Name |
Website |
Chapter |
American Medical Association: National association for physicians and medical students. AMA works to improve the nation’s health by enhancing the delivery of care and enabling physicians and health teams to partner with patients for better health. |
11 |
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American Well: Online healthcare connection providing healthcare into peoples’ homes, workplaces, and online help. |
7 |
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Amino: Find doctors, compare their experience, and book appointments. |
1 |
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Arivale: Optimizes personal wellness goals based on DNA and lifestyle. |
1 |
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Blue Cross Blue Shield: Procedure & service cost estimator for members. |
www.bcbs.com/already-a-member/cost-estimator/procedure-service-cost-es-timator.html |
3 |
California Healthcare Compare: Consumer Reports link to project involving CA Dept. of Insurance, comparing cost, and quality of healthcare. |
7 |
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Caring.com: Services for assisted/independent/senior living, in-home care, and support groups as well as health-condition and caregiving information. |
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Castlight Health: Healthcare benefits platform provider for further explanation of current healthcare insurance. |
1, 5 |
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Center for Connected Health Policy: Promotes telehealth policy and provides research and articles. |
4 |
|
Clear Health Costs: Bringing transparency to healthcare costs and procedures. |
7 |
|
CMS Compare: U.S. Government website to help compare hospital Medicare benefits. |
7 |
|
Cognoa: Designed to evaluate risk for developmental delays in children 18 months to 7 years old. |
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Consumer Health Choices: Supports consumers in identifying & choosing high quality products & services. |
http://consumer-healthchoices.org/patients-and-consumers/#-price-reports |
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Consumer Reports Health: Information and articles on topics of health purchasing and use. |
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Data.Medicare.gov: Compare (CMS) hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, home health. |
7 |
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Dollars for Docs: Database containing payments to doctors & teaching hospitals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies made between Aug 2013 and Dec 2014 under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act {part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.}. |
7 |
|
Firstline: Concierge doctor; house calls available 24/7. |
3 |
|
Getmyhealthdata: Information for patients on how, why, and what to request health data. |
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Guroo: Data on healthcare cost and quality. National, state, & local pricing guide. |
6 |
|
Hale Health: Free program that connects clinical teams and their patients between visits. |
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Healthcare Cost Institute: Provides unbiased information about healthcare utilization cost. |
6 |
|
Health System Measurement Project: Brings together trend data on a limited set of key health system measurements from multiple data sources {CDC, FDA, HRSA, SAMHSA, U.S. Census Bureau +}. |
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Healthcare Bluebook: A team of clinicians, healthcare experts, strategists & technologists offering fair pricing in healthcare with the use of transparency. |
3, 6 |
|
Healtheway: eHealth Exchange (Federated Network Direct) connecting 30 percent of U.S. hospitals and 10,000 medical groups Name was changed to The Sequoia Project in June 2015. |
2 |
|
Healthgrades: Find a doctor, view background information, and/or write a doctor review. |
6 |
|
Healthsparq: Transparency decision tools for employers and health plans; prices on a timeline, provider search, provider reviews. |
6 |
|
HealthTap: Near-universal online access to medical consultations with healthcare specialists. |
7 |
|
Helix: Connecting people to companies specifically for their genetic make-up DNA. |
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Hello Heart: A wellness program that helps reduce healthcare costs using the only clinically validated mobile solution for heart disease. |
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HIPAA Helper: Search tool showing whether your hospital, clinic, pharmacy or health insurer has been named in patient privacy complaints, breaches, or violations with the use of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (enforces HIPAA), the California Dept. of Public Health (enforces California’s medical privacy laws) and the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (tracks privacy violations within the veterans hospitals & clinics). |
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Idoc24: Online helper offering a professional opinion from board-certified dermatologists based on uploaded pictures and information provided. |
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Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Creates a new pathway to expedite the licensing of physicians seeking to practice medicine in multiple states. |
7 |
|
Iodine: Expert information on conditions & patient feedback on medications. |
10 |
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The Leapfrog Group: Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American healthcare. Provides purchasers and consumers information with Hospital Survey and Hospital Safety Score. |
7 |
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National Partnership for Women & Families: Promotes fairness in the workplace, reproductive health & rights, access to quality, affordable healthcare, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. |
3, 5, 6 |
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Open Notes: A national initiative that gives patients access to visit notes written by their doctors, nurses, or other clinicians. |
6 |
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Open Payments: Open Payments is the federally run program that collects the information about financial relationships that doctors and hospitals have with healthcare manufacturing companies and makes it available to the public. |
7 |
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Oration: online pharmacy services which also keeps all your medical information stored for use in pharmacies everywhere. |
7 |
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Patient Advocate Foundation: A national nonprofit that provides services to Americans with chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating illness. Provides a wealth of resources including publications for patients. |
3 |
|
Patients Right to Know: A service provided by House Bill 1331 and Citizens for Patient Safety [House Bill 1331 increases the amount of disclosures on the Board of Medical Examiner’s website and makes searches more consumer friendly]. |
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PillPack: Full service pharmacy offering your daily medications individually wrapped and separated by time/day to take. |
8, 3 |
|
Pokitdok: Cloud platform with business functions for providers and lists providers for consumers. |
1 |
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Priority Care Hawaii: 24-hour urgent medical care on the big island. |
1 |
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Pro Publica: Independent, nonprofit newsroom the produces investigative journalism on public interest topics. |
7 |
|
RateMDs: Hundreds of thousands of free, user-submitted ratings of medical doctors and dentists in the United States and Canada. |
6 |
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RockHealth: Venture fund dedicated to digital health. |
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Surgeon Scorecard: Use this database to know more about a surgeon before your operation. |
7 |
|
Symptify: An online self-assessment tool that uses a customized algorithmic engine to help users educate themselves about causes of symptoms. |
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Teladoc: See a doctor through live online video, over the phone, or schedule an appointment. |
7 |
|
The White House: Learn more about the Affordable Care Act incl. rights & protections, access to care, affordable coverage, and Medicare. |
1 |
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Treatment Tracker: Doctors & services in Medicare Part B. |
6 |
|
Webicina: Provides peer reviewed curated lists of social media by condition. |
6 |
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Zipnosis: Partner with health systems to increase clinical efficiency, improve patient access, and enhance brand image. |
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ZocDoc: Check doctor’s open appointment times & book online, read reviews, and fill out doctors office forms online. |
6 |