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Physician Directories and other HealthCare Directories on the Web

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Physicians

AMA Physician Select On-Line Doctor Finder
Provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 690,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO).
URL: http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
Print copy on the Reference Shelf in the Tucker Library:
AMA Directory of Physicians in the United States(4-Volume Set), 37th edition, 2001.

ABMS Certified Doctor
Click on "Who's Certified" link to find U.S physicians who are"Board Certified". Requires that you register. Gives only the city and state and specialty. ABMS has a limit of 5 free searches in a 24-hour period on their database. The data can be licensed.
URL: http://www.abms.org
Print copy on the Reference Shelf in the Tucker Library:
Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists(4 Volumes), 34th edition, 2002.

Find an osteopathic physician
Search the American Osteopathic Association's database
URL: http://directory.aoa-net.org/cfm/PublicSearch.cfm

Medicare Participating Physician Directory(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
URL: http://www.medicare.gov/Physician/Home.asp

DocFinder(Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors)
Health professional licensing listings by state.
URL: http://www.docboard.org/

Colorado State - Professional and Occupational Licensing Boards
Not just physicians--includes other healthcare professionals.
URL: http://www.dora.state.co.us/Registrations/

For Physicians ALISON (Automated Licensure Information System Online)
URL: http://www.dora.state.co.us/pls/real/ARMS_Search.Disclaimer_Page
from the State Board of Medical Examiners (http://www.dora.state.co.us/medical/index.htm)

ALIS (Automated Licensure Information System)
A phone system that will give you licensure information about a physician, nurse, dentist or pharmacist.
303-894-7434 - physicians & physician assistants 303-894-7888 - nurses 303-894-7890 - dentists 303-894-7891 - pharmacists

Lists of Directories

MEDLINEplus Health Information - Directories Section
This list contains directories to most of the above and to many specialist and association databases.
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html

Physician Information - Specialists

Find a Dermatologist (American Academy of Dermatology)
URL: http://www.aad.org/findaderm_intro.html

Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
URL: http://www.aapmr.org/find.html

Find a Rheumatologist (American College of Rheumatology)
URL: http://www.rheumatology.org/directory/geo.asp

How Do I Find an Allergist? (American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
URL: http://allergy.mcg.edu/patients/find.html

AAAAI Physician Referral System Search Form (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
URL: http://www.aaaai.org/scripts/find-a-doc/main.asp

Hospitals

American Hospital Directory (American Hospital Directory, Inc.) - from information obtained from the HealthCare Financing Administration and American Hospital Association
URL: http://www.ahd.com/

HospitalWeb (Massachusetts General Hospital, Dept. of Neurology) - directory of hospital web pages by country and state.
URL: http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.shtml

Quality Check (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - directory of nearly 18,000 healthcare organizations.
URL: http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/directry/directry.asp

Facilities Directory: Veterans Health Administration (Veterans Health Administration)
URL: http://www.va.gov/sta/guide/home.asp

Miscellaneous directories of possible interest to National Jewish Health Staff

AASM - Accredited Member Centers and Laboratories (American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
URL: http://www.aasmnet.org/listing.htm

Cystic Fibrosis Care Centers (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)
URL: http://www.cff.org/locations02.htm

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Adult Care Programs (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)
URL: http://www.cff.org/locations04.htm

Locate Post-Polio Centers (Gazette International Networking Institute)
URL: http://www.post-polio.org/ipn/map.html

Scleroderma Clinic List (Scleroderma Research Foundation)
URL: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Treatment%20Locations.asp

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Treatment Locations
URL: http://www.srfcure.org/clinics.html

American Psychiatric Association Branches (American Psychiatric Association)
URL: http://www.psych.org/apa_members/db_info.cfm

Camp Directory (Consortium on Children's Asthma Camps)
URL: http://www.alamn.org/asthmacamps/camp.asp

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resources (National Institute of Mental Health)
URL: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/childresources.cfm

Find a Hospice Program (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
URL: http://www.nhpco.org/Directory/

Find Homes and Services for the Aging (American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging)
URL: http://www.aahsa.org/public/find.htm

HCFA - Nursing Home Compare (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
URL: http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp

Help for Families: A Directory of Advocacy and Support Groups for Youth with Emotional, Developmental and Behavioral Disorder (American Psychiatric Association) - links to PDF file
URL: http://www.psych.org/public_info/helpfam21201.pdf

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