The anatomy of online information for physicians

Table 5: Informational OMNI: nonclinical

Example

Category Name Address Description

Employment

Job postings Medlink http://www.medlink.com/ Lists employment opportunities for specialists and primary care physicians. Organizations can post job openings for a fee.

Goods and services

Medical records and equipment Physicians MSO http://166.82.248.3/MSO/ Provides administrative, management and support services such as billing and group purchasing to physicians and their staffs.

Organizations

Associations CMA http://www.cma.ca Offers news and information from the CMA and affiliates, online editions of CMA publications, and the directory and handbook of the Canadian Resident Matching Service.

American Medical Association (AMA) http://www.ama-assn.org/ Offers access to tables of contents and abstracts of AMA publications as well as membership directories and discussion of current health care issues.

Royal College of Surgeons http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/ Provides information on graduate and postgraduate educational programs as well as research, course audit and exam information.

Federal government agencies National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/ Provides access to all NIH centers and agencies. Resources include postings of clinical alerts from the NIH and information about grants and other funding, lectures and presentations.

Hospitals HospitalWeb http://neuro-www.mgh.
harvard.edu/
hospitalweb.nclk Provides direct links to hospitals in a continually updated list of hospital Internet sites.

International agencies World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.ch/ Provides information on programs organized by WHO headquarters and regional offices, as well as access to reports such as World Health Report, WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record and WHO Statistical Information System.

Medical schools University of Wisconsin InfoLink http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/
bcg/../homepage.html Provides links to medical school services and biomedical, research, and educational resources databases, a faculty and staff directory, events listings and a NetForum.

State health departments Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Epidemiology and Disease Control Program http://www.charm.net/~epi1 Offers a number of public health resources, including factsheets on communicable diseases, links to other agencies within the department, and a directory of county health departments.

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Table 5: Informational OMNI: nonclinical
	Example
Category	Name	Address	Description
Employment
Job postings	Medlink	http://www.medlink.com/	Lists employment opportunities for specialists and primary care physicians. Organizations can post job openings for a fee.
Goods and services
Medical records and equipment	Physicians MSO	http://166.82.248.3/MSO/	Provides administrative, management and support services such as billing and group purchasing to physicians and their staffs.
Organizations
Associations	CMA	http://www.cma.ca	Offers news and information from the CMA and affiliates, online editions of CMA publications, and the directory and handbook of the Canadian Resident Matching Service.
	American Medical Association (AMA)	http://www.ama-assn.org/	Offers access to tables of contents and abstracts of AMA publications as well as membership directories and discussion of current health care issues.
	Royal College of Surgeons	http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/	Provides information on graduate and postgraduate educational programs as well as research, course audit and exam information.
Federal government agencies	National Institutes of Health (NIH)	http://www.nih.gov/	Provides access to all NIH centers and agencies. Resources include postings of clinical alerts from the NIH and information about grants and other funding, lectures and presentations.
Hospitals	HospitalWeb	http://neuro-www.mgh. harvard.edu/ hospitalweb.nclk	Provides direct links to hospitals in a continually updated list of hospital Internet sites.
International agencies	World Health Organization (WHO)	http://www.who.ch/	Provides information on programs organized by WHO headquarters and regional offices, as well as access to reports such as World Health Report, WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record and WHO Statistical Information System.
Medical schools	University of Wisconsin InfoLink	http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/ bcg/../homepage.html	Provides links to medical school services and biomedical, research, and educational resources databases, a faculty and staff directory, events listings and a NetForum.
State health departments	Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Epidemiology and Disease Control Program	http://www.charm.net/~epi1	Offers a number of public health resources, including factsheets on communicable diseases, links to other agencies within the department, and a directory of county health departments.