web site of NCI. A searchable site that contains: "What's new in cancer research and treatment", information for patients , public and mass media, CancerNet, information on clinical trials, an events calendar, administrative and legislative information, and links to other cancer web sites.

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]), in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP).
The NGC mission is to provide physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation and use.

National Institute on Aging
This site for one of the National Institutes of Health will give you research information, tell you how to order public information, provide links to other health-care sites, and give you updates on congressional legislation regarding aging.

National Institute of Mental Health
Look at this Web site for information on diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, publications order forms, news and events, research training and career development, small business programs, and research activities.

National Institutes of Health
This site has an overview and introduction to NIH with an employee directory and contains news, a calendar of events, press releases, special reports, and employment information. Also included is a selection of NIH health resources such as CancerNet, Clinical Alerts, the Women's Health Initiative and the NIH information index. There are also items about research grants and contracts, scientific resources, and links to institutes and offices.

National Institute for Nursing Research
Contains news, legislative information including hearings testimony, links to nursing schools and information about research programs, scientific advances and diversity programs.

National Institutes of Health
This site has an overview and introduction to NIH with an employee directory and contains news, a calendar of events, press releases, special reports, and employment information. Also included is a selection of NIH health resources such as CancerNet, Clinical Alerts, the Women's Health Initiative and the NIH information index. There are also items about research grants and contracts, scientific resources, and links to institutes and offices.

End of Life

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The AAHPM is an organization of physicians and other medical professionals dedicated to excellence in palliative medicine, the prevention and relief of suffering among patients and families by providing education and clinical practice standards, fostering research, facilitating personal and professional development of its member and by public policy advocacy.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a comprehensive, national education program to improve end-of-life care by nurses, and is funded by a major grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Primary project goals are to develop a core of expert nursing educators and to coordinate national nursing education efforts in end-of-life care.

American Hospice Foundation
The American Hospice Foundation makes available publications, training workshops, hospice and bereavement articles, and links to member hospices.

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AAHPM is dedicated to the advancement of practice, research, and education about hospice and palliative medicine.

American Board of Internal Medicine
ABIM has published "Caring for the Dying: Identification and Promotion of Physician Competency - Personal Narratives." It also provides a resource document, "Promoting medical interviewing skills in internal medicine, 1999."

AMA: Education for Physicians in End-of-Life Care
The EPEC PRoject provides educational materials designed to educate all US physicians on the essential clinical competencies required to provide quality end-of-life care.

End of Life Physician Education Resource Center
EPERC provides online peer-reviewed information about instructional and evaluation materials (eg, lectures, small-group exercises, slide sets, videotapes, self-study guides, and assessment tools) focused on end of life.

Growth House
Growth House contains resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care such as hospice and home care, palliative care, and pain management.

Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care
The HMS Program in Palliative Care Education offers intensive learning experiences for physician and nursing educators who wish to improve their clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, interdisciplinary palliative care.

Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice Foundation of America is a not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care. Through programs of professional development, research, public education and information, Hospice Foundation of America assists those who cope either personally or professionally with terminal illness, death, and the process of grief.

Last Acts
Last Acts is a national campaign to engage both health professionals and the public in efforts to improve care at the end of life. Offerings include peer-reviewed examples of promising practices, a weekly e-mail newsletter, and current information on end-of-life issues.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
This organization can assist you in finding a hospice; it also provides consumer-oriented materials. Printed materials can be ordered by calling 1-800-646-6460.

Palliative Care Nursing
Here nurses may share information with other professionals about initiatives and projects related to improving patient care at the end of life. We hope that this will foster collaboration and synergy within the nursing profession. With "One Vision, One Voice" nurses have the power to transform palliative care rendered to patients worldwide.

Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care is dedicated to providing comprehensive care of the highest quality in pain management and palliative care, and advancing the educational and research aims of these disciplines.

Palliative Medicine Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin
This site offers a variety of educational services and information for health care professionals about pain management and end-of-life care.

Project on Death in America
PDIA's mission is to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement through initiatives in research, scholarship, the humanities, and the arts, and to foster innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional education, and public policy.

Health Data Links

Statistical Information on Older Persons:
AoA is a Federal agency that has the single charge of serving the nation's 43 million seniors. We are fortunate to have a network of 670 Area Agencies on Aging, 57 Territorial and State Units on Aging, 270 tribes and native organizations and over 27,000 service providers. This network includes some of the foremost experts in the planning, coordination and administration of services. They are proficient in developing resources, providing advocacy and in delivering services to the elderly and long term care populations.

National Center for Health Statistics:
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the primary Federal organization responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating health statistics on the American population. We are one of the 11 Centers, Institutes, and Offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCHS is located at 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782-2003.

