Health Resource Links
The following web sites present health information on a wide variety of topics.
Note: Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC and Quad Cities Pathologists, LLC are not responsible for other sites' content and their use. The web sites listed on this page are for information only. Users should check with their physicians regarding health care decisions.
AMA: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/home/index.shtml
The American Medical Association provides a variety of resources for Physicians, Residents, Medical Students and Patients.
ARUP Laboratories: http://www.aruplab.com/
A national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. An enterprise of the University of Utah, ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov
Sample content: In the News; Travellers’ Health; Health Topics A-Z; Publications, Software & Products; Terrorism and Public Health.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: http://www.cms.gov/default.asp
Genesis Medical Center: http://www.genesishealth.com/
Sample content: Services, Find a Doctor, Patients & Visitors, Health Information, Classes & Events, Employment, Events, Wait Time, Find a Location, Give or Volunteer, Pay My Bill, Send a Cheer Card, Shop for a Gift, View Quality Reports.
Healthfinder.gov: www.healthfinder.gov
Sample content: Health library A to Z (prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, and alternative medicine) plus medical dictionaries, an encyclopaedia, and journals; Online Checkups; Check Your Second-hand Smoke I.Q.; special health topics organized by age from kids to seniors, by race and ethnicity, for men and women, and for parents, caregivers, health professionals, and others; information about doctors, dentists, public clinics, hospitals, long term care, nursing homes, health insurance, prescriptions, health fraud, Medicare, Medicaid, and medical privacy.
Illinois and Iowa County Health Departments:
Rock Island: http://www.rockislandcounty.org/HealthHome.aspx
Scott: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/health/
Mercer: http://www.mercercountyil.org/index.php/departments/health
Henry/Stark: http://www.henrystarkhealth.com/home.html
Clinton: http://www.clintoncounty-ia.gov/Page/Health_Department.aspx?nt=427
Muscatine: http://www.co.muscatine.ia.us/departments/boa_cnt.shtml
Lab Tests Online: www.labtestsonline.org
“A public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals who do the testing.”
Local Nursing Homes: http://local-nursing-homes.com/
This nursing home directory includes information on nursing homes that are Medicare or Medicaid certified.
Mayo Clinic: www.mayoclinic.com
“Find information on hundreds of conditions. Check your symptoms. Improve your lifestyle. See how Mayo diagnoses and treats your condition. Find a doctor. Log in to your patient account. Plan your visit.”
Medfusion: www.medfusion.net/ihealth
“Medfusion has been providing online patient-provider communication solutions to physicians for over ten years, and today Medfusion physicians are using our solutions to communicate with over 1.5 million patients. Online communication is a fast-growing segment of healthcare IT; in fact over 20,000 patients are joining their physicians’ Medfusion-hosted patient portal each week.”
MedLine Plus: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
“Trusted health information for you.” A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
My Health Test Reminder: www.myhealthtestreminder.com
Provided by the American College of Pathology, this tool will help you set up e-mail reminders on a variety of screening tests to help you maintain your health.
Nutrition.gov: http://www.nutrition.gov
Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers. A service of the National Agricultural Library, USDA.
OncoLink: www.oncolink.org/index.cfm
The web's first cancer resource. Up-to-date cancer information from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Phadia ImmunoCAP Allergens: www.isitallergy.com
Allergy blood testing (such as ImmunoCAP®) can help your doctor know for sure if you or your child has allergies. The positive and negative test results can help identify your child’s unique allergy profile of specific airborne or foodborne allergic triggers. With this information, you and your doctor can take simple steps to reduce exposure to those triggers. This page provides comprehensive information on the ImmunoCAP allergens and allergen components performed by Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC.
State Hygienic Lab at the University of Iowa: http://www.shl.uiowa.edu/ News, Events, Testing information and Publications from the State Hygienic Lab.
Trinity Regional Health System: www.trinityqc.com
Sample content: Medical Services, Find a Physician, Patients & Visitors, About Trinity, Ways to Give, Careers, For the Community, For Health Professionals, For Associates, Wait Time, Pay Your Bill Online, Locations, Classes & Events, News.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: http://www.uihealthcare.org
Information on Health News, Patient and Guest Services, and much more.
Web-MD: http://www.webmd.com/
Sample content: Health A-Z, Drugs & Supplements, Healthy Living, Eating & Diets, Parenting & Pregnancy, Teen Health & Pet Health.
Women’s Health: www.womenshealth.gov
The Federal government’s source for women’s health information. Provided by the National Women’s Health Information Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sample content: Body Image, Healthy Pregnancy, Health News & Legislation, Dictionaries & Journals.