Web Resources

Below is a list of medical websites that are known to be popular and often used by clinicians, patients, researchers and the general public for health related information.

MEDSCAPE

Primary Audience: Physicians
Secondary: Nurses, Medical Students, and Pharmacists
Features: Latest medical news, CME credits, peer reviewed research articles, clinical articles from various medical specialties (brand recognized amongst clinicians for reliable medical information), clinical case studies

National Library of Medicine

Audience: Clinicians, general public (consumers, patients etc…), researchers, librarians, publishers
Features: Highly reliable source of information (U.S. government website), excellent coverage of both clinical and research areas, access to peer reviewed articles from some of the best journals in the country, career development information and options for physicians

Clinical Trials

Audience: Physicians and Patients
Features: One of the most comprehensive sites for information on human clinical trials, can be used to recruit patients in clinical trials, highly reliable source of information

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Audience: Clinicians, Pharmacists, Patients
Features: The US FDA provides information on the latest drugs, recalls, and warnings, highly reliable source of information since FDA approves/controls drugs, medical devices, and other medical products that can be used in the U.S.

Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (JAMA)

Audience: Physicians
Features: High quality peer review research articles (one of the leading medical journals), source for latest, most reliable medical information, career advancement (CME credits), networking with other physicians and job search

American Academy of Family Physicians

Audience: Physicians, Medical Students, residents, patients
Features: Source of highly reliable latest clinical care and research information, CME credits, information about Policy and Advocacy, career services

British Medical Journal

Audience: Clinicians, Medical students
Features: Highly reliable source of peer reviewed research articles, latest news and information and on medical advances in the UK and around the world

Health Information and Management Systems Society

Audience: Clinicians, health care administrators, health informaticians, and vendors of clinical information systems
Features: Latest information on health care information technology, information on HIPAA, electronic medical records, patient safety and quality outcomes, great way to network with other clinicians and industry leaders

Mayo Clinic

Audience: Health care consumers - patients, general public. NOTE: Clinicians may not use this site themselves as the information is tailored more for the general public but they can direct the consumers/patients to this site for reliable health information.