The St. Clair County Medical Society's

Directory of Resources and Links

• Continuing Medical Education
• Drugs
• Medical Associations
• Medical Software Resources
• News
• Phone Directory, as found in the monthly guide.
• Practice Management

Continuing Medical Education

• MerckMedicus Free CME and FREE MDconsult
• Medscape Free CME for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists.
• State Requirements for CME, from Medscape.com

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Drugs

• Drug Top 200 The 200 most commonly prescribed drugs
• Generic Drug use and its advantages over costly name brands
• Immunization Patient Handouts from the CDC
• Medication News, updated on weekdays from Yahoo.com
• Medication Sample log and rules from Medical Economics 5/04
• PDR.net Free download for Palm and Window of the PDR
• Rxlist.com Searchable index of prescription drug information

Medical Associations and Organizations:

• AAFP.org The main site for The American Academy of Family Physicians
• Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's links
• Arthritis Arthritis Foundation
• Asthma & Allergy Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
• Breast Cancer National Breast Cancer Organization
• Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute
• Cancer Society American Cancer Society
• Hospice National Hospice Organization
• Illinois Civil Justice League Links about class action and medical lawsuits.
• Illinois Division of Aging.
• Illinois State Medical Society This has many links to public documents
• Infectious Disease National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
• Kidney information National Kidney Foundation
• Leukemia Leukemia Society of America
• Lung disease American Lung Association
• Medical News Reuters Health
• Musculoskeletal institute
• National institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases
• National Institute of Health A wealth of patient illness information.
• Neurology American Academy of Neurology
• Ophthalmology American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Osteoporosis National Osteoporosis Foundation
• Parkinson's Parkinson Disease
• Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery site
• Visually Impaired American Council of the Blind

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General Medical Information

• AAFP.org The main site for The American Academy of Family Physicians
• AAFP Patient information Links on illnesses for patients from the AAFP
• Center for Disease Control's Health Topics.
• Dictionary of Medical Terms
• Dr. Koop A wealth of patient illness information.
• Health fact sheets from the IL Dept. of Health
• Healthynet A wealth of patient illness information.
• Healthopedia.com Site with multiple areas of health information
• Medicineplus.gov Reliable source of medical information
• Patientlinx.com A web site for patients.
• Virtual Hospital A collection of health information for physicians and patients
• WebMD Lots of patient illness information

Medical Software Resources

• Adobe Acrobat Download, to view .PDF files
• Business Mac Macintosh Directory of medical software
• Collectivemed.com Lots of medical software for the Palm OS
• Epocrates Handheld drug reference and more.
• Free Applications for your handheld 4/05 AAFP.org/fpm article
• HandHeld Computers and Family Medicine Lots software resources
• HandheldMed Medical Software resources
• Health fact sheets from the IL Dept. of Health
• Heparin Dosing Calculator Palm OS Shareware, $5
• Medical Calculators Includes Breast Cancer risk, cardiovascular disease risks, common formulas, BMI, and lots of other useful calculators for the Palm OS
• Medical Reference Software for Palm OS
• Medical Pocket PC PDA Software resources
• Pediatric Palm Software resources Also good for Family Medicine
• Pediatric Palm Software Another resource for Palm OS Software
• PDA Cortex Software for physicians and nurses for Palm OS
• PDA MD Lots of Palm OS Medical Software
• Pico File Manager Used to view some databases on Palm OS; Free
• Shots 2003 Immunization reference for Palm OS (Free).

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News

• Alton Telegraph
• AMA Weekly News
• Belleville Journal
• Belleville News Democrat, online lead stories
• Chicago Sun Times Also link to search Chicago papers
• Chicago Tribune
• The Common Good A site, tracking litigation across the country.
• Doctorsguide.com General daily information about medicine
• Edwardsville Intelligencer
• Health news, from Yahoo.com
• I-Law Current events, including articles about the physician exodus
• Identify Theft Protection Article from the AMA
• Illinois Business Journal
• Illinois Civil Justice League
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Madison Record
• Medical Economics Magazine
• Medical News from Yahoo
• Medscape.com Free membership, and customize for your specialty
• Medicare news.
• Physician's Weekly
• St. Louis Post Dispatch at STLtoday.com
• USA Today. com
• Virtual Hospital A collection of health information for physicians and patients

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Phone Directory

• St. Clair County Medical Society (618) 397-5315
• Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) (800) 782-4767
• ISMS Physician Assistance Program (312) 580-2499
• ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (800) 782-4767
• American Medical Association (800) 262-3211
• Illinois State Department of Aging (217) 785-2870
• Illinois State Department of Children & Family Services (217) 785-2509
• Illinois State Department of Child Abuse Hotline (800) 252-2873
• Illinois State Department of Insurance (217) 782-4515
• Illinois State Department of Human Services, including alcoholism and substance abuse (217) 557-1601
• Illinois State Department of Professional Regulation, Springfield (217) 785-0800
• Illinois State Department of Professional Regulation, Chicago (312) 814 4500
• Illinois State Department of Public Aid (217) 782-1200
• Illinois State Department of Public Health (217) 782-4977

Practice Management

• Access Fees for areas with high costs to practice, from Medical Economics
• Ancillary Fees Putting an end to free work
• 6/2004 National Medicaid Fee Survey (note IL fees are on average $5-$7 less than the mean)
• 2005 Medicare Fee Schedule. St. Clair County is Locality 12.
• Call Coverage Tips Medical Economics Magazine 4/04
• Coding and Reimbursement 2003 article about proper levels of coding
• Coding Charts 4/1998 FPM article about proper coding levels of care with reference charts. This is a good outpatient reference to prevent undercoding and over coding.
• Growth Charts
• Medical Record Copying Fees Know how much to charge for your copies.
• Medicare Screening Physical 4/05 AAFP/fpm
• Medical Assistant Salaries
• Medical Assistant Salaries, from the AAFP/fpm 4/05
• Interview Questions to ask Potential Employees From the 6/03 FPM
• New Patient E&M Codes 3 years is the rule
• Payment Policies 4/04 FPM
• Practice expenses survey results, from Medical Economics Magazine. 2003
• Preventive Medicine Coding tips 4/04 FPM
• Profits, and ways to cut overhead 5/04 Medical Economics

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