AIDS Info
What you will find: 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
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/library/teaching.asp#career
What you will find: scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the websites for Occupational Outlook Handbook, Florida Health Careers, Choices Planner and other career related sites.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What you will find: 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
What you will find: 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
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm
What you will find: 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.
Coding and Documentation Resources
http://www.ompro.org/mbpp/coding-resources.html
What you will find: provides downloadable admission order stickers and Medicare documentation guides. This site also provides coding tips for DRGs.
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3113.html
What you will find: 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).
Florida Statute 456.057: Ownership and Control of Patient Records
What you will find: provides the text of the Florida laws that govern reporting and providing copies of patients' records.
HCPro: Health Information Management
http://www.hcpro.com/health-information-management/
What you will find: provides an information center and newsletters on the "hot" topics in health information management.
Health Data Management
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com
What you will find: provides information portals on HIPAA, vendors, new products, government legislation, trends, and mobile technology.
Health Privacy Project (HPP)
What you will find: 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.
Health Resources and Services Administration's HIPAA Web Site
What you will find: links to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance procedures.
Healthy People 2010
What you will find: 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.
ICD9CM Codes and Medical Dictionary
What you will find: provides a searchable tabular and alphabetical index to ICD-9-CM.
ICD-10
http://www.who.int/whosis/icd10/
What you will find: 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
What you will find: the United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.
JustCoding
What you will find: provides discussion groups for coders, job listings for coders, and other information relevant to coders.
Managed Health Care Plans
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4663
What you will find: explains the differences between Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), and Point of Service (POS) health care plans.
Medical Privacy
http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/
What you will find: 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.
Medical Records Institute
What you will find: provides comprehensive information about electronic health records, including news stories and conferences/seminars on the topic.
MedlinePlus
What you will find: 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
What you will find: 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
What you will find: 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 Health and Safety Administration
What you will find: provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.
Student Success Center (SSC), Medical Campus, Miami Dade College
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/lr/casa/default.asp
What you will find:
provides a listing
of computer based tutoring programs accessible from computers in the Medical
Campus Library and in SSC. SSC also offers online and face-to-face tutoring
services. For more information on any of these services or programs, contact SSC at (305) 237-4499.