Hospital Compare This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and organizations that represent hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, other Federal agencies and the public.
Health Grades Paid service, but they have rating on doctors, hospitals and more.
Doctorevidence.com Essentially a "second opinion" service that uses the vast database of medical literature to determine if a suggested procedure or treatment is warranted, and if an alternative and possibly more effective approach should be considered by a patient. From the mission statement: "To help patients find the best medical treatments, specialists, and hospitals for their unique medical condition and preferences. This is accomplished by the application of Evidence-Based Medicine and expert consultations to confirm valid claims about any medical intervention." There is a fee for this service.
AMA Physician Select AMA Physician Select provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 690,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency training programs, licensing boards, and other data sources. Search for a physician by: Physician Name, Medical Specialty, or Physicians Available for Online Consultation via Medem.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations A comprehensive guide to the nearly 16,000 Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations and programs throughout the United States. Consumers can find out, for example, how their local hospitals are performing in four key areas. The resource provides on-line information about the quality and safety of care provided, and makes it easy for consumers to compare hospitals in the care of: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pregnancy and related conditions.
US News Best Hospital Rankings If you're looking for the best in medical care, check out the 14th annual edition of "America's Best Hospitals."
Medicare Participating Physician Directory Medicare’s website will provide you with a list of physicians in the specialty and geographic area you specify, along with detailed physician profiles, maps and driving directions.
Administrators in Medicine (AIM) DocFinder The AIM DocFinder is the only combined public online physician database in the nation that has its direct source of data from state government licensing boards and that also remains free of charge to the public. DocFinder contains the licensing background and disciplinary information of physicians and other health care practitioners.
Relay Health Allows patients and doctors to communicate through online visits for minor health issues. Fee for visit is at the discretion of the doctors office.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Women's Health Care Providers This site lists providers of health care for women by county. Click on an office name below to learn more about their staff, services, locations, office hours, insurance policies and hospital affiliations. All providers accept most major insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid.
Department of Health License Search Search Department of Health licenses to find out if practitioners have current licenses to practice their profession, including chiropractors, dentists, psychologists, and social workers.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Kentucky Dental Association – Find a Dentist The Kentucky Dental Association offers a list of all member dentists in the state. To access this list, click “Public” to enter the site, and then choose “Find A Dentist” from the navigation links on the left.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Maryland Licensed Physician Search The Licensed Physician Database contains demographic information about actively licensed physicians in MD. The profile also contains descriptions of disciplinary actions taken, if any, by any state medical board within the last 10 years. You may search by last name or license number.
2003 Michigan Hospital Report A voluntary release of information to help Michigan patients, purchasers, and providers become better informed about health care.
Professional License and Registration Verification This site contains a search engine that allows the user to determine if a health professional's license is active or discontinued and will also give information of any disciplinary actions taken against the professional.
Current Disciplinary Action Reports for the Bureau of Health Services The Disciplinary Action Report (DAR) lists the disciplinary actions taken against health professionals who are licensed and regulated by the various health boards within the Bureau of Health Services. The report also includes updated information regarding licensees who have appealed the Board's action to a higher court. The report includes the names of the health professionals, their address on file with the department, their professional license number, the type of disciplinary action taken, the effective date of the action and the general nature of the complaint.
Healthcare Facts - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Healthcare Facts is an interactive website designed to help you "shop" for health care by giving you information you've never had. With its familiar "nutrition label" format, this unique tool provides at-a-glance information you need to compare and contrast hospitals — so you can make more informed choices.
Minnesota Health Information Connects you with a wide range of information about the cost and quality of health care in Minnesota. It is designed to be a clearinghouse of health care information, whether you want to compare certain providers, learn how to be a wise health care consumer, or better manage your personal health.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
New Jersey Licensed Acute Care Facilities This site provides the names, addresses, licensure expiration dates, and other information for hospitals, ambulatory care and other acute care facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services. Either use the search boxes at the top of the page or scroll down for a map of NJ where you can click and get your county's listings.
New York State Physician Profile Search engine with profiles of all doctors registered to practice medicine in New York State. By clicking on "practice information" for an individual doctor's profile you will find out if the doctor participates in any government programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child Health Plus.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
New York Magazine Best Doctors 2005 New York Magazine’s annual list of the “best” doctors in the New York metropolitan area. Read the section titled “How We Choose The Best Doctors” first, and if the process makes sense to you, take a look at their list.
Number of Operations Performed By NYS Hospitals and Physicians Listed by Procedure Reports of New York State hospital and physician specific volumes for a number of surgical and diagnostic procedures in 2000. These reports are intended to help consumers make more informed decisions when they select their health care providers.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.
Allegheny County Medical Society Physician Locator The Physician Locator is compiled and published by the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) as a reference source of professional information on individual physicians in Allegheny County. You must click "Accept" to enter the site. You may search by physician name, location, hospital or specialty.
Pennsylvania Alternative Medicine Local Listings This site lists the name and address of alternative medicine facilities in PA. Categories include: Acupuncture, Chiropractors, Massage Therapy & Schools, Holistic General Practice & Holistic Healing Arts.
Pennsylvania Interactive Hospital Performance Report *Click the link "See how a Facility did in your county or across the state" at the top of the page to get to the report. The information on this page is a 'how-to' use the report, there are several different formatting options.
Pennsylvania Managed Care Member Appeals Guide (PDF) This document guides PA residents enrolled in Managed Care plans through the grievance and appeal processes. Also included are the phone numbers for providers in the state.
Total Hip and Knee Replacements in Pennsylavnia Hospitals in 2002 The Total Hip and Knee Replacements report examines the results for hospitals and orthopaedic surgeons of the 9,769 total hip replacements and 19,941 knee replacements performed in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 2002. The report includes outcomes on deep joint infection or device problems, blood clots in the lung or leg, wound infections, 30-day readmissions, and post-operative length of stay. Average hospital charges are reported as well.
Vermont State Dental Society: Dental Referrals 800-640-5099 This organization provides referrals to dentists, including dentists with weekend and evening hours and handicap accessibility.
VSDS.org Find-a-Dentist Search This site offers a searchable database for an active VSDS member dentist and will provide their contact information.
Virginia Health Information (VHI): Hospital Report Clicking on any region in Virginia on this map will yield a list of all hospitals in that region. For each facility, you can then choose to see financial information, hospital service line reports, or indicators. Once report is generated, click on the icons on the left to reveal the specific information.
West Virginia Health Care Facility Lookup Lists The Online Health Care Facility Look Up provides the public with phone numbers and location information for health care providers operating within the state of West Virginia . Health care providers include hospitals, nursing homes, etc and are searchable by location, facility name or facility type.
Healthcarechoices.org An invaluable resource that provides surgical volume information on hospitals and individual physicians for major cancer surgeries and cardiac surgery.Hospital Stays, Surgeries, and Charges - WI Consumer Guide to Health Care The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Health Information, provides information about common outpatient procedures, births in hospitals, other hospital stays, and outpatient same-day surgeries in Wisconsin. QualityCounts Health care provider quality reports and ratings for Wisconsin hospitals and medical groups.
Wisconsin CheckPoint Wisconsin hospitals are committed to sharing information about the quality and safety of the health care services that they deliver in their communities. CheckPoint provides reliable data on five error prevention goals and ten interventions that medical experts agree should be taken to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. These measures represent the beginning of more measures that will be added to this site in the future.