National Guideline Clearinghouse:
The National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) is an Internet Web site intended to make evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related abstract, summary, and comparison materials widely available to health care professionals. NGC is operated by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). AHCPR operates and maintains the NGC pursuant to statutory mandates (1) to support research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services and (2) to develop and disseminate evidence-based information to increase the scientific knowledge needed to enhance patient and clinical decision-making, improve health care quality, and promote efficiency in the organization of public and private systems of health care delivery. The guidelines and some of the related materials on this site are the products of named organizations that are solely responsible for their content. Objective summaries and factual comparisons of the guidelines at this site are prepared by AHCPR's contractor, ECRI, in consultation with the responsible organizations that prepared the respective guidelines. The authors and publishers of every document at this site are identified at the beginning of each document. Intended Audience

Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values.

MSU Links

College of Human Medicine
The College has become nationally and internationally known as a leader in university-based community-integrated medical education. In addition to excelling in clinical education, the College excels in research and development. An M.D./Ph.D. program also invites promising scholars to combine basic science research with clinical training.

College of Nursing
The College of Nursing's objective is to ensure quality education for its students, with a solid foundation of science and nursing theory, skill and clinical experience. The college is also mentoring its students in the leadership skills needed to advocate for the patient, the scholarship needed to document outcomes and provide evidenced based practice, and the compassion to see the individual in the midst of the system.

College of Osteopathic Medicine
For more than a quarter of a century, MSUCOM has been a leader in the osteopathic profession. The first new osteopathic educational institution in 50 years, MSUCOM paved the way for the creation of several new osteopathic colleges. Today, there are 19 colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States. In the osteopathic profession, its consortium of hospitals has been a national role model for changes to the Medicaid and Medicare systems.

Department of Family Practice
The Department of Family Practice functions as a collaborative network with the following purposes: Training physicians who will provide competent, compassionate, cost-effective primary care; providing patient care in settings characterized by excellence and innovation; conducting community-based research; advancing knowledge relevant to primary care and medical education; advocating the ideals of family medicine to students, residents, and the community; and serving the people.

Search Tools

The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration has developed in response to Cochrane's call for systematic, up-to-date reviews of all relevant RCTs of health care. Cochrane's suggestion that the methods used to prepare and maintain reviews of controlled trials in pregnancy and childbirth should be applied more widely was taken up by the Research and Development Programme, initiated to support the United Kingdom's National Health Service. Funds were provided to establish a 'Cochrane Centre', to collaborate with others, in the UK and elsewhere, to facilitate systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials across all areas of health care.

Healthfinder
This site, developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), contains consumer health information resources produced by the Federal Government and its many partners. Topics include AIDS and HIV infection, mental health, women's health, heart disease, breast cancer, infectious diseases, aging, etc.

Medical Matrix
A search tool for finding "ranked, peer reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medical resources."

Medscape
Offers current medical information found in popular journals and magazine articles.

National Library of Medicine
Includes fact sheets, access to Grateful Med and a variety of other databases, information on special information programs, grants and acquisitions, NLM publications, and research programs.

PubMed
A collaborative project between biomedical journal publishers and the National Library of Medicine to link MEDLINE to online journals through the World Wide Web. This allows users to search the MEDLINE database and link to the full-text article provided by the publisher. Links are also available from the article to disease descriptions, practice guidelines, protein structures and gene sequences.

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Allows users to connect to databases and electronic resources including MEDLARS, DOCLINE, HSTAT, AIDS/HIV resources, NCBI, etc.

Support Groups

Friends Health Connection
Friends' Health Connection is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that connects people who are currently experiencing or who have overcome the same disease, illness, handicap or injury in order to communicate for mutual support.

International Cancer Alliance
The International Cancer Alliance for Research and Education (ICARE) is a non-profit organization which provides high-quality, focused, user-friendly, cancer information to each patient as well as their physician on an on-going, and person-to-person basis.

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Patient Education and Support
The American Cancer Society's (ACS's) online patient education and support group for men with prostate cancer. Users can access back issues of Man to Man newsletter, a quarterly publication with treatment updates and news information, ongoing clinical trial information, advocacy information, and readers' own stories. The Web site also has links to ACS publications that readers can order, as well as links to other prostate cancer patient resources.

MPD-SUPPORT- L
A myeloproliferative disease medical mailing list focusing on polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, and myelofibrosis. Anyone - patient, family member, or health professional, is welcome to join.
listproc@moose.uvm.edu

USTOO
Your online source for Prostate Cancer Information US TOO is an independent network of support group chapters for men with prostate cancer and their families. US TOO groups offer fellowship, peer counseling, education about treatment options, and discussion of medical alternatives without bias. One of our goals is to foster public awareness of prostate disease.

