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)
- Having Surgery? What You Need to Know (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Talking with Your Doctor (MedlinePlus)
- Understanding Medical Words (National Library of Medicine)
Choosing a Doctor or Health Service
- Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service (MedlinePlus)
- Choosing Quality Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- 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)
- NC Hospital Quality Report (NC Quality Center)
- 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)
- Selecting a Nursing Home (NC Health Care Facilities Association)
- Vitals.com (Vitals.com & MDX Medical, Inc.)
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.
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 (American Cancer Society)
These principles make clear what patients should expect from their health care providers. - Personal Medical Records (MedlinePlus)
- Personalized Help (Patient Advocate Foundation)
- The Living Will (Patient Education Institute)
Three Advance Health Care Directives forms and an Organ Donor Card form are located here for your information and use.
Resources compiled by Christie Silbajoris, Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill.