Medical Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research provides a list of 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors.

American Medical Association The AMA's site contains a "doctor finder" database where users can find out basic background information about particular doctors.

Calhospitalcompare.org  is a comprehensive website with report card information about hospitals in California.

Centers For Disease Control  This federal agency site contains information about diseases, injuries, disabilities, prevention guidelines and specific population information.

Harvard Medical School Library  A very good medical library web site.

Institute For Safe Medicine Practices  provides advice on safely obtaining and using medications.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals is a national website with quality information about hospitals for consumers.

Merck Manual The Merck Manual is a very well known and popular general purpose medical reference book.   It is useful for consumers, lawyers and healthcare professionals.

Medical Board of California Determine if your doctor has been disciplined by the medical board, or has malpractice judgments against him, or to file a complaint against a doctor

Medical Malpractice, Cancer and the Medical Oncologist

Mammography and the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute  A great place to start for information about cancer.

National Guidline Clearinghouse U.S. Government site providing a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

National Library of Medicine Free unlimited Medline searches.  This site is sponsored by the federal government and the prestigious National Institutes of Health.

Primary Care Guidelines

  Doctor Evidence Finds medical outcome data about diagnostic specific treatments to improve quality of healthcare.

Legal Resources

Association of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA has a variety of resources available on line.

Consumers For Quality Care  A nationally recognized consumer watchdog group that protects the quality of health care and preserves and expands the legal rights of consumers.

Summary of Medical Malpractice Law Summary of each states medical malpractice law, including principal procedureal provisions and applicable statute of limitations...NOT VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY

Lectric Law Library, Medical Malpractice 

Arizona Medical Malpractice and Birth Injury Lawyer Patton Law Practice - Arizona based medical malpractice and birth injury lawyer. Victims of medical malpractice and birth injuries have rights.

Massachusetts Attorneys  Massachusetts attorneys for Personal Injury, Business & Estates.

Sacramento Accident Lawyer  Sacramento accident lawyer John V. Airola specializes in auto accidents, animal attacks and burn injuries.  Injury law attorney in Sacramento California.

Law Firm Directory  Law Firm Directory and Attorney Search

Aitken, Aitken, & Cohen  An experienced, highly respected personal injury law firm located in Orange County, CA

Consumer Resources

Advance Medical Review offers physician peer review, medical chart review, medical record review, medical bill review, & utlization review to Insurance Carriers, TPA's, MSO's, HMO's, Worker Comp, etc.

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicares web site offers Nursing Home compare, a database that allows you to find out the past performance of any Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home.

Department of Health and Human Services HHS is responsible for monitoring such health issues as Medicare, health research and patient privacy.

DocInfo  Run by the Federation of State Medical Boards, this site operates the Federal Physician Data Center, which collects and distributes information about physician disciplinary actions taken by state medical boards.

FirstGov The official US gateway to all government information.  This site offers links to local, federal and international government sites.

Food and Drug Administration A site for information on drugs and medical devices.

HealthFinder  This is a gateway consumer health information web site for the United States government, Dept of Health and Human Services.

Health Administration Responsibility Project  Created as a resource for patients, doctors, and attorneys seeking to establish the liability of HMO's, Managed Health Care Organizations and Nursing Facilities for the consequences of their decisions, this site offers links to federal and state codes, cases and other useful information.

Lemonlawfacts  Lemon Law Facts and Consumer Resources

Member of the Family This site complies a national watch list of nursing homes that have been cited for survey violatons or "actual or immediate jeopardy."

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Aimed at consumers, this site provides detailed fact sheets and information on many privacy topics.

Public Citizen Public citizens Health Research Group Web site offers a survey of docotr disciplinary information found on state medical board web sites and updates consumers on health issues.

Quackwatch  This website was created by a doctor to combat health-related frauds offered as alternative medicine.

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