Module Two

Population Based Care

National Institutes of Health

The first website that I want to discuss is the National Institutes of Health website. This website can be accessed by going to the following link: http://www.nih.gov/ . This website has a ton of information on it. If you click on the ‘Health’ tab, that will take you to another page that has quick links for child and teen health, men’s health, minority health, senior’s health, wellness & lifestyle and women’s health. One can also look under the health categories choose from categories such as body locations/ systems, health and wellness, conditions/ diseases and procedures. There are also related links in this section for health information on the web and health newsletters. There is also a section on this page that has links to health databases and federal health agencies. One can also subscribe to a free weekly newsletter about health information on this page. The next tab is for ‘Grants’. If you go to this page there is a plethora of information on grants. About them, policies, forms, dates and deadline information. Moving on from that is the ‘News’ page. This page has all of the latest news releases, events and special interest information on it. The next page is for ‘Research’. This page has research, training and scientific resources. Last, but not least, is the ‘Institutes’ tab. This page has quick links to all of the NIH institutes. All in all I really liked this link. I think there is a good bit of information on here. I learned a lot just by browsing around. I think that if I really needed to look something in particular up this would be a great place to go to find that information. I think this is a great resource for population based care as well as rural environments because there is such a wealth of reliable information. I also think that this is a great resource for future healthcare providers for the same reason mentioned above. This is a great place for anyone to go to find out more information on numerous health issues.



Medline Plus

The second website that I would like to discuss is the Medline Plus website. The link to this website is http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ . I absolutely love this website. I have been using this website for a couple of years now. I’m actually kind of glad that I get to talk about it. I have even sent this link to other friends of mine because it is such a useful website. I have it saved in my favorites as well because I tend to rely on it quite often. There is so much beneficial information on this website. On the home page there is a section that discusses 740 health topics. This is a great place to access info on so many types of conditions and diseases. Next up is a section on drugs and supplements. Here you can find out about the common prescription drugs and dietary supplements. The next two sections are the medical encyclopedia and the dictionary. Obviously this is where one is able to search out just about any topic that they need more info on. The medical dictionary is the section that I use the most. This is where you can check your spelling on any and all medical terminology. You can also look up the terminology. The next section is the news section. Here is where one can find any current health news and announcements. The next section is the directories of doctors, dentists and hospitals. The next section is the go local section. This is a good resource for finding local resources for health-related issues. In the middle of the page there are sections for current health news, a featured website and news that is in the spotlight. Over to the left of the page there are several very interesting sections. The first section is an area that will take the viewer to over 165 active tutorials. This section is awesome at explaining diseases and conditions, tests and diagnostic procedures, surgery and treatment procedures and prevention and wellness. The next section is a section about clinical trials. This section will take you to website that has a list of all of the federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. The next section is a section for senior health. In this section one can find out information for older adults’ healthcare. And last but certainly not least on this website is a section for surgery videos. This is an absolutely outstanding section that has surgical videos. The videos are actual surgical procedures performed on patients! I think this is a great resource for population based care as well as rural environments because there is such a wealth of reliable information. I also think that this is a great resource for future healthcare providers because there is a plethora of useful and reliable information. The encyclopedia, the dictionary, the slideshows and the videos make this an extremely useful and insightful resource of information. This is a great place for anyone to go to find out more information on numerous health issues.



The NC Department of Health and Human Services

The last website I wanted to discuss is the NC Department of Health and Human Services website. This website address is http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/division.htm . Right off the bat I did not like this website. The website is very plain. Very plain. This is definitely a no frills website. But that is not what matters here. What matters here is whether or not the information on the website is useful or not. One of the first things that I noticed about this webpage is that for all of the different sections on the page there is no description at all as to what the section is about. There is, however, a contact person listed and how to get in touch with that contact person either by phone, fax or mail. For instance, the entire website is in the same format; there will be a department name with the contact name and information, followed by the location of where this department is within the state of NC. Once you click on the name of the department this will take you to that particular department’s website. I think this is a good resource for population based care as well as rural environments because there is a good bit of reliable information. I also think that this is a good resource for future healthcare providers. This is a good place for anyone to go to find out more information on numerous health issues.