Medicine Resources

https://www.acsm.org/
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) advances and integrates scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine.

https://www.cdc.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The site provides information and links to subjects including travelers' health, health topics A-Z, data and statistics, and publications, software and products.

https://www.hhs.gov/
This US Department of Health and Human Services site leads to information on diseases and conditions; safety and wellness; drug and food information; disasters and emergencies; grants and funding; reference collections; families and children; aging; specific populations; resource locators, and policies and regulations.

https://hivinfo.nih.gov/home-page
HIVinfo is an online resource offering up-to-date HIV/AIDS information to the general consumer, people with HIV/AIDS, people recently diagnosed and those who care for them.

https://www.icaa.ch/
The International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA) is the oldest non-governmental organisation bringing together professionals from around the world working in the field of substance use and non-substance use related addictions.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/
MayoClinic.com includes information on specific diseases and conditions, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a first-aid guide, and more. Interactive tools are also included, such as exercise and stress management planners.

https://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus, from the National Library of Medicine has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, information on drugs, health information from the media, and links to clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily.

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/index.html
"It is the goal of The Merck Manual to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals in a concise, complete, and accurate manner. The Merck Manual covers all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as detailed information on pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of special subjects." [condensed from Merck web site]

https://www.cancer.gov/
This site provides information about treatment options, clinical trials, ways to reduce cancer risk, ways to cope with cancer, and resources for researchers and health care professionals. Content categories include cancer information, clinical trials, statistics, research programs, and research funding. The National Cancer Institute is a research arm of the National Institutes of Health.

https://www.annfammed.org/
The Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed research journal dedicated to advancing knowledge essential to understanding and improving health and primary care. The Annals seeks to identify and address important questions in health and the provision of patient-centered, prioritized, high-quality health care. It publishes original research, methodology, and theory, and essays.

https://www.biomedcentral.com/
BioMed Central is an independent publisher providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. Original research articles published by BioMed Central are immediately and permanently available online without charge. All research articles and most other content in BioMed Central's journals are fully and rapidly peer-reviewed.

https://www.bmj.com/
This site contains the full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) since January 1994. Access to the site is free. The BMJ publishes original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health.

https://www.who.int/publications/journals/bulletin/
Bulletin of the World Health Organization: The International Journal of Public Health publishes and disseminates scientifically rigorous public health information of international significance. Expanded in 1999 by placing research findings and policy-relevant discussions side by side, the Bulletin aims to give public health policy and practice guidance based on the best evidence available, while also encouraging closer links between scientific investigation and the art of helping populations to lead healthier lives.

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15424863?journalRedirectCheck=true
A peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society providing cancer care professionals with up-to-date information on all aspects of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

https://cpb.pharm.or.jp/
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (CPB) and the Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (BPB) are the main journals published in English by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. CPB covers physical and inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry including natural products chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, pharmcognosy and physical pharmacy. The journals have been open to the public with abstract, full text, and figures on the web since January 1999.

https://escholarship.org/uc/doj
From: Arthur Huntley MD, Barbara Burrall MD, and Phil Fleckman MD Dermatology Online Journal is an open-access, refereed publication intended to meet reference and education needs of the international dermatology community.

https://diabetesjournals.org/care
From: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Care is a journal for the health care practitioner intended to increase knowledge, stimulate research, and promote better management of people with diabetes. Users have access to tables of contents, abstracts, and full text searching at no cost and without having to register.

https://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes
From: American Diabetes Association Diabetes publishes original research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. Users have access to tables of contents, abstracts, and full text searching at no cost and without having to register.

https://www.doaj.org/
This independent database contains over 15,000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.

https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/open-access-journals
From the Elsevier website: “All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.”

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
From: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends. It is published monthly by the CDC.

https://www.faseb.org/
FASEB (the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) provides educational meetings and publications to disseminate biological research results, and publishes the FASEB Journal. Articles older than 12 months are freely available.

http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
From: Funded by Bernd Sebastian Kamps, copyright AmedeoGroup. The Free Medical Journals site is dedicated to free access to medical journals over the Internet. If you wish to be informed about new free journals, you may subscribe to Journal Alert.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/publications/hopkins-medicine-magazine/issues
Published three times a year by Johns Hopkins Medicine. Article topics include treatment advances and medical research at Johns Hopkins and as well as campus issues and historical highlights of the medical center.

https://Journal of Clinical Investigation
The Journal of Clinical Investigation has a respected history as a vital publication for physicians and scientists. JCI publishes research that examines the basic science behind clinical presentation, expanded commentary on published articles and series focused on critical topics in emerging areas of biomedicine.

