Evidence-Based Databases
•Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Database (AHRQ)
•American College of Physicians Journal Club
•British National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
•The Cochrane Collaboration - Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews
•National Guideline Clearinghouse Database
•Turning Research into Practice Database
•United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

General Health Information
•eMedicine
•MEDLINEplus.gov - a service of National Institute of Health and National Library of Medicine
•MEDLINEplus.gov/esp - spanish version
•Medscape* - from WebMD
•Revolution Health
•WebMD

General Health Agencies/Institutes/Organizations
•Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - United States Department of Health and Human Services
•Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
•National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) - CDC
•National Institutes of Health (NIH)
•U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
•World Health Organization (WHO)

Government Health Resources
•State Health Departments
•Medicare Benchmark Database - CaduCIS

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Alternative/Complementary/Integrative Medicine
•American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM)

Anaesthesiology
•American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
•California Society of Anesthesiologists
•Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

Bariatric Medicine
•American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Bioterrorism
•Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases

Cardiology
•American College of Cardiology
•American Heart Association

Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
•American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Emergency Medicine
•EmedHome.com (contains on-line calculators)
•Emergency Medicine Bulletin Board System (EMBBS)
•Jeff Mann's EM Guidemaps
•National Center for Emergency Medicine InformaticsEndocrinology
•American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
•American Diabetes Association
•The Endocrine Society American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Diabetes
•American Diabetes Association

Education
•Primary Care Education Consortium (PCEC)
•Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

Endocrine
•The Endocrine Society

Evidenced Based Medicine
•Centre for Evidenced-Based Medicine

Family Medicine
•American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) - Strong Medicine for America
•American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) (Support Center 877-223--7437, help@theabfm.org)
•California Academy of Family Physicians
•Family Medicine Medscape*
•Family Medicine Notes - Docnotes
•Family Practice Notebook
•Sermo - Family Practice

Gastroenterology
•American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
•American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
•American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
•American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
•British Society of Gastroenterology
•European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
•International Ascites Club

Geriatrics
•American Geriatric Society (AGS)

Gynecology
•American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
•American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP)
•American Urogynecologic Society
•The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Hematology
•American Society of Hematology

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
•National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
- University of California San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital
  Warmline: National Telephone Consultation Service (1-800-933-3413)
  PEPline: National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (1-888-448-4911)
  Perinatal Hotline: National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service (1-888-448-8765)
  (24 hours/day, 7 days/week)

Hospital Medicine
•Society of Hospital Medicine

Infectious Disease
•Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)

Internal Medicine
•American College of Physicians (ACP)
•Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Metabolic Disease
•Primary Care Metabolic Group (PCMG)

Nephrology
•American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
•National Kidney Foundation

Neurology
•American Neurological Association (ANA)
•American Stroke Association (ASA)
•National Stroke Association (NSA)

Obstetrics
•American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) - Women's Health Care Physicians
•American Pregnancy Association - Promoting Reproductive and Pregnancy Wellness

Oncology
•American Cancer Society (ACS)
•American Society of Clinical Oncology
•National Cancer Institute (NCI) - U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
•National Cancer Institute Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
•National Comprehensive Cancer Network
•Society of Gynecologic Oncology

Orthopaedics
•American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) (1-847-823-7186)

Osteoporosis
•National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) (1-202-223-2226)

Pathology
•College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Pediatrics
•American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Physician Networks
•Sermo - Know more. Know earlier.
- financial earnings for shared opinions; clinical discussions; physician comments; clinical trial opportunities; free online CME; job board; access to FDA and AMA; specialty case conferences

Preventive Medicine
•American College of Preventive Medicine
•National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) (1-800-232-4636)
•U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Primary Care
•California Primary Care Association (CPCA)
•Primary Care Connections - News for Physicians
- electronic newsletter developed by UCSF Medical Center delivering clinical updates and developments to ultimately improve patient outcomes
•Primary Care Education Consortium (PCEC)
•Primary Care Metabolic Group (PCMG)

Psychiatry
•American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
•American Psychiatiac Association
•Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
•National Institute of Mental Health

Public Health
•El Dorado County Public Health Department
•State Health Departments
•U.S. Public Health Service

Pulmonology
•American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
•American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
•American Lung Association (ALA)
•American Thoracic Society (ATS)
•British Thoracic Society (BTS)
•National Asthma Education and Prevention Program - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Quality/Safety
•Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Radiology
•American College of Radiology (ACR)

Rare Diseases
•National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

Reproductive Health
•World Health Organization

Research and Statistics
•National Center for Health Statistics - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
•National Center for Eduacation Statistics - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Rheumatology
•American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

Surgery
•American Society of Transplantation

Urology
•American Urogynecologic Society (AUS)
•American Urological Association (AUA)

Women's Health
•Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)