“Health Care and Informatics Review Online (HCIRO) is dedicated to reviewing and interpreting significant developments in healthcare delivery with a particular focus on health informatics.”

This site presents the HIPPA act. Here users can read about HIPAA???s role in protecting privacy of health care consumers, preventing fraud, and improving health care systems.

Detailed information about individual state policies on the external reviews of health plans and how to resolve problems with health plans.

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, information on eligibility, services, fraud prevention, and forms. Search by provider type or by topic.

The Medicare Learning Network is a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Information available here includes: Medicare drug regulations, general Medicare regulations, quick reference guides, educational guides, brochures and other educational materials.

Facilitates the placement of volunteers in international communities. Primarily focuses on collaboration with outreach programs, education, production, and conservation projects.

Provides research in a pro-con format on “controversial issues” related to business, health medicine, law, politics, religion, science, technology, sex, gender, and sports.

Exists to help patients find charitable long-distance medical air transportation for treatments. Provides National Patient Travel HELPLINE Program, Special-Lift and Child-Lift Programs, Airline Tickets for Patients/Escorts, Volunteer Pilot Organizations, Air Ambulance Coordination, and Charitable Aviation Program Management.

Provides information on charitable medical air transportation for needy patients. Also contains stories and news on medical air transportation.

Discover how to obtain and maintain medical insurance coverage across the U.S.

This page is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality’s (AHRQ) website. The page contains links to AHRQ research and fact sheets aimed at consumers. Topics covered include: Health Conditions & Diseases, Prescriptions, Prevention & Wellness, and Quality of Care.

The Health Privacy Project website contains links to information on federal health laws, state health laws, and other health-related privacy resources. This site serves as a good starting point for anyone looking for information on health privacy, including HIPAA.

Provides information to locate or verify credentials of licensed physicians in the United States. May provide additional information such as office hours, office locations, health plans accepted, etc.

“Research Activities includes announcements of Agency products and projects and summarizes research findings from studies supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research).”

Information for developing and existing clinical ethics committees to help identify and address ethical concerns in the health industry.

“Publishes original research articles in all aspects of health services research.”

This online version of the American Medical News covers the “professional, social, economic and policy issues in medicine. AMNews is published weekly by the American Medical Association as an impartial source of information affecting physicians and their practices.”

The free search option for this directory of U.S. hospital information includes data from the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey. Includes statistics and data on number and kind of beds, financial summaries, and inpatient and outpatient utilization statistics.