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Preventable Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) cost the healthcare system $2 billion annually.
 

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People should know how to get the necessary information to make it easier for them to live their lives in a healthy way.

Learn what questions to ask, how to keep track of your own health care records and how to do research.

Health Resources Links

Poison Control Center Hotline
www.aapcc.org or call 1-800-222-1222

International Traveler’s Hotline at the Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov or www.immunize.org or call 1-888-232-3228

International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT)
www.iamat.org or call 1-716-754-4883

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov or call 1-877-696-6775
www.healthfinder.gov (provides information on a wide variety of topics including links to medical journals, clearinghouses, databases, medical research, support groups, and libraries)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov or call 1-800-358-9295

Medicare information
www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-633-4227

Physician Certification Information
www.docboard.org

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org or call 1-800-665-2882

American Academy of Family Physicians
www.aafp.org or call 1-800-274-2237

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org or call 1-847-434-4000

Board Certification for doctor certification
Call 1-866-275-2267

National Institutes of Health (health care information)
www.medlineplus.gov or call 1-301-496-4000

American Chiropractic Association
www.amerchiro.org

American Dental Association
www.ada.org

American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org or call 1-888-478-7653

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
www.nccam.nih.gov or call 1-888-644-6226

Home Care Information
www.nahc.org

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org or call 1-800-950-6264

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org or call 1-800-242-8721 or 1-888-478-7653 (stroke info.)

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org or call 1-800-342-2383

National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org or call 1-202-223-2226

Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation
www.organ-transplant.scripps.org

HEALTH RESOURCES FOR SENIORS

Eldercare Locator
call 1-800-677-1116 (Refers you to your local Area Agency on Aging)

Administration on Aging (A0A)
www.aoa.dhhs.gov or call 1-202-619-7501

National Institute on Aging Information Center
www.nih.gov/nia or call 1-301-496-1752

American Association of Retired Persons
www.aarp.org (AARP) call 1-800-424-3410
1-877-434-7598 (TTY)