Research, Homework Help and Magazines at Haverstraw Library: Health
Healthcare Consumer Info
- FAIR Health ConsumerFair Health Consumer provides reliable information about healthcare costs because each year health insurers around the country send us over 2 billion healthcare claim records, which are added to FAIR Health's database of more than 38 billion claim records. We use information from those claims to estimate what providers charge, and what insurers pay, for providing healthcare to patients all across the country. We make this information available to consumers, researchers, businesses and many others.
- Medicare Procedure Price LookupMedicare has an online tool to find national average patient expenses searchable by CPT code.
- Hospital Price TransparencyCMS.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services info for consumers about hospital price transparency
Science & Health Databases
- Medline PlusInformation on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Funded by the National Library of Medicine
- PubMed CentralNational Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences literature (for medical and health services professionals).
Funded by the National Library of Medicine
- Gale Health and Wellness - HaverstrawSearch a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program. - ABMS Board Certification Search This link opens in a new window[The American Board of Medical Specialists'] online verification service is available for personal use by consumers to research physicians. You will be asked to register for the service by typing in some basic information. To verify a physician's Board Certification status, simply go to www.CertificationMatters.org, enter your search criteria and click on the search button. If you are already logged in, you will see your results immediately; otherwise, you will be asked to identify whether you are a new or returning user.
- VetNow for Veterans - HaverstrawOur Brainfuse VetNow navigators help veterans and their families understand and apply for the benefits they are eligible for from local, state, or federal programs. From housing and health care to education, mental health, and more, Brainfuse VetNow navigators are ready to help.
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- BioMed CentralBMC has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine. In 1999 we made high quality research open to everyone who needed to access it.
Mental Health Reources for Challenging Times
- Mental Health Resources for Coping with the PandemicResource guide developed by RCLS
- Child Mind Instituteincludes numerous free articles regarding stress and anxiety during COVID-19
- NYS Office of Mental HealthNYS Office of Mental Health site with links to resources about how to deal with anxiety and stress
- Managing Coronavirus Anxiety: Tips and Strategies for Familiesfree webinar from Anxiety and Depression Association of America