Business: Healthcare Administration: Web Sources

"The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency."

"The largest health-science library in the world" offers full-text books and journals, as well as other materials pertaining to the medical field. See the NLM Gateway to search across multiple databases.

PubMed Central (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

This tutorial teaches you about medical words. You'll learn about how to put together parts of medical words, and you'll also find quizzes to see what you've learned. Requires Flash Player.

This site designed for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It provides clinical information including evidence based practices. Most information is very heavily research based.

Information about how the environment affects human health and daily life. Contains links to many public health resources such as toxic substances, weather related disasters, food safety training, cruise ship cleanliness, mold, radiation, etc.

With information on a variety of health and safety topics, this easy-to-use website provides general information as well as data and statistics and a health image collection.

U.S. registry of clinical trials and studies

This document lists frequently used terms in public health materials and their common, everyday alternatives in plain language sentences. Provided by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Provides information on the nation's 10-year objectives for improving U.S. national health.

This site has Information about HIPAA and health information privacy from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes information aimed at individuals and for professionals.

Utilize this form from the Health on the Net Foundation (HON) to determine if a health website it trustworthy.

The Health Science Guide provides links to journals, cases, books, videos, images, and much more!

Online access to news, medical topics, drugs, symptoms and more written for both medical professionals and consumers. The Merck Veterinary Manual is also available online.

Website of the US government agency responsible for research and recommendations on improving workplace safety and preventing occupational injuries and illness. Users can search or browse by industry/occupation, disease/illness, hazard/exposure, chemical, and other topics.

"The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services."

WHO provides comprehensive international health information.

This online platform provides quick and easy access to international resources, policies, strategies, laws and service standards for mental health, substance abuse, disability, general health, NCDs, human rights and development, children and youth, and older persons.

Modern Healthcare, which has a print magazine as well as this website, is a source of healthcare business and policy news, research and information, reporting on important healthcare events and trends.

Healthcare Innovation delivers a bi-monthly print magazine and digital edition, daily e-newsletters, and a comprehensive website covering the industry, sharing insights and analysis with readers through feature articles, web interviews, blogs, and news coverage. Topics covered include policy & value-based care, population health management, clinical IT, and cybersecurity. Created from merger of Healthcare Informatics, Health Management Technology, and the Health IT Summits from Healthcare Informatics.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Serves as a forum for innovation in business practice, giving cutting-edge thinking from over 200 Harvard Business School faculty. Articles touch on a wide range of of business and finance-related topics.