Patient Care

• Aids Information Newsletter A biweekly publication from the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

• American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Information for pediatric ophthalmologists, strabismologists and patients. Frequently Asked Questions on pediatric ophthalmology and resource files for patient information.

• American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)

• American Diabetes Association

• American Disability Act (ADA)/Disability Information Index

• American Medical Association General medical information for health care professionals and the public.

• American Medical Association

• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Information on cataract and refractive eye surgery.

• Apple Computer Visual Disabilities Solutions

• Aurora Health Care Largest not-for-profit health care system in Wisconsin.

• Boston Foundation for Sight Non-profit institution dedicated to restoring sight to damaged corneas.

• Cholesterol.com Providing readers with up-to-date and useful information about cardiovascular health and low cholesterol.

• Computer-Based Patient Record Institute (CPRI) Information on standards, confidentiality and developments

• Dana Brainweb: Great Sites for Information on Brain Diseases and Disorders Information on Brain Diseases and Disorders

• Doheny Eye Institute - University of Southern California School of Medicine Information on Eye Institute, physicians and general eye care.

• European Association for the Study of Diabetic Eye Complications

• Eye Bank Association of America Information and resources about eye donation and corneal transplantation

• Eye Cancer Network

• German Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery Information on Society and patient Information (in German ONLY)

• German Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery Information on Society and patient Information (in German ONLY)

• German Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery (in German ONLY) Information on Society and patient Information (in German ONLY)

• Glaucoma Research Foundation Glaucoma Information

• Glaucoma Service and Foundation at Wills Eye Hospital Valuable resources about glaucoma for phyicians and patients

• Global Health Network

• Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc. Resource and provider of premier services to facilitate the independence of people who are blind or visually impaired.

• Harvard University_Virtual Library -Biomedicine Index

• Health Sciences Societies and Organizations (MedWeb Index)

• Health and Human Services

• Hospital Web Index of all hospital-based websites

• Hospital Web A list of Hospitals on the Web.

• IBM - Special Needs Solutions

• IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center Resource Guide for Persons with Vision Impairments

• Immunet a non-profit AIDS service organization designed for AIDS/HIV caregivers.

• Johns Hopkins University InfoNet General medical information for patients and health care providers. Also offers research information and a monthly health newsletter.

• Macular Degeneration Partnership A coalition of patients, families, and professionals. The website provides information about age-related macular degeneration.

• Macular Degeneration, Inc. A non-profit organization, founded in 1999, focusing on raising money for research on macular degeneration.

• MedExplorer Health/Medical Search Engine

• MedWeb Index of Medical Related Information

• Medical Matrix Index to Medical Resources

• Medical Trends Various resources for healthcare professionals. Continuing Medical Education, medical news, research, hyperlinks database on health web sites and more.

• Melbourne University (Australia) - Dept. of Ophthalmology Information on department, public information and links to vision research in Australia. Link to shared library of RVEEH/RACO.

• Multimedia Medical Reference Library

• National Center for Health Statistics

• National Eye Institute

• National Health Information Center

• National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute

• National Keratoconus Foundation

• Needy Meds Listing of drugs that are covered by manufacturer programs for the needy. Drug companies are also indexed.

• Ophthalmology Supersight Abstracts and Table of Contents from several ophthalmic journals

• PXE International, Inc. pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)

• Prevent Blindness America oldest and largest volunteer eye health and safety organization

• Prevent Blindness America

• Public Health Service US Department of Health and Human Services. Agencies & programs, health information, news and public affairs.

• Retinitis Pigmentosa Home Page

• Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK

• Sarcoidosis World-wide Support Groups Provides information about the auto-immune disease sarcoidosis that can cause inflammation of the eyes.

• Schepens Eye Research Center - Harvard University Information on SERC, including cataract fact sheet for patients.

• Sight Savers International Leading UK charity working to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries.

• Sight and Hearing Association

• The Foundation Fighting Blindness Retina donor program and national registry, research and more

• Tissue Banks International (TBI) Since 1962, a non-profit, non-governmental organization providing safe, high quality corneas and other human allograft tissue for ophthalmic procedures to surgeons.

• University of Illinois/Chicago - Dept. of Ophthalmology - UIC Eye Center List of department faculty.

• University of Iowa - Virtual Hospital Continously updated digital health sciences library. Provides distance learning to practicing physicians and other health care professionals, and information to the public on a variety of health care issues.

• University of Pisa (Italy) - La Clinica Oculistica Virtuale Information on Institute of Ophthalmology, the Internet Ophthalmology Society (IOS), lists of Italian and international ophthalmology conferences and symposia, and patient information and newsgroups (English and Italian)

• University of Western Ontario - Department of Ophthalmology

• Varilux® Presbyopia Forum A place for information, discussion and interaction with all presbyopia professionals.

• Virtual Eye Center The Institute of Ophthalmology at the University of Pisa, Italy. Services for medical doctors and public information on common eye diseases.

• Virtual Hospital A variety of medical information for patients and health care providers.

• Virtual Hospital - Dept. of Ophthalmology

• Visions Services for the blind and visually impaired.

• Well Aware Program, Delta Gamma Foundation Collection of programs, activities, and references compiled to promote awareness and education on wellness topics for women.

• West Suffolk Hospital Department of Ophthalmology UK information regarding the department and staff, a guidebook for staff and a resource centre under development

• Wilmer Eye Institute - Johns Hopkins University Information on Eye Institute, research (i.e., MPEG movies on Retina) and glaucoma FAQ for patients.

• World Health Organization