Category: Main/Patient Counselling & Information Keywords: Pharmacist patient counselling aids, patient counselling printouts, drug information database for patients, consumers, health-related sites for patients, drug information for lay person, counselling information
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Be MedWise OTC
Canadian site. Information on over-the-counter medications. By Ontario Pharmacists' Association's Drug Information and Research Centre (DIRC). Its aim is to educate Canadians about proper over-the-counter (OTC) drug use. It provides information about medications, how to read drug labels, and surveys on habits and practices.
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DrugDigest
Noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health, drug information and drug interaction site in lay language.
Hits: 881
ASHP SafeMedication - Information for Patients
Hits: 779
Drug and Disease Information - WebMD
Hits: 635
Trillium Health & Wellness Resource Centre
A Trillium Health Centre sponsored site for patients. Vast amount of information. One stop health info site. Ideal for printouts. Databases are from Thomson & Gale.
Hits: 594
FDA Consumer Drug Information
Contains general information about newly approved prescription drugs. Only information about drugs approved since January 1998 appears on this site.
Hits: 540
Drug Information for Patients - Medline Plus
Hits: 535
AAFP Patient Information
American Academy of Family Physician information on health topics and health tools for the whole family ranging from Men's health to strep throat to BMI calcuator.
Hits: 528
Discovery Health
From Discovery Channel
Hits: 513
FDA Required Medication Guides for Selected High Risk Meds
By CDER, FDA-approved patient information, for selected prescription drugs that pose a serious and significant public health concern. Medication Guides will be required if the FDA determines that one or more of the following circumstances exist: patient labeling could help prevent serious adverse effects;
the drug product has serious risk(s) (relative to benefits) of which patients should be made aware because information concerning the risk(s) could affect patients’ decision to use, or to continue to use, the product;
the drug product is important to health and patient adherence to directions for use is crucial to the drug’s effectiveness.
Hits: 507
Clinical Tobacco Intervention (CTI) Programme
Through education and promotion, CTI provides health care professionals with tools to identify tobacco users and assist patients in their quit attempts. The priniciples of CTI are to: ASK - patients about smoking status; ADVISE - patients about the health risks of tobacco use and to quit; ASSESS - patients’ readiness to quit; ASSIST - patients that are ready to quit; ARRANGE - follow up. These principles are applied through comprehensive intervention or minimal contact intervention.
Hits: 486
Harvard Medical School Book of Lice
Hits: 484
InteliHealth - Harvard Medical School Consumer Health Information
Online health information has relationships with Harvard Medical School and The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
Hits: 481
Health Encyclopedia from PersonalMD
PersonalMD is a resource of user health data and information tools. This site provides information on men's, women's, children's and senior's health issues, information on numerous medical conditions, resources on medications and drug interactions, and access to various health centres, such as cardiac care centres, cancer centres, pulmonary centres, sports medicine, travel medicine, alternative medicine, and more.
Hits: 481
HealthAtoZ
Includes a suite of Web sites, interactive tools, community tools, and information centers
Hits: 473
Johns Hopkins Health After 50
This site provides access to information resource centers for various health conditions, including arthritis, depression, diabetes, hypertension, memory problems, osteoporosis, prostate, stroke, vision, nutrition and weight control, and more. It also provides access to the John Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50 newsletter, as well as various John Hopkins home medical reference publications.
Hits: 463
MayoClinic
This site's mission is to empower people to manage their health. This is accomplished by providing relevant and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise of the Mayo Clinic. Information on diseases and conditions, healthy living issues, drugs, health interests, programmes and tools, books and newsletters can be accessed from this site.
Hits: 452
healthfinder
healthfinder® is a U.S. Federal web site, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. It is a resource for finding government and nonprofit health and human services information on the internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and web sites from over 1,800 health-related organizations.
Hits: 447
Healthtouch Online
Healthtouch Online is a resource site for patients that brings together health information from various sources on topics such as medications, health, diseases, vitamins, supplements and natural medicine.
Hits: 446
Drug Information for Patients
From Mayo Clinic. Database provided by Micromedex in lay terms.
Hits: 425
"Oh No, Not Another One-" Treatment and Prevention of the Common Cold
CE from Pharmacy Times
Hits: 406
Patient Handouts
Patient handouts and chart aids on various topics including breast cancer and other screening.
Hits: 364
KidsHealth
Excellent web site on children's health for Parents, Teens and Kids. Very educational and easy to understand.
Hits: 356
Medical Society of Nova Scotia
The Medical Society of Nova Scotia is the professional association representing all medical doctors in the province. Provides information on health care and disease prevention in Nova Scotia
Hits: 337
Healthy Living Zone - Bandolier
Bandolier's guide to healthy living in lay language
Hits: 317
Medem Healthcare Information
Hits: 316
Patient Decision Aids - Ottawa Health Research Institute
Canadian web site containing an inventory of up-to-date and available treatment decision aids, for patients, identified by the Cochrane Systematic Review Group that meet a minimal set of criteria.
Hits: 291
MEDLINEplus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
Contains extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 590 diseases and conditions
Hits: 282
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