Why Me Inc.
Why Me's mission is to create temporary escapes and special memories for children and their families who face a daily barrage of doctors, nurses, needles, transfusions, treatments, and pain. We strive to bring a little ray of sunshine through a very dark and cloudy sky. For children facing the physical and psychological stresses of a life-threatening illness, help takes on many forms - a wig to hide hair loss, a longed-for toy, a limousine trip with friends to a favorite restaurant or arcade, or perhaps a videocassette to watch while undergoing a lengthy treatment. At Why Me, Inc. we believe the little things really do make a difference.

Symptom Management Links

American Sleep Medicine Foundation
The Sleep Medicine Education and Research Foundation, approved by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Board of Directors in March 1998, was established to serve two distinct purposes: to promote education, and to fund research. The Foundation promotes the highest quality education and research within the field of sleep medicine. This is accomplished through consultation with representatives of the AASM, industry, and the public. The Foundation integrates their recommendations to develop initiatives for the advancement of the field.

National Sleep Foundation
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting public education, sleep-related research, and advocacy.

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is a nonprofit agency that provides information about RLS; helps develop support groups; supports research to find better treatments and, eventually, a definitive cure; educates physicians and patients about RLS; and publishes a quarterly newsletter known as NightWalkers.

Journals

CANCERLIT Topic Searches
Citations and abstracts of six months of current literature on more than 70 oncology topics in the NCI's CANCERLIT database.

Coping With Cancer Magazine
615-790-2400; FAX: 615-794-0179
Coping With Cancer is America’s consumer magazine for people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Now in its 19th year of providing knowledge, hope and inspiration, its readers include cancer patients (survivors) and their families, caregivers, healthcare teams and support group leaders.

The Gerontologist
Contains Internet resources on aging, including listservs, e-mail discussion groups and mailing lists.

National Institute of Health PUBMED Central
PubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has been developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers. Publishers participating in the PubMed project supply NLM with formatted citations prior to or at the time of publication, and NLM adds them to the PubMed search system. If the publisher has a WWW site that offers full text of its journals, PubMed provides links to that site. In addition, PubMed provides a WWW Citation Matcher service, which allows publishers (or other outside users) to match up their own citations to PubMed entries, using bibliographic information such as journal, volume, issue, page number, and year. This permits publishers easily to link from references in their published articles directly to entries in PubMed.

National Library of Medicine
You will find a cornucopia of resources -- and not just about managed care -- at this web site. Aside from the latest news, there are links to many of the library's publications, including MEDLINE, a bibliographic database for medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine On-line now offers subscribers access to full text plus several additional features. The Journal On-line continues to offer to all users many selections from the Journal, including abstracts of all scientific articles. The current issue becomes available on the Web Wednesday at 5 PM.

Other Internet Resources

Foundation for Accountability (FACCT)
The Foundation for Accountability -- is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping Americans make better health care decisions. FACCT's board of trustees is made up of consumer organizations and purchasers of health care services and insurance representing 80 million Americans.

Medical Outcomes Trust
The Medical Outcomes Trust is a not for profit organization dedicated to improving health and health care by promoting the science of outcomes measurement, and the development, evaluation and distribution of standardized, high quality instruments that measure health and the outcomes of medical care. The Trust supports the use of these instruments with membership services, education and training, and publications.

The Picker Institute
The Picker Institute, a non-profit affiliate of CareGroup, Inc., has been an international leader in the field of health care quality assessment and improvement since 1987. At Picker, we have extensive experience and a research-based approach to understanding patients' needs and concerns, as patients define them. We help care givers understand issues that are most crucial to patients. We help them to assess their organization's performance and to establish priorities for quality improvement. And we help care givers develop patient-centered approaches to providing care that make the health care experience more humane and improve patient satisfaction.

Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit
This collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making is based on the work of the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group

Evidence Based Health Care Practitioners Links
A list of links for the health care practitioner from the Health Sciences Library at McMaster University.

Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center
The New York Academy of Medicine provides an authoritative list of EBM resources and educational activities.

Evidence-Based Medicine
This is a well-organized list maintained by Chris Cox from the U.K. which includes EBM definitions, general resources, journals, databases, clinical guidelines, and more.

Healthcare Disciplines and Education
The Health Sciences Library supports all research programs of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University and provides many of the resources needed for its problem-based self-directed methods of teaching and learning. It is also the library for the McMaster Division of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation. Located in the Health Sciences Centre, the Library seats more than six hundred people and has a large collection of books, journals, multimedia material and computer software, as well as an archival collection and a growing collection on the history of the health sciences.

IntensiveCare.com Supporting Evidence-Based Practice in Critical Care
This site provides a good list of EBM resources specific to critical care including evidence repositories, online journal clubs, and research networks.