Health Information Management Program Guide

AIDS Info
Offers information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research. Topics include a drug database, clinical trials, and vaccine research.

Career Guidance Resources on the Internet
Llinks to the websites for Occupational Outlook Handbook, Florida Health Careers, Choices Planner and other career related sites.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides up-to-date information on many aspects of health care, including diseases and conditions, vaccines and immunizations, and emergency preparedness and response. It also includes a section with health statistics.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Provides comprehensive information on Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).

Classifications of Diseases
Provides access to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), ninth revision and tenth revision. The ICD is the official system of assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with hospital utilization. It is also used to code and classify mortality data.

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Describes the process of how CPT codes are maintained and how to request changes or a new code. This site also provides continuing coding education opportunities and downloadable copies of the CPT (for a fee). 

Drugs.com
Provides comprehensive information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products, including a pill identifier and interactions checker.

HCPro: Health Information Management
Provides an information center and newsletters on the "hot" topics in health information management.

Health Data Management
Provides information portals on HIPAA, vendors, new products, government legislation, trends, and mobile technology.

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or HITECH Act: Full Text
Provides the full text of the HITECH Act, which is a bill that was passed into law in 2009 that provides incentives to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records.

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or HITECH Act: Summary
Provides a summary of the HITECH Act, highlighting its four major goals.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Links to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance procedures.

Health Privacy Project (HPP)
HPP's goal is to raise public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality. HPP's website provides links to information on federal and state laws related to health privacy and a consumer coalition. 

Healthy People 2020
A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. 

ICD9 Coding
Provides a searchable index to ICD-9-CM.

ICD-10
Provides comprehensive information about the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.

JustCoding
Provides discussion groups for coders, job listings for coders, and other information relevant to coders.

Managed Health Care Plans
Explains the differences between Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), and Point of Service (POS) health care plans.

Medical Privacy
This page is hosted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and provides information on current problems and pending legislation related to medical records and medical privacy. 

MedlinePlus
Includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, and Doctor and Dentist Directories. A section on "personal medical records" is included, which covers topics such as "how to file a health information privacy complaint" and HIPAA basic facts.

MERCKSource Resource Library
Includes A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Merck Manuals, the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs, and virtual body tours.

MT Desk
Provides a number of resources for medical transcriptionists, such as a medical and surgical glossary of terms, sample operative reports organized by specialty, and a chat board to post and answer questions.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.