LibGuides: Nursing: Websites

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Medical Records

HIPAA P.L. 104-191
The text of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Health Information Privacy by HHS
The US Department of Health and Human Services website about patient privacy and HIPAA.

American Medical Association
AMA's code of ethics for physicians as well as the history of the code and frequently asked questions about the code.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
US produced website on all types of diseases, offers overviews of conditions, statistics, and overviews of most diseases.
Healthy People 2020
The national website for healthy Americans, check out the new ten year agenda for achieving a healthy America here.
JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals
The Joint Commission is a non-profit group that strives to improve health care through rigorous standards and accreditation.
My Family Health Portrait
A free resource used to enter your own and your family's health history. Discover links to future health risks and keep your family history in one place.
National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health
A US government produced resource on a variety of medical issues, news, and research.
PLoS Medicine
PLoS (Public Library of Science) provides open access (free) science journals on the Internet. Use the PLoS Medicine to find open access medical journals.