Surf these sites: British Hypertension Society -- Research into hypertension and related vascular disease, including coronary heart disease. Produces and distributes guidelines and educational materials for health professionals. CESDI - Confidential Enquiries into Stillbirths and Infant Deaths -- Annual reports available in PDF format. Bound copies can be ordered. Information on post mortems for patients and professionals. Centre for Health Information Quality -- For those involved in producing patient information. Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit -- Resource for GP practices, Primary Care Groups and Health Authorities. Based within the Dept of General Practice, Leicester University. Details of research projects, a model for clinical governance and a number of useful audit protocols are available. Computer Aided Medical Systems -- CAMS produces software tools, consultancy and training for health informatics. Products include applications for Read codes, ICD-10 and OPCS-4.2 codes, and CIRA - Computerised Incident Reporting Application. Cyber Hospital -- As a specific resource for UK health professionals the project has two aims. To offer on-line computer skills education facilities and specific training in the use of Internet technology and to provide a supergateway to online information for medical professionals and those associated with the medical industry. Doctors Net UK -- Access restricted to GMC registered doctors. Medical databases, pharmaceutical/drug index, medical articles, forums. Free E-mail service available. Glenfield Hospital Medical Library -- Links and information on medical resources. Intelecom: Web Based E-mail -- Provides a Web based e-mail service, with addresses available which include medical postgraduate qualifications. Medic8.com -- UK medical portal for healthcare professionals on the internet. Access specialty sites, databases, journals, online textbooks, organisations, & jobs. Medisearch -- Portal to health care sites for the UK and Ireland. NHSpeople Net -- Internet portal designed for health professionals and NHS staff. Provides free internet access, free e-mail and 15MB free Web space. Chat rooms, news and other services. Percentage of profits are returned to the NHS. National Electronic Library for Mental Health -- Mental Health resources. Virtual branch library of the government''s National electronic Library for Health (NeLH). Site still under development (Jan 2000) National Research Register -- Database of ongoing and recently completed research projects related to the National Health Service. Information on over 49,000 research projects. OMNI -- A UK nursing, medicine and allied health gateway. Public Health Laboratory Service -- Official body (England and Wales) for detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring infectious diseases. Statistics and fact sheets available. Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics -- Based at Newcastle University. A research and education centre for health informatics. Projects include PRODIGY. The Medical Algorithms Project -- A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. Over 1600 algorithms available, organized into 43 chapters. Available as zipped Excel workbooks for download. The X-ray Files -- Educational resource for radiologists in training, and other interested physicians. Xrays with online tutorials and case presentations. Excellent resource. Tim Albert Training -- Specialised courses for health professionals who wish to improve their writing skills. UK Health Centre -- Guide to UK health and medical resources on the internet UKpractice -- Password restricted Internet portal designed for health professionals. Promises free accredited educational courses but site lacking in content, when reviewed Nov 1999. Wessex Deanery -- Postgraduate Medical and Dental education in the Wessex area. Wisdom Project -- Networked learning in the new NHS. For primary health care. Developed from a project commissioned by the NHS executive. Excellent library of resources. Mailing lists.
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