AIM DocFinder
(This is the main page for AIM)

FSMB Links
( This is the Federation's link page to every known Medical Board now online)

The Federation of State Medical
Boards of the U
(This is the homepage of the Federation)

Misconduct and Physician Discipline
(This is the webpage for New York Board of Medicine's discipline)

HAROLD R. SELBY
(This man is a newly elected state legislator in Missouri. His brother died
due to poor medical care. Pay special attention to what this site says about
Health and Hospitals). You may want to contact him.

Here are the consumer/ advocate websites:

Association For Responsible Medicine Website
Medical Malpractice Victims Organization

indexfra
Letter from Medicare regarding care from Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (peer review for Medicare). ( will also send you hard copy of this)

The American Iatrogenic Association
(You may want to contact Nic Martin, here is his email address: aia@iatrogenic.org )

Victims Justice Center
(Contact Debra Dixon, ask her to send you a copy of "The Journal". (765) 292-2590 )

Dr. Eileen Wayne Website
Dr. Wayne is a strong advocate for rigorous informed consent standards, one of the major ethical issues in medicine. Her site includes proposed legislation to insure that a patient's right to be fully informed is guaranteed.

The HMO Page
Physicians Who Care is a strong group of concerned docs about the HMO problem. (This site may be of more use to you with the other story we discussed.)

Coalition for Consumer Rights of Illinois
(this group helped reverse tort reforms)

Coma Recovery Association

Check on Docs:

Administrators in Medicine's Databank for Consumers

(all other medical boards online with websites
to check on docs)

Federation of State Medical Boards Homepage
American Medical Association

Colorado LAWS
(Colorado General Assembly can link to all statutes and rules of civil procedure from here)

Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct by Attorneys

Internet legal sites that are good sources of information are:

Ted Babbitt
He is ARM general counsel. His web site provides many links to information for medical consumers.

Scott McMillen
He is a malpractice lawyer in Orlando, Florida.

http://www.mcandl.com/
This is a defense lawyer's website, but it is useful for its compendium of medical malpractice laws in all states.

http://congress.nw.dc.us/patient/
Use this site to contact members of Congress and find out about current legislation of interest to patient advocates.

HCIA
is a company that provides data services to hospitals. This list of top 100 hospitals is according to them based on objective standards of quality.

http://plague.law.umkc.edu
The law professor who maintains this site is a very prolific writer on medical malpractice and
the law.

http://www.ht.com/
This site describes patient simulator products available from a company in Rockville, Maryland. The simulators allow doctors to learn new procedures using virtual surgery equipment instead of real patients. The simulators are affordable alternatives to using human guinea pigs.

http://www.knowx.com/
This site provides information about lawsuits filed in some states as well as many other kinds of information in public records. Some searches cost money.

http://www.decision.org/
A nonprofit group working with patients and doctors to provide the necessary information to
make the right decision about a serious treatment option.

http://www.hmopage.org/
This site was established by doctors who are concerned about the take over of medicine by HMO's.

http://www.prairielaw.com/
This site lists what they call "heroes" for justice in most states. It may be a good place to begin a search for a lawyer if no ARM sponsors are in your area. The site also offers an active discussion of medical malpractice by free subscription. It is worth your time to investigate this site.

http://www.rmf.org/w7910.html
This site is a forum used by the Harvard Risk Management Foundation to discuss disclousure of medical mistakes by resident physicians.

http://www.florenceproject.org
The Florence Project is a grassroots website put together by nurses.

http://airastur.es/galan
This site is in Spanish. The webmaster is a doctor and lawyer in Spain.

http://www.wp.com/hcla/page.htm
This site may be useful for keeping up with legislation at the national level.

http://www.voicenet.com/~nlvn/index.html
A website for victims of the drug "Lupron"

http://www.mederrors.com
Information on the prevalence of medication errors.

http://www.healthfinder.gov
A useful site sponsored by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

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