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Medical Malpractice

• Medical Negligence Litigation in Illinois:

  This PDF document, written by attorney John L. Kirkton, goes into great depth about medical malpractice cases litigated in the state of Illinois over the last several years, including average and median verdicts and the percent of trials resulting in rulings for the plaintiffs.

Vehicle Accidents

• Illinois Department of Transportation: Motor Vehicle Crash Information:

  On this page, you can read about trends in car, truck and motorcycle accidents in the state of Illinois dating back to 1997. The “crash data trends” section breaks out those injured and killed in these accidents according to various demographics. The Bureau of Safety Data & Data Services within the Illinois Department of Transportation compiles these statistics.

Brain & Spinal Cord Injury

• The Brain Injury Association of Illinois:

  The Brain Injury Association of Illinois provides valuable resources to the victims of brain injuries as well as their families. This site includes information about brain injury advocacy, research and prevention, and also supplied definitions of various kinds of brain injuries.

Premises Liability

• The Illinois Premises Liability Act:

  Premises liability—in which you sue an individual for an injury sustained on his property—is a very complicated field of law. A look at this statute passed by the Illinois Assembly will give you some idea of the level of proof required for a successful claim.

Birth Injuries

• Birth Trauma:

  Courtesy of Medscape, this multi-page document educates parents about the various kinds of birth injuries and their causes, including the etiology and prognosis of soft-tissue injuries, brachial plexus injuries, cranial nerve injuries, and many others.

General

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Health Care Policies and Research
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• AIM - Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
• American Board of Allergy & Immunology
• American Board of Allergy & Immunology
• American Board of Dermatology
• American Board of Dermatology
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• American Board of Family Medicine
• American Board of Family Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Medical Genetics
• American Board of Medical Genetics
• American Board of Medical Specialties:

  (Useful for locating physician and checking board certification)

• American Board of Medical Specialties: Policy Statements and Publications
• American Board of Neurological Surgery
• American Board of Neurological Surgery
• American Board of Nuclear Medicine
• 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
• American College of Obstretics and Gynecology (ACOG)
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Radiology/Direct Reporting of Mammography Results
• American Family Physician:

  (The official publication of the American Academy of Family Physicians)

• American Heart Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Hospital Association (AHA) Journals
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Association Doctor Finder
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Association of Birth Defect Children
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Association of Women's Health, Obstretric and Neonatal Nurses
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Cochrane Collaboration:

  (A useful website devoted to evidence based medicine)

• Comprehensive links relating to health and law topics: Health Hippo
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• DocFinder: Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors:

  Information on Physicians Board of Certification

• Doctor Directory
• Doctor's Guide-Information and Resources Features on various subjects
• Dystocia Issues
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
• Elsevier Medical Publications
• Federation of State Medical Boards
• FindLaw
• FirstGov
• 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.

• GISearch.com
• Google
• Google Maps
• Grays Anatomy
• Health A to Z:

  General page with a variety of information also has site search

• 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.

• http://medicaldictionary.com/
• http://www.bcbsm.com/
• http://www.ehealthmd.com/
• http://www.emedicine.com/
• http://www.ericolson.addr.com/
• http://www.gmedmedia.com/
• http://www.healthology.com/
• http://www.indexedvisuals.com/
• http://www.labtestsonline.org/
• http://www.mdconsult.com/offers/standard.html
• http://www.medartist.com/
• http://www.medhelp.org/
• http://www.medicalart.net/
• http://www.medivisuals.com/
• http://www.medlineplus.org/
• http://www.medmatrix.org/
• http://www.medscape.com/home
• http://www.merck.com/
• http://www.onlineconversion.com/
• http://www.online-dictionary.net/medical/
• http://www.peoplesmed.org/
• http://www.personalmd.com/
• http://www.stedmans.com/
• http://www.wayneheim.com/
• http://www.whonamedit.com/
• 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.
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations:

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

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• Knowledge Finder: Medline, Cancerlit, Medline Nursing Journals
• Library of Congress
• Locating Military People
• Mayo Clinic Web Site
• Medical Standards
• Merck Manual Online
• Military Search (www.militarysearch.org)
• Military.com
• MSN
• Multiple Search Engine Web Searches: Dogpile (Yes, It's true!)
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• National Guideline Clearinghouse:

  (A clearinghouse for medical guidelines)

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institute of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• National Library of Medicine
• National Medical Specialty Societies
• National Quality Forum (NQF)
• National Records and Archive Administration
• National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
• National Weather Service
• New England Journal of Medicine
• New York Times
• Newspapers Online
• Physicians Board of Certifications
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
• Quack Watch
• Spine Journal (not Magazine)
• The Brain Injury Association, Inc.
• Two medical researchers published a consumer guide to medical sites on the World Wide Web
• U.S. Dept. of Human Health and Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• US Department of Defense, Soldiers and Sailors Certificates
• USA Today
• Video medical library
• Virtual Encyclopedia-Health and Nutrition:

  Has over 100 different links, listed in alphabetical order... Journals, Professional Organizations, etc. etc. etc.

• Wall Street Journal
• West
• Westlaw
• Wheeless Textbook of Orthopedics:

  (Online orthopedic textbook sponsored by Duke University)

• White House
• www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
• Yahoo!
• Yahoo! Maps
• YellowPages.com
• Zimmerman's Research Guide - Military Records