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General Health Sites
- MedlinePlus includes an encyclopedia, dictionaries, procedural videos, clearinghouses, directories, news and information for consumers. It also now provides interactive health tutorials on topics like angina, colon cancer surgery and diabetes
- Internet for Medicine Learn how to tour, discover and judge internet resources in this interactive tutorial
- Medic8 a free medical portal for healthcare professionals and consumers around the world, providing access to peer-reviewed resources. Resources can be either browsed or searched.
- World Health Organisation
Australian Health Informatics Sites
- Health Informatics Society of Australia Provides a national focus for health informatics, its practitioners, industry and users.Advocates on behalf of its members and Provides opportunities for learning and professional development in health informatics.
- Health Informatics and Statistics Research Group, University of Sydney The Health Informatics & Statistics Research Group focuses on investigating how communication and use of information within the health system can be improved to reduce errors, and improve clinical decision-making, health care delivery and patient outcomes
- National Ehealth Strategy (Australia) The National E-Health Strategy developed by Deloitte, together with key stakeholders, provides a useful guide to the further development of E-Health in Australia.
- NEHTA - National E-Health Transition Authority The Future is e-Health
Across Australia there is a groundswell of support for a better, more connected healthcare system. More than 80 percent of Australians are in favour of electronic health records and are increasingly aware of the safety and - The National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) The National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) is a world leader in its field, with expertise in the development and use of disease and intervention classifications, clinical terminologies and use of coded health information.
- Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd
- Australian Casemix The Casemix Development Program (CDP) aims to improve health service delivery (in terms of cost, equity and quality) through classification and data development, as well as research, analysis and information dissemination.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Department of Health and Ageing
- NSW Department of Health
International Health Informatics Sites
- American Medical Informatics Association AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics. AMIA is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, admi
- Health Informatics World Wide The First and Most Comprehensive Health Informatics Index Site.
- Health Informatics Forum This site is a Social Network and discussion forum for Health Informatics professionals and students.
- IMIA - International Medical Informatics Association The International Medical Informatics Association is an independent organization.IMIA plays a major global role in the application of information science and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in medical, health and bio informatics.
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