HIGHTSTOWN MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PA

Educational Links - Miscellaneous Information

  • The New Jersey Department of Insurance and Banking oversees health insurance in the state. Their site provides links for registering complaints and reaching the insurance ombudsman. This site also has a wealth of information on the insurers in our state. Follow the links to Health & Life, Managed Care Bureau and HMO Report Cards (scroll most of the way down the page), and then click Report Cards (or just click here) to find out about your insurer. Remember though, much of this data is 2-3 years old by now.

  • You can also go to the NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Site for their rankings. This is voluntary and not all plans chose to be rated. New plans are not listed during their first two years. Please note that some of the best plans in our area are not listed and we would not necessarily agree with the rankings in our particular area. Click 'Create Report Card' then accept the disclaimer terms. Enter the plan you are interested in, select the plan types, enter your area code and select New Jersey. To see all plans in our area, leave everything blank except the state.

  • A collection of Medical Calculators, including Body Mass Index, Basal/Active Metabolic Rate, Target Heart Rate and Calorie Counts. Try them. They're actually fun.

  • So you've heard about this Human Genome Project and you are wondering 'What's all the hype about?' To find out, click the logo to the right. You will find more information about the Human Genome Project that you care to know. A good place to start is with the red 'About the HGP' Box, or scroll down and select 'What is the HGP' under 'Project Information.' This site is a fountain of information. (Anyone with kids who need an early school project?)
    Want more information? Try the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Human Genome Project Page. Or the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project of the National Cancer Institute

  • Federal Consumer Information Center. This site lists thousands of government publications available, some at no cost, many on-line, covering a huge array of topics. The site is indexed and has a search function.

  • Doctor Resources Patient Leaflets is a British site with a large number of handouts. Generally these are good and cover a broad range of medical problems. Most are one page. Since they are from the UK, there are a number of 'spelling mistakes,' such as 'colour,' and some terminology is different. GP is a term for all primary care physicians, surgery or practice refers to a physician's office, a chemist is a pharmacist. These are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format; if you do not have it, go to the bottom of the home page for instructions on how to get it.

  • Acronym Dictionary to understand those obscure letter combinations we physicians use, as well as many non-medical acronyms you never knew existed.

Updated 11/19/00