Care Compare
Care Compare at Medicare.gov provides information about quality and patient experience at facilities including hospitals, nursing homes, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and dialysis centers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes the website and creates its ratings. Tips for use:– From the Care Compare home page scroll to choose a type of facility, then […]
Society of Critical Care Medicine
The Patients and Family section of SCCM.org provides resources about treatment in an intensive care unit for patients and their families. The Society of Critical Care Medicine publishes the website and prepares its content. The Patients and Family section consists of Critical Care FAQs; Meet the Critical Care Team; and information about a Patient Communicator […]
Hospital Rankings and Ratings
The Best Hospitals section of USNews.com rates the performance of hospitals for adults and children. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. (US News), a long-time publisher of a weekly news magazine, publishes the website. The company explains in detail the methodology it uses for its rankings and ratings. Tips for use:– The following instructions will […]
Access to Care
Access to Care at VA.gov provides information on the quality of care and patient satisfaction at Veterans Administration facilities. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes the website and prepares its content. Tips for use:– Use Find VA Locations to locate VA facilities and in-network community providers.– In Access and Quality Information section, check […]
Drugs.com
Drugs.com offers extensive consumer and professional level information about drugs. A private company publishes the website. The website states that other publishers supply content and that the Drugs.com editorial staff reviews this content. An exception is Patient Tips, which the Drugs.com clinical team writes and peer-reviews. The FDA has recommended Drugs.com as a reliable website. […]
US Food and Drug Administration
FDA.gov provides information about products the FDA regulates, including medications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes the website and prepares its content. Tips for use:– The FDA website is a mix of information for consumers, healthcare professionals, government officials and industry. For consumer information about medications, see Information for Consumers and Patients | […]
Consumer and Professional
MerckManuals.com offers a Consumer Version and a Professional Version of an online manual that covers thousands of health topics, including surgery and procedures. Merck & Co., a corporation that has produced medical reference manuals for over 100 years, publishes the website. Medical professionals identified by name and credentials write much of the website’s content. Information […]
National Library of Medicine
MedlinePlus.gov provides easy to read information about thousands of health topics, including Drugs. The National Library of Medicine, which is part of the U.S National Institutes of Health (NIH), publishes the website. Information about specific drugs is from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. Information in the Drugs section includes a standard set of […]
Consumer and Professional
MerckManuals.com offers a Consumer Version and a Professional Version of an online manual that covers thousands of health topics, including drugs. Merck & Co., a corporation that has produced medical reference manuals for over 100 years, publishes the website. Medical professionals identified by name and credentials write much of the website’s content. Information about specific […]
Medications Fact Sheets
MotherToBaby.org provides information about exposure to medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The Organization of Teratology Informational Specialists (OTIS), a nonprofit organization, publishes the website. Tips for use:– On the Fact Sheets page, scroll to Medications or to Infections & Vaccines for information about what is known and not known about specific medications and vaccines during […]