https://www.jmir.org/
From: Internet Healthcare Coalition and Society for the Internet in Medicine The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), founded in 1999, is the first international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies. JMIR is the Official Journal of the Internet Healthcare Coalition and the Official Journal of the Society for the Internet in Medicine. [excerpted from web site]

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
From: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality) weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included are reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community.

https://www.nejm.org/
From: Massachusetts Medical Society The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice with an emphasis on internal medicine and specialty areas. Users can register for a free online account to access selected content and services.

https://ojin.nursingworld.org/
From: Kent State University College of Nursing "The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN) is a peer-reviewed, online publication addressing pertinent issues in nursing. The intent of this journal is to present different perspectives on topics that affect nursing practice, research, and education, thus enabling readers to understand the full complexity of a particular topic. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing is available free of charge and published jointly by The American Nurses Association and the Kent State University College of Nursing.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
"PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature." Includes full-text access to BMJ.com, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and over one hundred other journals.

https://www.fbresearch.org/
The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) is dedicated to improving human and animal health by promoting public understanding and support for the humane and responsible use of animals in medical and scientific research.

https://hospicefoundation.org/
The Hospice Foundation of America, a not-for-profit organization, provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care, and assists those who cope either personally or professionally with terminal illness, death, and the process of grief.

https://www.nsf.gov/
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the U.S. Government, established by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950. The NSF's mission is to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.

https://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans. The foundation supports training, education, research (excluding biomedical research), and projects that demonstrate the effective delivery of health care services. The site allows searching in a variety of areas, including granting opportunities and guidelines, publications, and information related to specific health concerns.

https://www.komen.org/
The mission of the Susan G. Komen Foundation is to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment.

https://www.bioinformatics.org/
Bioinformatics.Org is a non-profit international organization that provides free and open resources for research in bioinformatics. Bioinformatics.Org hopes to lower the barrier to entering and participating in the field of bioinformatics, as access to cutting-edge resources can be prohibitively expensive for those working individually, in small groups, at poorly-funded institutions or in developing nations.

https://www.jcvi.org/
The Institute for Genomic Research is a not-for-profit research institute. Its primary research interests are in structural, functional and comparative analysis of genomes and gene products from a wide variety of organisms including viruses, eubacterians, archaea and eukaryotes.

https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/national-cancer-database/
From: The American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) is a nationwide oncology outcomes database for over 1,500 hospitals in 50 states. NCDB data play an emerging role in hospital assessment of patient care, influencing patient care in 50 states.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
NCBI is a national resource for molecular biology information. NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.

https://report.nih.gov/
A comprehensive website of reports, data and analyses of NIH-funded research projects. Provides search capabilities across all NIH databases, and is the new home of CRISP, the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects website.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Click here to view a short video about this topic. PubMed is a publicly-available database that provides citations and abstracts to millions of biomedical journal articles. It also includes full-text articles from Open Access (OA) and freely-available journals. PubMed itself does not provide full-text access to commercially published articles. As students, you were able to access medical articles because the library had subscriptions to the journals in PubMed and created the links to the articles, but that behind-the-scenes work was transparent to you. Access is not available after your JHED ID expires.

In HKNET, we have a database called ProQuest Medical Database that has full-text articles from nearly 2,000 medical journals routinely cited in Medline. You can run your searches in PubMed and then look up the citations in ProQuest Medical Database using the “Find a Journal” search. Or, you can simply run your subject/author searches in ProQuest Medical Database and view full-text articles from your results list. There is also a companion database called PubMedCentral that has over 6 millions freely available full-text articles.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
"PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature." Includes full-text access to BMJ.com, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and over two thousand other journals. Click here to view a short video about this topic.

https://familydoctor.org/
From: American Academy of Family Physicians The information within familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians. Topics include health and wellness, drug information, herbal and alternative remedies, and self-care.

https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople
"Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. Healthy People 2030 includes 358 core — or measurable — objectives as well as developmental and research objectives." (from website)

https://kidshealth.org/
From: The Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth provides health information about children from conception through adolescence. It provides accurate, current, jargon-free health information. The website creators seek to make all KidsHealth content understandable, accessible, reliable, practical and objective.

https://www.mchlibrary.org/
The Maternal and Child Health Library is part of the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), at Georgetown University. NCEMCH provides leadership and knowledge related to MCH issues to help policymakers, public health professionals, and the public, make informed decisions about services, programs, and policies.

