Main Phone Numbers

Fremont Clinic
  612.588.9411
Central Clinic
  612.781.6816
Sheridan Clinic
  612.362.4111

Links

Insurance or Payment Plans

Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Blue Cross is the largest health plan in Minnesota, providing health coverage to more than 2.8 million members.

HealthPartners
HealthPartners is a Minnesota-based not-for-profit HMO. HealthPartners' mission is to improve the health of our members and our community.

Medica
Medica provides Managed Care, Health Plan, Medical Insurance, Health Care and Health Insurance for various communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Medicare
This is the official U-S website for people with Medicare, which includes information on plan options, coverage, billing, eligibility and more. Government Site for People with Medicare

Metropolitan Health Plan
MHP is Hennepin County's licensed health maintenance organization, providing managed health care to members through HCMC, Family Medical Center, community clinics, and other providers.

Minnesota Department of Human Services
The Minnesota Department of Human Services ensures basic health care coverage for low-income Minnesotans through three major publicly subsidized health care assistance programs.

Portico Healthnet
Portico Healthnet is a nonprofit health and human services organization that helps uninsured Minnesotans access affordable health coverage and care

PreferredOne
PreferredOne is the Upper Midwest’s leading Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) - a network of physicians, clinics, hospitals and other health care providers who have agreed to deliver quality, cost-effective health care services.

UCare
UCare is an independent, nonprofit health plan providing health care and administrative services to more than 145000 members in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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Disease Management Organizations

American Heart Association
Support research, education and community programs leading the fight against America’s No. 1 killer, cardiovascular disease.

American Diabetes Association
Their mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by this disease.

American Dietetic Association
The American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA is committed to improving the nation’s health

American Lung Association
The mission of the American Lung Association is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.

Minnesota AIDS Project
The Minnesota AIDS Project envisions a world free of AIDS. Our mission is to lead Minnesota's fight to stop HIV through advocacy, education and service

National Stroke Association
The National Stroke Association offers support and information for stroke patients, caregivers and their families.

Red Door Clinic
The Red Door Clinic is the largest HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing site in Minnesota and provides both diagnosis and treatment of STDs.

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Health Information in Multiple Languages

MedlinePlus
Provides health information in dozens of languages, including Arabic, Laotian, Farsi,Somali Spanish and more.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Advancing the progress of medicine and improving the public health through access to health information, including information in various languages.

The 24 Languages Project
Provides electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages.

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Patient Education

Healthfinder
Government-created compendium of online health resources chosen for their quality.

Family Doctor.org
Patient education materials from American Academy of Family Physicians.

Medem.com
Patient health care information from AMA.

Medicinenet
Information on diseases, treatments, drug information, a medical dictonary, and medical news. Written by board-certified family physicians and subspecialists

WebMD
Online support group information.

Immunization Action Coalition
Immunization information, including multilingual materials

Body Mass Index Calculator
Assess proportional body weight.

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Professional Information

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Equipment Distribution
Information about services and equipment for hearing impaired patients

Minnesota Department of Health
Information on immunizations and public health.

Immunization Action Coalition VIS
Vaccine Information Statements in many languages

Minnesota Department of Health VIS
Vaccine Information statements

MnVFC website
Minnesota Vaccine for Children Program. Updated forms for orders, inventory, reports

Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
Health Professional Finder and other information

Minnesota Department of Health - Tb
Tb patient education materials (multilingual)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Information, the CDC Travel Page on travelers' health, publications, statistics, and funding information from the CDC.

Food and Drug Administration
Information on foods, human drugs, biologics, medical devices, animal drugs, cosmetics, toxicology, and FDA news.

National Institutes of Health
NIH events, funding opportunities, and scientific resources. Health information such as CancerNet, AIDS information, Clinical Alerts, Women's Health Initiative, and NIH Information Index (a list of diseases under investigation at NIH).

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Includes free MEDLINE (http://wwwindex.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemdl.html), access, NLM publications, research, and special information programs.

NeedyMeds.com
Listing of indigent patient drug programs

Rx Assist
Directory and on line links to drug manufacturers patient assistance programs and form downloads.

AHRQ
Clinical Information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

MedEc Interactive
Online Access to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, the PDR, an online drug interaction program, Medical Economics, and other journals by the publisher. (Free to physicians with DEA number.)

InfoPoems.com
Software links for POEMs (patient oriented evidence that matters). Database search for evidence based medicine articles.

University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook
Full-text online handbook about common problems encountered in family practice.

American Academy of Family Physicians
Family medicine information, CME.

American College of Physicians
Internal medicine specialty information.

First call for Health
Directory of local service resources, sponsored by United Way.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Medical Journals

American Family Physician
Offical journal of the Academy. Full text articles and CME quiz now online.

Archives of Family Medicine
The AMA's journal of research and practice in family medicine.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
A peer-reviewed journal published by the CDC which analyzes and tracks new infectious diseases around the world. Full text available online.

Family Medicine
The Official Journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.

Family Practice Management
This journal from the AAFP teaches the business of family medicine. Full text articles and CME quiz now online.

Journal of Family Practice
Web site for the journal with information for authors, links for family physicians and full text of its POEMs (patient oriented evidence that matters -- formerly the JFP Journal club).

Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA, the AMA's most famous journal, publishes primary research on medicine and public policy for health professionals.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Data in the weekly journal is based on reports to the CDC by state health departments. (Issues are available as .pdf (porable document format) files which require Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free from Adobe) to be viewed.)

New England Journal of Medicine
Weekly journal reporting the results of important medical research.

Pediatrics
Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal of the American College of Physicians.

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