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The Snohomish County Medical Society (SCMS) provides Helpful Web Links to other sites for the convenience of our members and the general public. While we may periodically review the sites listed here for relevance and usefulness, please be advised the the websites listed are not under the control of SCMS, and therefore we can make no representation concerning the content of these sites to you. Further, the inclusion of a link on this website does not serve as an endorsement by SCMS of any of these sites.

Patient Healthcare Resources

The Healthfinder – offers links to hundred of sites on the Internet that contain reliable healthcare information. www.healthfinder.gov

The National Guidelines Clearinghouse – online resource for hundred of clinical practice guidelines. www.guidelines.gov

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Professional Medical Resources 

Doctor’s Guide to the Internet – http://pslgroup.com/PTGUIDE.HTM

EMedicine.com – Medical textbooks for health professionals. http://emedicine.medscape.com

Health in Plain Terms - One-stop shop where patients and doctors can get tools and other resources to communicate with each other more effectively. www.pugetsoundhealthalliance.org/resources/PlainHealth.html


HealthCentral – Medicine and Health Portal. www.healthcentral.com

Medical Matrix – postings and ranking of clinical medicine Internet resources. www.medmatrix.org

Medscape – Delivers online health records and authoritative medical information at the point of patient care. www.medscape.com

National Guideline Clearinghouse. www.guidelines.gov

National Institute of Health (NIH) – New knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability. www.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine. www.nlm.nih.gov

WebMD – Internet healthcare company connecting physicians and consumer to the healthcare industry. www.webmd.com

4000 Drugs – Comprehensive drug name cross index. www.rxlist.com

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Medical Associations and Societies

American Board of Medical Specialties – Search for board certified doctor by specialty and zip code. www.abms.org

American Medical Association  www.ama-assn.org

COLA – National healthcare accrediting organization. www.cola.org

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). www.jcaho.org

Medical Group Management Association. www.mgma.com

National Committee for Quality Assurance. www.ncqa.org

Washington State Medical Association. www.wsma.org

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Government Agencies

Snohomish County Health District www.snohd.org

Centers for Disease Control. www.cdc.go

Washington State Department of Health. www.doh.wa.gov

Fedworld – Access to 120 government agencies. www.fedworld.gov

Food and Drug Administration. www.fda.gov

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. www.cms.gov

Office of the Inspector General. www.oig.hhs.gov

Office of the Insurance Commissioner. www.insurance.wa.gov

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