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/
This gateway site to the National Library of Medicine leads users to books, journals and audiovisuals in the NLM collections, to MEDLINE/PubMed, NLM's database of citations to medical journal articles, to MedlinePlus, NLM's consumer health web site, and to other NLM databases and resources. The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

https://plos.org/
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. Its goals are to open the doors to the world's library of scientific knowledge by giving any scientist, physician, patient, or student - anywhere in the world - unlimited access to the latest scientific research; to facilitate research, informed medical practice, and education by making it possible to freely search the full text of every published article to locate specific ideas, methods, experimental results, and observations, and to enable scientists, librarians, publishers, and entrepreneurs to develop innovative ways to explore and use the world's treasury of scientific ideas and discoveries.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Click here to view a short video about this topic. PubMed is a publicly-available database that provides citations and abstracts to millions of biomedical journal articles. It also includes full-text articles from Open Access (OA) and freely-available journals. PubMed itself does not provide full-text access to commercially published articles. As students, you were able to access medical articles because the library had subscriptions to the journals in PubMed and created the links to the articles, but that behind-the-scenes work was transparent to you. Access is not available after your JHED ID expires.

In HKNET, we have a database called ProQuest Medical Database that has full-text articles from nearly 2,000 medical journals routinely cited in Medline. You can run your searches in PubMed and then look up the citations in ProQuest Medical Database using the “Find a Journal” search. Or, you can simply run your subject/author searches in ProQuest Medical Database and view full-text articles from your results list. There is also a companion database called PubMedCentral that has over 6 millions freely available full-text articles.

https://www.who.int/library/
This comprehensive World Health Organization site includes WHOLIS, the World Health Organization library database available on the web. WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 on and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present.

https://www-proquest-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/intermediateredirectforezproxy
ProQuest's Alumni Research Library contains over 5,300 full-text publications across all subject disciplines, including arts, business, education, humanities, literature, political science and psychology. For many of these journals, citations and abstracts are available from 1971 to the present. Full text coverage varies by journal, but typically begins with the mid-1990s. Browse a list of titles included in Academic Research Library. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni. Please contact the Hopkins KnowledgeNET librarian for further information.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

https://www-annualreviews-org.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scholarly professionals with a definitive academic resource in 45 disciplines in the life sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

https://www-proquest-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/intermediateredirectforezproxy
This is a health and medical database from ProQuest for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

https://www.proquest.com/medicalalumni/advanced?accountid=44369&parentSessionId=OmIlV3NgN8jsB2d5CBVut4VRAurz0Yz7s159UDhvt%2F4%3D
Provides full text and full image articles for nearly 2,000 key biomedical journals. It has a powerful search interface with 17 searchable fields, and it uses the MeSH subject thesaurus. Full text/full image coverage dates from 1992. Browse a list of titles included in Proquest Medical Library. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

https://data-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Provides full-text access to over 1,000 scholarly and professional journals spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine.

https://sk-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Sage's ebook platform, where you will find a range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including Health & Social Care and Public Health topics.

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Description from website: “SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon SAGE’s legacy of methods publishing, SAGE Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.”

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/cases
Description from website: “SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon SAGE’s legacy of methods publishing, SAGE Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.”

https://www.eatright.org/
The American Dietetic Association helps people enjoy healthy lives by working in critical health areas facing all Americans, including: Obesity/Overweight; Aging; Complementary care and dietary supplements; Safe and nutritious food supply, and Human genome and genetics. The American Dietetic Association provides information for both professionals and consumers.

https://aannet.org/?
The American Academy of Nursing is an organization of leaders in nursing who have been recognized by their peers for outstanding contributions to the profession and to health care.

https://www.aap.org/
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

https://www.cancer.org/
The American Cancer Society supports education and research in cancer prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment. Its web page provides news, information on types of cancer, patient services, treatment options, sections on children with cancer and living with cancer, and cancer statistics. The site is available in English and Spanish.

https://diabetes.org/
"The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Its mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. [excerpted from web site]

https://www.heart.org
The official web site of the American Heart Association, with warning signs for heart disease and stroke, a reference guide, a legislative action package, family health information, risk awareness, scientific and professional information, solicitation options for volunteers, local AHA chapters, and donations.

https://aimbe.org/
The web site for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering aims to whose activities include participation in the formulation of public policy; the dissemination of information, through publications and forums; and education.

https://www.ama-assn.org/
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's leader in promoting professionalism in medicine and setting standards for medical education, practice, and ethics.

https://www.sportsmed.org/
A world leader in sports medicine education, research, communication and fellowship, The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) is a national organization of orthopaedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine. The AOSSM works closely with many other sports medicine specialists and clinicians, including family physicians, emergency physicians, pediatricians, athletic trainers and physical therapists, to improve the identification, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries.

https://www.apta.org/
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education. Its mission is to further the profession's role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of movement dysfunctions and the enhancement of the physical health and functional abilities of members of the public.

