Our New Web Site - Center for Medical Consumers

Healthfacts, Oct 1, 1998 by Marya Napoli

Visit us on the world-wide web at www.medicalconsumers.org to learn about the Center for Medical Consumers wide-ranging advocacy projects. We are active in both statewide and nationwide efforts to improve the quality and availability of health care.

The web site outlines our watch dog activities regarding the advertising of prescription drugs directly to the public, our efforts to make managed care plans accountable for negligent decisions, our coalition work to fight FDA reforms that endanger the public, our support of legislation that will expand publicly available information about individual doctors malpractice histories and discipline by hospitals . . . and much more.

The web site also includes links to other data bases, such as the Medicare Information for Consumers, the National Library of Medicine, AIDS Clinical Trial Information Service, and the World Health Organizations web site for international travelers. You will also find directions to our medical library which is open to the public all weekdays.