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County Resources
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California patient care health
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Clinical Resources
CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service
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Listing of clinical trials
Medscape - Website containing full-text articles, practice guidelines, conference schedules and summaries,
patient resources and links.
National Institutes of Health - Consensus Development Conference guidelines and consumer health
topics.
National Library of Medicine - Online databases including MEDLINE and PubMed
PDR website - Created by Medical Economics Company, Inc., offering drug information, online journals,
CME courses and other information.
Physicians Online - Links to medical sites and other sites of interest to physicians.
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CME Resources
UC Davis Extension - CME Registration 530-757-8777
California Distance Learning Health Network - they provide distance learning, Immunization Updates, Public
Health presentations & web-based training, products, articles and more.
Annotated List of Online Continuing Medical Education -This doctor-run site contains an
extensive listing of on-line CME.
AudioDigest Foundation -A subsidiary of the California Medical Association.
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Government Regulatory Agencies
California Department of Industrial Relations -Access to information on Cal-OSHA regulations
on office safety, labor laws and the Workers' Compensation program.
California Department of Managed Health Care -Regulatory agency for health plans.
California Homepage -Provides links to all state agencies.
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development -Source of statewide health
information and statistics.
Federal Centers for Disease Control -CDC
Federal Consumer Information Center -Consumer Information
Federal Health Care Financing Administration -Medicare and Medicaid publications, forms, and
regulations.
Federal National Practitioner's Data Bank -Physician Information
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA
Index of Federal Agencies
Medical Board of California -Lists important MBC phone numbers and information on all licensed
California physicians.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -Access to Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, Centers for Disease Control, and National Institutes of Health.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration -FDA
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Health Care News
California HealthCare Foundation - Provides timely summaries of health care news in California and
across the country, and links to pertinent news articles.
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Health Plans
Aetna U.S. Healthcare -HMO
Argonaut Insurance Co. -Worker's Comp
Beech Street -PPO
Blue Cross of California -PPO, HMO
Blue Shield of California -PPO, HMO
CCN Managed Care Inc. -PPO
CIGNA Healthcare of California -PPO, HMO
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. -Worker's Comp
Fremont Compensation -Worker's Comp
HealthNet of California -PPO, HMO
HIH Insurance Group -Worker's Comp
Interplan Corp. -PPO
Lifeguard, Inc. -PPO, HMO
Medi-Cal -Contains Medi-Cal's newsletter and other information about the Medi-Cal program.
Medicare -Website for National Heritage Insurance Company (NHIC), the Medicare fiscal intermediary for
California, provides access to Medicare billing guidelines and other policies, back issues of Medicare
Bulletins, and contact information for NHIC.
2004 Guide to California Medicare Options - rates every Medicare HMO in California for overall
and prescription drug value, and much more. It also identifies and rates several of the lowest-cost Medicare
supplement (Medigap) policies in counties where Medicare HMOs are offered.
Pacificare/Secure Horizons -HMO
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Health Policy Resources
Agency for Health Care Policy -Federal agency charged with supporting research to promote quality of
care.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation -Reports and summaries of publications on health policy.
National Center for Health Statistics -Government source of reports, statistics, tables and publications.
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Legislative
California Code of Regulations -Access to specific provisions of the California Code of Regulations.
California Legislative Information -Information on pending legislation and current activities in the
State Legislature; links to State legislators, Californialaw and legislative publications.
Federal Legislative Information-Information on pending federal legislation, current news on
Congressional activities, links to members of Congress and the Executive and Judicial branches of
government.
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Organized Medicine
American Medical Association -Links to national medical specialty societies.
California Medical Association -Updates on CMA activities, health care legislation and other news
affecting health care, plus "CMA On-Call".
* Inclusion of an agency does not imply endorsement of its services, not does exclusion reflect negatively
on any organization's contribution to the community.