Medical Assisting: Web Sites

American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a not-for-profit association of allied health professionals. In addition to certification, AMT provides members ongoing support to maintain skills and competencies, learn and grow in their chosen professions, and sustain quality in the workplace.

CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information. This Web site provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - The primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.

These videos from National Library of Medicine show the anatomy of body parts and organ systems and how diseases and conditions affect them.

this NIH website provides authoritative and up-to-date information on latest treatments, drugs and supplements. It has extensive coverage from the NIH and other trusted sources on over 1000 diseases and conditions.

SNOMED CT is a controlled coded clinical terminology for use in electronic health records. It's developed by College of American Pathologists in USA and by National Health Service in the UK. It allows a consistent way to index, store, retrieve, and aggregate clinical data across specialities and sites of care.

Check out NIMH website to learn about the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental & behavioral disorders. NIMH's misson is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.