https://www.redcross.org/
The American Red Cross website provides information about its domestic and international relief and public health services and events.

https://www.stroke.org/
The American Stroke Association focuses on reducing disability and death from stroke through research, education, fundraising and advocacy. The site includes a heart and stroke encyclopedia with information on conditions, medications, surgical procedures, etc.

https://clinicians.org/
ACU is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary organization whose mission is to improve the health of underserved populations by enhancing the development and support of the health care clinicians serving these populations.

https://ifmbe.org/
IFMBE, the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, is a federation of organizations that represent national interests in medical and biological engineering.

https://www.istm.org/
The International Society of Travel Medicine is dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of travel medicine. Access to much of the web site requires paid membership.

https://iupesm.org/
"The principal objective of IUPESM is to contribute to the advancement of physical and engineering sciences in medicine for the benefit and well being of humanity." The IUPESM represents the combined efforts of more than 40,000 medical physicists and biomedical engineers working on the physical and engineering science of medicine.

https://www.kff.org/
"KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) is a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. KFF develops and runs its own policy analysis, journalism and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with major news organizations...

KFF serves as a nonpartisan source of facts, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge — from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to in-depth health policy news coverage provided by our news service, KHN, to information young people can use to improve their health or the general public can use to understand health insurance."

https://www.nationalacademies.org/
The National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine are private, non-profit, membership organizations that advise the federal government, upon request and without fee, on questions of science and technology.

https://www.cancer.gov/
This site provides information from the National Cancer Institute. It includes treatment options, clinical trials, ways to reduce cancer risk, ways to cope with cancer, and resources for researchers and health care professionals. Content categories include cancer information, clinical trials, statistics, research programs, and research funding.

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/
The website of The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCCIH supports research on complementary, alternative and integrative medicine, trains researchers, and disseminates information on a variety of modalities.

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/index.html
The Office of the Surgeon General is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Surgeon General, the Office protects and advances the health of the nation; advocates for effective disease prevention and health promotion; symbolizes national commitment to protecting and improving the public's health, and articulates policy analysis and advice to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on public health, medical, and health system issues.

https://www.paho.org/en
PAHO is the Pan American Health Organization, a branch of the World Health Organization. PAHO disseminates scientific and technical information through its publications program, its Internet site, and a network of academic libraries, documentation centers, and local health care libraries. Both quick and full-text searching is available through the web site.

https://www.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

https://www.who.int/en/
The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

https://www.who.int/data/gho
The World Health Organization's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1000 indicators for its 194 Member States.

https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/policy/global-patient-safety-action-plan
"The purpose of the action plan is to provide strategic direction for all stakeholders for eliminating avoidable harm in health care and improving patient safety in different practice domains through policy actions on safety and quality of health services, as well as for implementation of recommendations at the point of care. The action plan provides a framework for countries to develop their respective national action plans on patient safety, as well to align existing strategic instruments for improving patient safety in all clinical and health-related programmes." (from the WHO website)

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the federal government's principal agency for vital statistics and health statistics. It is the source for health statistics, surveys, and analysis. With legislative authority and mandates, it provides advice and information alerts for individuals. NCHS compiles statistics on the health status of populations; disparities in health status and use of health care; experiences with the health care system; trends; health problems; support research; information for making changes in public policies and programs, and the impact of health policies and programs.

https://www.kff.org/statedata/
Provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides state-level data on more than 500 health topics. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses.

https://www.ahrq.gov/gam/index.html
"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions." (from website)

https://www.mtppi.org/
The Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI) is a nonprofit organization established in 1986 to conduct research on the clinical, economic, and social implications of new and emerging health care technologies. MTPPI is dedicated to research, education, and the dissemination of information regarding current and emerging medical technologies.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Click here to view a short video about this topic. PubMed is a publicly-available database that provides citations and abstracts to millions of biomedical journal articles. It also includes full-text articles from Open Access (OA) and freely-available journals. PubMed itself does not provide full-text access to commercially published articles. As students, you were able to access medical articles because the library had subscriptions to the journals in PubMed and created the links to the articles, but that behind-the-scenes work was transparent to you. Access is not available after your JHED ID expires.

In HKNET, we have a database called ProQuest Medical Database that has full-text articles from nearly 2,000 medical journals routinely cited in Medline. You can run your searches in PubMed and then look up the citations in ProQuest Medical Database using the “Find a Journal” search. Or, you can simply run your subject/author searches in ProQuest Medical Database and view full-text articles from your results list. There is also a companion database called PubMedCentral that has over 6 millions freely available full-text articles.