Information for patients

Proven, quality health information for patients

Links

• AHRQ (agency of healthcare and research quality)
  Short, comprehensive abstracts based on study reviews (Spanish)
• CUS: Coordinadora d'Usuaris de la Sanitat, Salut, Consum i Alimentació (Coordinating Committee of Health care, Health, Consumer and Food Users)
  Consumer association that defends the rights of consumers and users of the public health system, as well as in the area of food and food safety
• Escuela de pacientes
  Experts from the Andalusian health care system who develop disease guides for the community
• Fisterra
  Information for patients
• Fulls per a pacients
  Proven information and recommendations, useful for patients to know what is happening to them and how to deal with the situation in the best possible way
• Guía Salud
  Library of clinical practice guidelines drawn up with evidence-based medicine criteria by the National Health System
• i-Botika
  Citizen information on medicines
• Informapacientes
  Specialized search engine for patients on the Internet
• JAMA para pacientes
  Fact sheets about diseases: definition, symptoms, treatment, prevention and links to learn more
• Medline Plus
  A collection of information on diseases compiled by the U.S. Library of Medicine
• Universidad de los pacientes
  Health information adapted to citizens, development of resources and products aimed at improving understanding of the disease and navigation in the healthcare system
• UpToDate: información para pacientes "The Basics"
  Information for patients and health care personnel based on scientific evidence. Different subscriptions options (Spanish)