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Resources for Consumers

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Advertorial | N.J.Hospitals | Healthcare and Services - Select Topics | MRSA and Staph Infections
Health Careers and Jobs | Hotlines | For Children | National Library of Medicine | HealthyNJ

NJHA President's Advertorial

New Jersey Hospitals: Imagine a Day Without Us

• Click here to view our video.
• Help Save N.J. Hospitals, Share Your Concerns With Lawmakers
• "What Will Happen to My Hospital?" - An NJHA Special Report, with List of Hospital Closures

N.J. Hospitals

• List & Map of N.J. Hospitals
• My Hospital Story
• N.J. Hospitals Care Compare
• N.J. Hospitals Price Compare
• Resources:
  Choosing a Hospital
  Before Entering a Hospital
  Health Insurance Coverage
  Your Patient Rights
  Advance Medical Directives
  More

Healthcare and Services - Select Topics

• Advance Directives: Put it in Writing
• Bring Your Baby Back / Newborn Screening
• Breast Cancer Awareness
• Catastrophic Illness In Children's Relief Fund
• Clinical Trials
• Continuing Care Links (Long-term care, home care, senior's bill of rights, Medicare etc.)
• Consumer Choice Guides to Healthcare and Services
• Flu Shot and Influenza
• HIPAA Contacts for N.J. Consumers
• Hospital Directories
• Hospital, Patient and Medical Records and Vital Records
• Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus
• Mental Health Resources
• Mammography Directory - (Early Detection Saves Lives: A Guide to Breast Cancer Screening Services in New Jersey)
• Medication Safety
• MRSA and Staph Infections
• Organ Donation
• Parenting Guide
• Physician Directories
• Pneumonia and NIH Information on Pneumococcal Pneumonia
• Post-partum Depression (PPD). (From the N.J. Dept. of Health and Human Services.)
• Quality and Patient Safety
  • NJHA Consumer Safety Brochure - It's Your Healthcare: Be Involved!
  • NJHA Medication Card

MRSA and Staph Infections

For the Public

• CDC. Community-Associated MRSA Information for the Public

Patients

• AMA. MRSA Infections, JAMA Patient Page.Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 298, No. 15, October 17, 2007, Chicago: American Medical Association.
• CDC. MRSA Information sheet for Patients. Have you been diagnosed with Staphylococcus Aureus or MRSA infection? (.pdf file 207 KB 1 pg)
• Food and Drug Administration. First Quick Test for Deadly, Drug-Resistant MRSA Bacterium
• MayoClinic.com MRSA Infection. Rochester, MN: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
• Mayo Clinic.com Hospital infections: Tips for reducing your risk. Rochester, MN: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Schools

• CDC. Questions and Answers about Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Schools

Athletes

• CDC. Take Care of Your Skin: Tips for Athletes (.pdf file 3 MB 1 pg)

Community-Associated MRSA

• CDC. Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)

Healthcare-Associated MRSA

• CDC. Healthcare-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA)

Podcast

• CDC Podcast: Key Facts About MRSA for the Public

Health Careers

• Center for Nursing and Health Careers
• Careers and Resume Writing
• Career Corner for Kids
• NJHA Career Center (Jobs) (Post resume, search for jobs in N.J. hospitals)
• Scholarships

For Children:

• Career Corner for Kids
• Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus

Hotlines, Complaints, Toll-Free Resources

• HIPAA Contacts for N.J. Consumers
• Hospital Patient Complaint Program: 1-800-792-9770
• Patient Abuse at a State Psychiatric Hospital- N.J. Division of Mental Health Services
  
  
• Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline
• Long Term Care Facility Consumer Complaint Hotline: 1-800-792-9770
• Long Term Care Facility - For the Health Care Industry
• Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Hotline
• Mental Health Services Directory– N.J. Division of Mental Health Services. (By County and Service Type)
• N.J. Dept. of Human Services - Toll-Free Help Lines & Hotlines(Includes Addictions, Disaster Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Gambling and more.)
• N.J. Dept. of Health and Senior Services Toll-Free Numbers
• Charity Care - N.J. Dept. of Health and Senior Services Hotline
• Managed Care Complaints/Appeals – N.J. Dept. of Banking and Insurance
• Office of Insurance Claims Ombudsman – N.J. Dept. of Banking & Insurance
• Physicians - N.J. State Board of Medical Examiners Online Complaint Form
• N.J. Medicaid Eligibility and Hotlines
• Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutional Elderly (OOIE): 1-877-582-6995
• Safe Haven for Infants
• Psychiatric Screening/Crisis Centers– N.J. Division of Mental Health Services
• Suicide Prevention– N.J. Dept. of Health and Senior Services

All Health Topics, Start Here - National Library of Medicine and HealthyNJ:

• MEDLINEplus®
  A goldmine of up-to-date, authoritative and qualitative health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Includes extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. Provides lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily, this Web site has no advertising, nor does this trusted source endorse any company or product.
  
  
• HealthyNJ
  This Web site is by the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The content is designed to meet the information needs of consumers, particularly New Jerseyeans, focusing on content that is current, accurate and relevant. It follows Health On the Net Foundation principles and adheres to the Health Summit Working Group.