eMedicine Medical Reference from WebMD

I've had some people asking for recommendations for a medical reference product that can be accessed anywhere. One option is eMedicine from WebMD. eMedicine touts its 8,000 professional contributors, and 6000 topics.

New eMedicine articles undergo several levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication. Sources for subsequent revisions of articles include the author, a physician or PharmD member of the editorial board, user-driven feedback, and systematically reviewed medical literature.

eMedicine has been around for over 10 years and in 2006 was bought by WebMD, a provider of consumer health information. WebMD is like reading a mainstream health magazine, with seamlessly integrated ads, and it's advertised on national television, so your patients have probably looked at it.

eMedicine is aimed at physicians, and is paired with Medscape, a site with medical news, selected full-text journal articles, and cme, and a company also purchased by WebMD.

Registration may be required to access all features, but there is much material available free of charge, though with integrated advertising.

It's not too late to get vaccinated for H1N1!

Occupational Health still has H1N1 vaccine available for:

• Staff

• Patients WITH A DOCTORS ORDER.

Presidential Proclamation for National Influenza Vaccination Week

The Voice Problem Website

Voiceproblem.org is brought to you by The Watergate Voice Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation funded through private sources.

Resources include:
Anatomy & Physiology of Voice Production
Voice Disorders
Overview of Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention

Grant Resources

ScanGrants™ is designed to facilitate the search for funding sources to enhance individual and community health. The funding sources listed here may be of interest to virtually anyone associated with the health field – medical researchers, social workers, nurses, students, community-based health educators, academics and others.

Funding sources most frequently listed here include those of private foundations, corporations, businesses, and not-for profit organizations. Finding and listing less traditional funding opportunities is also a priority.

Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for federal grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the managing partner for Grants.gov. Learn more about Grants.gov and determine if you are eligible for grant opportunities offered on this site.

Free CE for Speech Therapists through LinguiSystems

LinguiSystems, started in 1977 as the first company to be founded and operated by speech-language pathologists, offers ASHA accredited free CE for Speech-Language Pathologists.

New topics include:

• Evidence-Based Practice New!

  0.2 CEUs / 2 CEEs

• The SLP's Role in RTI: Using a Workload Approach New!

  0.2 CEUs / 2 CEEs

Respiratory Care Journal

The official journal of the American Association of Respiratory Care, Respiratory Care, provides free access to articles older than one year, going back to 1990.

ASHP Advantage: CE for Pharmacists

ASHP Advantage is a Medical Communications company with free ACPE accredited CE activities for pharmacists. Most of the material is supported by educational grants from various pharmaceutical companies, and some are reprints from the Amerian Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. They have a extensive listing of their commitment to needs assessment, expertise, and conflict of interest resolution.

Topics include:

Applying Quality Measures and Guidelines in the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Venous Thromboembolism
This program provides 2 hours (0.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit. Expiration date July 31, 2011.

Current Legal, Regulatory, and Scientific Implications of Biosimilars

Expiration date July 15, 2011.

Buyer's Guide for Respiratory Care

The American Association of Respiratory Care has a Buyer's Guide for Respiratory Care which lists products, services and companies, with contact information, on topics ranging from Airway Devices to Ventilator Supplies.

There is also a trademark search to help you identify which manufacturer or distributer carries a certain product.