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Consumer Health Information

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Free online Health Information services for health consumers.

HIMAA offers this collection of internet hot links as a service to health consumers visiting our web site in search of general health information.

We have provided a few links to sites that appear to provide coverage of a wide variety of general health topics. We do not monitor these sites quality or reliability of information, and assume no responsibility for their content or any actions that may be taken as a result of information they provide.

The links to these sites are primarily provided as an Internet information access starting point for health consumers, who are encouraged to talk to their own Healthcare Professionals, Health Education Officers and local Healthcare Services for further information and understanding about any personal health concerns.

HIMAA being a professional society, is primarily concerned with the support of members who work in the health records, health information management, electronic health records, clinical coding and health IT fields. It does not collect nor provide clinical information about health conditions. However, we do offer a Comprehensive Medical Terminology Course by distance education for those who need a more thorough understanding of medical terminology. ( For more information on our range of distance education courses see http://www.himaa.org.au/education ). We also publish a very useful Australian Dictionary of Clinical Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols (For more information about our publications see http://www.himaa.org.au/bookstore.html )

If you know of a free online consumer health information search tool or peer review resource that we could consider for inclusion on this page, please e-mail your recommendations to information@himaa.org.au. We reserve the right not to publish any information submitted.

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT - HEALTH WEB SITES

Health Insite (Australian) http://www.healthinsite.gov.au 
On the HealthInsite site, published by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assured information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma. A good starting point.

ACT Health http://www.health.act.gov.au 

Better Health Channel Victoria http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcsite.nsf  

Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/home.html  

Healthy South Australia http://www.healthysa.sa.gov.au 

Queensland Health http://www.health.qld.gov.au 

Medicare

Northern Territory Health

New South Wales Health http://www.search.nsw.gov.au/health.asp  

Western Australia Health Public Health Division http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au  

FIND A HEALTH SERVICE

Yellow Pages Online http://www.yellowpages.com.au 

White Pages http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp 

iNetpages http://www.inetpages.com.au 

The Web Directory http://www.thewebdirectory.com.au 

OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE

Consumer Health Forum   http://www.chf.org.au

Health Finder & Health Finder Kids (US based) http://www.healthfinder.gov  

Medical Online http://www.medicalonline.com.au/medical/index.html  

Merck Manual http://www.merckhomeedition.com 

Open Directory Project (Dmoz) Health http://dmoz.org/Health 

MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary - free, 100% doctor-produced e-encyclopedic medical dictionary designed to be of use to everyone concerned about health. http://www.medterms.com

Medical Abbreviations Dictionary - Dictionary of most used medical abbreviations. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/8462/medical_abbreviations.html

Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms - Addresses medical terminology for the professional and the layman in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html

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