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Other Web Sites Of Interest For Georgia Health Care Consumers and Health Care Practitioners

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American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is an organization of 24 approved medical specialty boards. The ABMS serves to coordinate the activities of its Member Boards and to provide information to the public, the government, the profession and its members concerning issues involving specialization and certification of medical specialists.
http://www.abms.org

Administrators in Medicine (AIM) is an organization for Executive Directors and staff of state medical boards. AIM provides as a public service by member state medical and osteopathic boards an informational web site database that allows health care consumers to research practitioner information from participating state medical and osteopathic boards. The information contained in this web site was supplied voluntarily by the respective state medical and osteopathic boards.http://www.docboard.org

American Medical Association (AMA) promotes professionalism in medicine by setting standards for medical education, practice,and ethics.
http://www.ama-assn.org

The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a national organization of women physicians and women medical students whose purpose is to promote women in medicine and women's health issues. http://www.amwa-doc.org

County Medical Society Listing is a service provide by the Medical Association of Georgia to look up physicians practicing in your county.
http://www.mag.org/cms_list.htm

DHR - Emergency Medical Services (EMS Section) coordinates and regulates the personnel, facilities, and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of emergency medical services in order to optimize the patient's chances of survival and to limit the threat of permanent disability.
http://www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/ems/

DHR - Office of Regulatory Services is responsible for inspecting, monitoring, licensing, registering, and certifying a variety of child care and health care programs. ORS works to ensure that facilities and programs operate at acceptable levels, as mandated by state statutes and by rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Human Resources. ORS also recommends certification of various health care facilities to receive Medicaid and Medicare funds, through contracts with the Health Care Financing Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www2.state.ga.us/Departments/dhr/ors/

Federation of State Medical Boards maintains valuable and constructive relationships with a variety of professional, licensing, and certifying organizations, including the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Osteopathic Association, other national medical groups, national organizations of licensing and certifying agencies in health-related fields and medical licensing authorities in several foreign countries.
http://www.fsmb.org

Georgia Academy of Family Physicians: Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) is a state wide non-profit medical association made up of over 1900 family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students. It mission is to promote the specialty of family medicine through education of and service to the family physician. http://www.gafp.org

Georgia Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (GAEMT) is an organization for Paramedics, Cardiac Technicians and Emergency Medical Technicians. It is a non-profit organization designed to assist its membership who work in the State of Georgia.
http://www.gaemt.org

Georgia Association of Physician's Assistants: The mission of the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants is to promote high quality, cost-effective, accessible health care as part of a physician directed physician assistant/physician team, to provide for personal growth and professional development of PAs, and to promote and represent the PA profession in Georgia.
http://www.gapaonline.org/

Georgia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics The AAP is comprised of over 53,000 general pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical sub-specialists. There are approximately 1,400 members in the Georgia Chapter. The Chapter is governed by its 25-member board of directors. The mission of the Georgia Chapter is: 1.) To improve the health and welfare of all infants, children, adolescents and young adults in the State of Georgia; and, 2.) To unite qualified pediatricians of the state into a representative organization for the advancement of the practice of pediatrics.
http://www.gaaap.org

Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) was created by Governor Roy E. Barnes, Jr., and the Georgia General Assembly in 1999. The department is responsible for: insuring 2 million Georgians (25% of Georgia's population); to maximize the state's health care purchasing power; planning for insuring 1.3 million uninsured Georgia citizens; and, coordinating health care planning for state agencies. DCH is the agency to which the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners is administratively attached.
http://www.communityhealth.state.ga.us/

Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) provides millions of Georgians with health care, protection, financial assistance, treatment and rehabilitation for disabling conditions. DHR makes sure communities have clean drinking water, safe day care centers and restaurants that meet health codes. It is DHR's goal to help families and individuals stay healthy and self-sufficient. DHR manages over 100 state administer or federally funded programs in 1,000 locations and all of Georgia's 159 counties.
http://www.dhr.state.ga.us/

Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association (GOMA) is a non-profit organization comprised of osteopathic physicians, residents, interns and students. GOMA strives to elevate and maintain the high standards of the profession by providing quality educational programs for its members; providing opportunities for the citizens of Georgia to attend an out-of-state medical school; and supporting osteopathic medical training programs. http://www.goma.org/

Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association (GPPA) is a medical specialty organization of approximately 700 doctors dedicated to providing the highest quality of care for individuals with psychiatric problems and disorders. GPPA's members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses, including substance abuse disorders. http://www.gapsychiatry.org

Georgia Society for Respiratory Care (GSRC) is a chapter of the American Association for Respiratory Care. GSRC works to promote professionalism is the field of respiratory care and to help its members broaden their scope of knowledge.
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwgrc

Georgia State Medical Association (GSMA) is an affiliate of the National Medical Association (NMA). GSMA and NMA encompass all medical specialties. NMA is recognized as one the foremost authorities on African American health care, medical practice, medical science and education. http://www.gsmanet.org

Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) is an organization for physicians whose mission is to enhance patient care and the health of the public by advancing the art and science of medicine and by representing physicians and patients in the policy-making processes.
http://www.mag.org

MEDLINEplus is a service of the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine to provide health information resources for America's health care consumer and practitioner. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question. Both health professionals and consumers can depend on it for accurate, current, medical information. This service provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

National Association of Acupuncture Detoxification (NADA) is a national, non-profit organization that promotes acupuncture as a recovery tool for a drug and alcohol dependence.
http://www.acupuncture.com/Acup/NadaPg1.htm

National Association for the Certification of Acupuncturists and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) is a non-profit organization designed to promote nationally recognized standards of competency and safety in acupuncture, Chinese herbology and Oriental bodywork therapy for the purpose of protecting the public.
http://www.nccaom.org

National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) addresses the concerns of licensed physicians of Hispanic descent. NHMA provides national policy makers and health care providers with expert information and support in strengthening health service delivery to the America's Hispanic communities.
http://home.earthlink.net/~nhma/

National Medical Association (NMA) promotes the collective interest of physicians and patients of African descent and serving as the collective voice of physicians of African descent and a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health. http://www.nmanet.org

Official Code of Georgia Annotated Search is a service provided by the Georgia Technology Authority to look up Georgia laws. The Statutes posted are current through the 2000 Session of the Georgia General Assembly. However, the Statutes posted from the 2000 Session may not yet be in effect. Users of this service should note that the effective date of the Statutes are not listed on this service and are advised to verify the effective date of any Statutes posted on this Web Site. Any person or entity that relies on information obtained solely from this Site does so at his or her own risk. http://www.ganet.org/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/
ocgsearch?number=43-34&format=full

Office of the Secretary of State: Examining Boards Division The Office of Secretary of State, Division of Examining Boards maintains a web site for many professions not licensed by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. For information regarding other health care professionals, including chiropractors, dentists, dietitians, marriage counselors, nurses, opticians, pharmacists, physical therapists, podiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, please use this link:
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ebd/

Physician and Physician's Assistants Georgia Code is a service provided by the Georgia Technology Authority to look up Georgia laws as they apply to Physicians and Physician's Assistants. This link will take your directly to that section of the Georgia Code.
http://www.ganet.org/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?
docname=OCode/G/43/34/20

Rules of Composite State Board of Medical Examiners Code is a service provided by the Georgia Technology Authority to look up Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners Rules and Regulations.
http://www.ganet.org/rules/index.cgi?base=360

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