Managing Health Information
Evaluating Health Information
- Guide to Healthy Web Surfing (MedlinePlus)
- How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet (National Cancer Institute)
- User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (Medical Library Association)
Talking With Your Doctor
- Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Patient Safety (Patient Education Institute)
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Talking with Your Doctor (MedlinePlus)
Choosing a Doctor or Health Service
- Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service (MedlinePlus)
- DrScore (DrScore.com)
This site allows patients to find and post ratings of their doctors.
These ratings primarily concern patient experiences with their
physicians and do not include authoritative reviews of medical expertise
or skills. - Hospital Compare (U. S. Department of Health & Human Services)
- How to Choose a Nursing Home (NC Health Care Facilities Association)
- NC Medical Board
Look up the public record of any licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner in North Carolina; learn how to file a complaint; and view reports on Board actions. - Nursing Home Compare (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
- Quality Check (Joint Commission)
- RateMDs.com (RateMDs.com)
This site allows patients to find and post ratings of their doctors.
These ratings primarily concern patient experiences with their
physicians and do not include authoritative reviews of medical expertise
or skills. - Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Patient & Family Issues
- Advance Directives (MedlinePlus)
- Advance Health Care Directive Registry (NC Department of the Secretary of State)
- Advance Medical Directives (Patient Education Institute)
- Caregivers (MedlinePlus)
- Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (Patient Education Institute)
- End of Life Issues (MedlinePlus)
- Family History (MedlinePlus)
- Patient Safety (MedlinePlus)
- Patients' Bill of Rights (Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection & Quality in the Health Care Industry)
These principles make clear what patients should expect from their health care providers. - Personal Medical Records (MedlinePlus)
- Personalized Help (Patient Advocate Foundation)
- Social/Family Issues (MedlinePlus)
- The Living Will (Patient Education Institute)
Resources compiled by the Health Sciences Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.