Links for GPs

Links for Patients

General Practice Organisations 

• Australian Family Physician
• National Divisions of General Practice
• Australian General Practice Network
• WA GP Network
• Australian Medical Association of Western Australia  
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 
• Rural Doctors Association of Australia
• Doctors Reform Society of Australia

Hospitals

• Osborne Park Hospital
• Joondalup Health Campus 
• Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
• Royal Perth Hospital
• King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women
• Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
• St John of God Health Care (Subiaco)
• Mount Hospital

Government Health sites

• Healthy @ Home
• Australian Department of Health and Ageing

• WA Department of Health

• Medicare Australia  (previously HIC)

Medical Links 

• CareSearch - GP page (palliative care)

• The Doctors' Reference Site - Essential links for all doctors.
• Dermatology Atlas
• Primary Health Care Research and Information Service - (PHCRIS) On-line searchable databases supplied by department of Health and Ageing
• Health Insite -Up-to-date and quality assured information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.
• National Prescribing Service
• GI website - a glycemic index reference site for diabetics. Here you will find information on the glycemic index for most foods.
• The Medical Algorithms Project - a collection of thousands of excel spreadsheets covering  many healthcare issues
• Omni: An online resource for finding medical information on the web
• Australian Drug Information Network
• HCN - Directory of Australian Health on the Web - a useful collection of links to sites that are Australian, health related, and content-rich.
• Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Royal Perth Hospital
• GP Handbook

Medical Journals 

• Australian Doctor Online 
• British Medical Journal
• US National Library of Medicine
• Journal of American Medical Informatics Assoc'n 
• The Lancet 
• Medical Journal of Australia 
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Australian Prescriber
• Nature Medicine

Medical Computing and Software

• Broadband for Health
• General Practice Computing Group
• ThirdAge - general computer & web basics to get you started, some very useful tutorials
• Genie
• Medical Windows
• MIMS
• PracSoft
• Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd.

Other Sites of Interest

• Australian Consumers Association
• Health Informatics Society of Australia

Health Promotion Sites

• Arthritis Foundation of WA
• Asthma Foundation of WA
• Better Health Channel
• Breast Cancer Centre 
• Breastscreen WA
• Cholesterol Information (available in several languages) Asian Foods  European Foods  Samoan and Tongan Foods
• Coeliac Society
• Diabetes Australia
• Disease information 
• Health Finder
• Health Department of WA Public Health Information
• Federal Government's health information site
• Child Health 
• Indigenous people 
• Nutrition Australia
• National Heart Foundation
• Osteoporosis Australia
• Public Health Association of Australia
• St John Ambulance online first-aid course

• WA Cancer Council   

• WA Office of Mental Health 

• World Health Organisation

• WA Department of Health

• Quit WA

• Healthway

• Australian Association of Health Promotion

Other Health Sites

• List of Doctors - Doctors4U website
• Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society (ARCSHS)
• NSW Health Multicultural Communication
• Australian Department of Health and Ageing
• Immunise Australia Program
• FPWA (Family Planning WA)
• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Relationships Australia
• Sane Australia

• Central Wait List Bureau

• Dental Health Services

• Health Consumers' Council

• CareSearch (palliative care)

• Psych Support

• HealthDirect
  Ph: 1800 022 222  or TTY: 1800 022 226

• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
  Ph: 1800 020 613 or TTY: 1800 552 152