Resource Links

The resources listed here are ones that we have found to be useful to us in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, legal malpractice, and other types of cases. We hope that you will also find them helpful. From time to time, the listings, subjects and content may be changed. Lane & Lane, LLC makes no representation as to accuracy or otherwise with respect to any of the materials, resources or content listed.

PHYSICIANS

• American Medical Association
• American Board of Medical Specialties: Policy Statements and Publications
• Physicians' Board Certifications/Location
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

  • (Hospital and Physician Credentialing)
    1 Renaissance Blvd.
    Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
    Customer service: 630-792-5800

• DocFinder: Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors: Information on Physicians' Board Certification
• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)
  (312.263.7150; 202.638.5577)
• National Medical Specialty Societies
• Gray's Anatomy
• American Medical Association Doctor Finder
• American Family Physician
  (The official publication of the American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Cochrane Collaboration
  (A useful website devoted to evidence based medicine)
• National Library of Medicine
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  (A clearinghouse for medical guidelines)
• Wheeless Textbook of Orthopedics
  (Online orthopedic textbook sponsored by Duke University)
• American Board of Medical Specialties
  (Useful for locating physician and checking board certification)
• ACOG
  (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Cine-Med
  (Video medical library)
• Physician's Desk Reference
  (Online PDR-subscription fee)
• American Heart Association
• http://www.doctordirectory.com/
• http://www.quackwatch.org/
• http://www.bcbsm.com/

Quasi-public organizations

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Medical dictionaries

• http://www.stedmans.com/
• www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
• http://medicaldictionary.com/
• http://www.emedicine.com/
• http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical/

Medical encyclopedia

• http://www.personalmd.com/

Definitions and explanations of medical tests or conditions named after persons

• http://www.whonamedit.com/

Laboratory information

• http://www.merck.com/
• http://www.labtestsonline.org/

Conversion tables

• http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Medical research

• American Board of Allergy & Immunology
• American Board of Dermatology
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• American Board of Family Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Medical Genetics
• American Board of Neurological Surgery
• American Board of Nuclear Medicine
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• American Board of Ophthalmology
• American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
• American Board of Otolaryngology
• American Board of Pathology
• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Board of Preventive Medicine
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
• American Board of Radiology
• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery
• American Board of Urology
• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• American Hospital Association
• American Medical Association
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
• Federation of State Medical Boards
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• AIM - Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• National Quality Forum (NQF)
• National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
• http://www.personalmd.com/
• http://www.mdconsult.com/offers/standard.html
• http://www.medhelp.org/
• http://www.medlineplus.org/
• http://www.medscape.com/home
• http://www.peoplesmed.org/
• http://www.healthology.com/

Great source for all kinds of information, color illustrations, descriptions of procedures, etc.

• http://www.ehealthmd.com/

Medical information, including access to Medline

• http://www.medscape.com/home

Medical illustrations

• http://www.indexedvisuals.com/
• http://www.medivisuals.com/
• http://www.medicalart.net/
• http://www.medartist.com/
• http://www.ericolson.addr.com/
• http://www.gmedmedia.com/
• http://www.wayneheim.com/
• http://www.xvivo.net/

Pediatric Standards, Guidelines:

American Academy of Pediatrics
111 Silver Cedar Ct., Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1651
800-433-9016, Library Is Ext. 4726

• American College of Radiology

HOSPITALS

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

(Hospital and Physician Credentialing)
1 Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Customer service: 630-792-5800

Obtaining Medical Records throughout U.S.

Medical Records, Inc.
7800 Glenroy Road
Minneapolis, MN 55439-3122
800.328.7171
612.831.5966

SPECIFIC MEDICAL SUBJECTS

• Cerebral Palsy and Other Birth-Related Injury Web Sites
  American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)
  (312.263.7150; 202.638.5577)

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (formerly NAACOG) standards
  2000 L Street, NW, Suite 740
  Washington, DC 20036
  (800.354.2268)

Pediatric Standards, Guidelines:

American Academy of Pediatrics
111 Silver Cedar Ct., Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1651
(800.433.9016, Library Is Ext. 4726)

Dystocia Issues

• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Association of Birth Defect Children
• Spine Journal (not Magazine)
• Dystocia Issues
• The Brain Injury Association, Inc.
105 North Alfred Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 236-6000


• American College of Radiology/Direct Reporting of Mammography Results
Spinal Cord Research: Christopher Reeve Foundation
FDR Station
New York, New York 101500277

Surgical Standards

• http://www.medmatrix.org/

Compliance Program Guidelines for Clinical Laboratories

• Doctor's Guide-Information and Resources Features on various subjects

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

National Institute of Health Publications
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, MD
(301) 496-4000

• U.S. Dept. of Human Health and Resources
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Department of Health and Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-1813


• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory And Enforcement Links/Information
  (Here you find the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research information on Regulations and Enforcement, there are many fact books, and other information in PDF format.)
  
  
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• National Institute of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Military Records Information:

• Military Search (www.militarysearch.org)
• US Department of Defense, Soldiers and Sailors Certificates (www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/PC09SLDR.html)
• Zimmerman's Research Guide - Military Records (http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/)
• Locating Military People (usmilitary.about.com/library/weekly/aa082199.htm)
• GISearch.com (www.gisearch.com)
• National Records and Archive Administration (www.archives.gov)
• Military.com

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Multiple Search Engine Web Searches: Dogpile (Yes, It's true!)

MEDICAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET

• Two medical researchers published a consumer guide to medical sites on the World Wide Web

Document retrieval: medical articles

• Health A to Z
  (General page with a variety of information also has site search)
• Comprehensive links relating to health and law topics: Health Hippo
• Virtual Encyclopedia-Health and Nutrition
  (Has over 100 different links, listed in alphabetical order... Journals, Professional Organizations, etc. etc. etc.)
• Mayo Clinic Web Site
• American Hospital Association (AHA) Journals
• Knowledge Finder: Medline, Cancerlit, Medline Nursing Journals
• Merck Manual Online
• Elsevier Medical Publications
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Health Care Policies and Research
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Health on the Net Foundation (HON): This is an international site based in Sweden. It is here you can find papers from conferences and various other medical sources.
• Medical Standards
• The Mayo Clinic Health Library

PEOPLE FINDER RESOURCES

Finding People Resources and Sites on the Net: a pdf bibliography of free and fee-based sites

LEGAL RESOURCES

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
150 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202.965.3500


• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
110 West Edwards
Springfield, Illinois 62704
800.252.8501


• Illinois State Bar Association
  Illinois Bar Center
  424 South Second Street
  Springfield, Illinois 62701-1779
  800.252.8908 (In Illinois)
  217.525.1760
  217.525.0712 - fax
  
  
• Chicago Regional Office:
  20 S. Clark St.
  9th Floor
  Chicago, Illinois 60603-1802
  312.726.8775
  
  
• Illinois Legislative History (The History of passage of laws)
  Illinois Legislative History and Data Retrieval
  1035 S. Second St., P.O. Box 37
  Springfield, Il 62705
  217.554.0261
  217.544.0688 fax
  
  
• False Claims Act (QUI TAM): 31 USC 3729 et.seq.
  Creates cause of action for private citizens to bring suit against anyone who defrauds the government by submitting false claims or false records to get claims paid.
  
  
• Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.

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