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TransforMed Read about the 8 million dollar project that chose Sommerville Family Practice, PC as one of 36 demonstration practices of the future. Our practice will be studied as a guide for 94,000 other family physicians across the US.
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Epocrates Prescription Reference This source allows you to find information on over 3000 medications. From pill appearance to drug interactions, this has very helpful information on most medications.
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Revolution Health Steve Case (founder of AOL) and Colin Powel created this site as a one stop resource for multiple medical needs. Its resources span from self-diagnosis, blogs, and health education, to insurance assistance and checking physician credentials. You may utilize their secure area to store your medical records to avoid the hassels of transferring records to each doctor you see. Remember, while the Web may provide helpful information, medical decisions should always be made in consultation with a physician.
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Help Quitting Smoking This is a free site to help you quit smoking. It is sponsored by the government and endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Virginia Advance Directive This document will help you write an Advance Directive. This is important so that your doctor and your loved ones will know what to do medically if you are ever incapacitated and unable to communicate your wishes. After completing this document, please give the original to your agent to keep in a secure but easily accessible place . Please send a copy of the signed original to your primary care physician and anyone else who needs to know of your directive.
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Medline Plus This is an excellent comprehensive link to numerous sources of medical information. Remember, while the Web may provide helpful information, medical decisions should always be made in consultation with a physician.
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Partnership for Prescription Assistance This link to Partnership for Prescription Assistance provides free or discounted medications to patients who cannot afford them. The service offers a single point of access for drug-assistance programs. This simplifies what can be a very complex process. Their phone number is 888-477-2669 or you can click the link above to go directly to the site online.
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Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage This link takes you to the government site that provides resources to help you understand their prescription benefit program.
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Breast Cancer Risk Calculator This tool can help women determine their risk of breast cancer so that they can seek appropriate evaluation and treatment
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Screening tool for mood disorders This survey can be used as an initial screening for mood disorders. It should not be used to make self diagnosis, but it might help you decide whether you would like to bring this up with your physician. It is sponsored by a pharmaceutical company, but it is a tool that has been validated by others who are more objective.
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Newspaper Article About Dr. Harrington The Richmond Times Dispatch did a profile article about Dr. Harrington in their business section on December 20, 2005. Unfortunately the Times Dispatch now charges to view the article.
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WebMD WebMD provides quality, comprehensive health resources for consumers, physicians, nurses and educators. Remember, while the Web may provide helpful information, medical decisions should always be made in consultation with a physician.
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DailyStrength Daily Strength offers free, active online support communities for over 500 medical conditions including depression, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, diabetes and even dieting. It is supported by Goodle Ads and does collect and store personal information.
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AIDSInfo AIDSinfo provides easy to read info about HIV/AIDS from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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KidsHealth KidsHealth provides doctor-reviewed, age-appropriate health information for parents, kids and teens.
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NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine The NIH''s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine offers info on dietary supplements, alternative treatments and fat sheets on the basics of complementary, alternative an dintegrative approaches.
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Lab Tests Online Doctor-reviewed, non-commercial patient information on a huge variety of clinical laboratory tests.
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Vaccine Information The Immunization Action Coalition publishes this comprehensive, easy to understand guuide to vaccination information.
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The Medical Library Association''s User''s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Info on the Web This site helps patients know how to find medical info on the web and helps them determine the reliability of the information
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Google Health Google offers the option of ranking health information pages in order of reliability. Remember, while the Web may provide helpful information, medical decisions should always be made in consultation with a physician.
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PRIMED Patient Education Center Thihs Harvard Medical School site has excellent, accessible brochures that educate about common disease and conditions. It also offers glossaries and links to other resources and interactive tools to assess your knowledge and risk. There are pharmaceutical ads on this site.
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The New York Times Health Guide The Times offers thousands of in-depth articles on diseases, conditions, tests, symptoms, injuries and surgeries. Remember, while the Web may provide helpful information, medical decisions should always be made in consultation with a physician.
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