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Federal Government, General

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A government agency whose mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. It provides information about health conditions, diseases, health insurance, and prevention and wellness.
Food and Drug Administration
The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.

Critical Path
On March 16, 2004, FDA released a report addressing the recent slowdown in innovative medical therapies submitted to the FDA for approval, "Innovation/Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical Products." The report describes the urgent need to modernize the medical product development process – the Critical Path – to make product development more predictable and less costly.

National Institutes of Health
Part of the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the nation's medical research agency working on medical solutions. NIH consists of 27 institutes and centers, including the National Cancer Institute, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The site includes news and an extensive A-Z index of health information.

NIH Roadmap
A strategic plan developed by NIH Director Elias Zerhouni in 2002 to identify major opportunities and gaps in biomedical research and provide a framework of the priorities NIH as a whole must address in order to optimize its entire research portfolio.
National Cancer Institute
The Federal Government's principle agency for cancer research and training.
National Library of Medicine
Part of NIH, this is the world's largest medical library. Users can access the library catalogue, a history of medicine, health information, and various other resources.

PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
PubChem
PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. Users can search for compounds, chemical substances, bioassays, or chemical structures.

HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Researchers
An NIH site devoted to explaining the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that went into effect in April 2003. Provides answers to most frequently asked questions and explanations of the implications of HIPAA for patients and the research community.