Fremont Clinic
612.588.9411
Central Clinic
612.781.6816
Sheridan Clinic
612.362.4111
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.
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.
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.
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
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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