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ACCESS - State of Wisconsin
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Welcome to ACCESS - Access to Eligibility Support Services for Health & Nutrition. This Web site is a quick and easy way for people who live in Wisconsin to see if they might be able to get help through Wisconsin's health and nutrition programs.
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AHFS Consumer Medication Information
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AHFS Consumer Medication Information (formerly called Lexi-PALS Drug Guide) offers patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. < Both brand and generic drug names are searchable. This content is updated monthly. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Alt HealthWatch
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Putting a focus on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness is the goal of Alt HealthWatch, from EBSCO. It offers full text articles from more than 180 international journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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BlackDoctor.org
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BlackDoctor.org (BDO) offers new approaches for Black health, including free referrals to Black doctors. There are effective strategies for managing your health, nutrition, weight loss, exercise tips and more.
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Consumer Health Complete
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Consumer Health Complete is an all-in-one health resource collection from EBSCO. The database includes health encyclopedias and reference books, pamphlets from organizations such as the American Red Cross and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health news from over 560 consumer health periodicals, thousands of full text evidence-based health reports for the layperson, and videos, images and diagrams to illustrate the information throughout. It also completely contains two other specialized EBSCO databases, the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide and Alt HealthWatch. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Diagnostic Medical Tests - Harvard Family Health Guide
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A useful site from the Harvard Medical School which assists patients in understanding the various components of different medical tests.
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Health Source Consumer Edition (via Web from EBSCO)
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Use this database to search and retrieve abstracts and articles for over 500 consumer health, nutrition and professional health periodicals. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
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Click on the Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition database to search nearly 550 scholarly and full text journals focusing on a wide range of medical disciplines. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Healthfinder
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Healthfinder is a gateway consumer health and human services information Web site published by the United States Government's Department of Health and Human Services.
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MEDLINE
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Search and retrieve citations and abstracts from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE (via EBSCO) database which covers over 3800 medical journals from 1966 to the present. Studies, method comparisons, and reviews of current subjects are included. Clicking on the MPL Icon button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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MEDLINEplus (not to be confused with MEDLINE)
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This site is courtesy of the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is a consumer oriented, easily navigated access for anyone with a medical question. 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.
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
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This classic reference source provides useful clinical information in a concise, complete and accurate manner on all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as detailed information on pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and a number of special subjects.
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NIH Senior Health
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This site from the National Institutes of Health is geared towards seniors. Featuring larger print and adjustable tools for reading, a large array of health topics are presented.
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State of Wisconsin - Consumer Guide To Health Care
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This site from DHFS helps Wisconsin residents make better health choices by providing useful information on a variety of health topics. Many of the links are to Wisconsin based organizations.
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Wisconsin PricePoint System - Health Care Costs
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The Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center's PricePoint system provides facility-specific information about services and average charges for both inpatient and outpaitient services at Wisconsin hospitals.
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