Websites for biomedical engineers

Websites para los bioingenieros


8 January 2001

Below is a list of useful websites for biomedical engineers both in English and Spanish. The list has been collated by Jonathan Gaev. Please note that this work is not "endorsed" by ECRI. Jonathan did it as a colleague, including websites that other colleagues used in their work, without passing judgement. He checked that all links were working as of the week of 1 January 2001. Jonathan points out that the results may not reflect the universe of websites and asks those interested send him suggestions to improve the list at the address below.

Jonathan A. Gaev, M.S.E.
Director, International Programs, ECRI
5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298, USA.
Tel.: +1 610 825 6000 X5368
Fax: +1 610 834 1275
Email: jgaev@ecri.org

SAFETY AND RECALL INFORMATION
INFORMACION RELACIONADA CON LA SEGURIDAD Y ALERTAS

Europe (English and French) http://www.hosmat.fr/acceuil.htm
FDA-MAUDE (USA) http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/search.cfm
FDA-Safety Notices (USA) http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety.html
FDA-User Error (USA) http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/useerror/Index.html
FDA-Warning Letters (USA) http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning.htm
Health Canada (English and French) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
Medical Device Agency (UK) http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/mdahome.htm
Medical Sevice Safety Reports http://www.mdsr.ecri.org
Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia) http://www.health.gov.au/tga/
Understanding Medical Device Errors http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/useerror/UseErrorChecklist.pdf

MEDICAL INFORMATION-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Información de Medicina en Inglés

Definitions of Medical Terms http://www.medterms.com
Drugs http://www.pdr.net/
http://www.nursespdr.com
http://www.rxlist.com
El Medico-English http://www.elmedico.net/english.html
The Free Medical Journals Site http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/spec.htm
General Medical Information http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/medscape/p/gcommunity/ghome.asp
Grateful Med http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
Information About Healthcare Professionals http://www.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?304227523
International Classification of Diseases Codes (ICD-9 CM) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm
Links to Biomedical Information (Mel's Place) http://www.invisionet.com
Mechanical Ventilation http://www.ventworld.com
Medical Articles (Medscape) http://www.medscape.com/
Medline http://medlineplus.adam.com/
Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual
National Guidelines Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov
Search Service-National Library of Medicine (PubMed) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

INFORMACION DE MEDICINA EN ESPAÑOL
Medical information in Spanish

Diario Medico (España) http://www.diariomedico.com/
El Médico http://www.elmedico.net/
Health Technology Monitor en Español http://www.paho.org
Menú de los Primeros Auxilios http://www.ctv.es/USERS/sos/pauxmenu.htm
Planetamedico http://www.planetamedico.com
Revistas de Medicina Sin Costo http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/esp.htm

TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN ENGLISH
Información Técnica en Inglés

Biomedical Page http://hometown.aol.com/MKauff2556/index1.html
Biophotonics International http://www.photonics.com
Conversion Factors http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2
Educational Information and Resources for Electronics Engineers http://www.techonline.com/
Electronic Design http://www.elecdesign.com
Engineering Information http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm
List of Biomedical Engineering Books (through 1995) http://kermaosf.medphysics.wisc.edu/~cameron/Books_In_Print/Biomedical.html
Medical Design Online Newsletter http://www.medicaldesignonline.com
Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/ms.htm
Microsoft Technical Support http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US

INFORMACION TECNICA EN ESPAÑOL
Technical Information in Spanish

Listado de los Fabricantes no Españoles List of Manufacturers outside of Spain http://www.medical-devices-net.com/fabriext.htm
McGraw Hill de España http://www.mcgraw-hill.es
Revista de Aula Bioingenieria http://www.es.datex-ohmeda.com/aula-bioingenieria/Numero1/Numero1-index.htm
Arquitetura e Engenharia em Saúde (Portugués) http://www.anvisa.gov.br/correlatos/serv/manuais/index.htm

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
ORGANISMOS PROFESIONALES

Advanced Medical Technology Association (formerly HIMA) http://www.himanet.com
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) http://accenet.org
American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org
American Institute of Architects http://www.e-architects.com
American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering http://www.aimbe.org/
American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management http://www.ashrm.org/asp/home/home.asp
American Society for Testing and Materials http://www.astm.org
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation http://www.aami.org/
Asociación Española para la Calidad (AEC) http://www.aec.es/
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación http://www.aenor.es/
Association Française des Ingénieurs Biomédicaux/French Biomedical Engineering Association (English and French) http://www.afib.asso.fr/
Biomaterials Network http://www.biomat.net/
Biomechanics World Wide http://www.per.ualberta.ca/biomechanics
The Biomedical Engineering Network http://www.bmenet.org/BMEnet/
Boletín Oficial del Estado http://www.boe.es/
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (FDA-USA) http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
Center for Telemedicine Law (CTL) http://www.ctl.org
Centro de Comunicaciones CSIC-RedIRIS Interconnection of Computer Resources-Spanish National Research Network (Spanish and English) http://www.rediris.es
The Danish Healthcare Network (English and Danish) http://www.medcom.dk/english/index.htm
ECRI (English/Español en febrero) http://www.ecri.org
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/embs/
European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association http://www.edma-ivd.be
IEEE Websites http://www.ieee.org/web/search/
International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering http://www.ifmbe.org/
IFMBE News http://ifmbe-news.iee.org
Instituto de la Ingeniería de España http://www.iies.es/
International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.ch
International Society for Technology Assessment in Healthcare http://www.istahc.org/
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/
Librerías Españoles Accesibles a través de Internet http://www.bne.es/esp/libes.htm
Medical Device Network en Español http://www.medical-devices-net.com/
Miliarium Aureum, Ingeniería Civil y Medio Ambiente http://www.miliarium.com/
Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas-España http://www.map.es
National Fire Prevention Agency http://www.nfpa.org
National Institute of Health http://www.nih.gov
Pan American Health Organization/Organización Panamericana de Salud (English and Spanish) http://www.paho.org
Sociedad Española de Informática de la Salud http://www.seis.es/
Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (Spanish and English) http://seib.uv.es
Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria http://www.semfyc.es/
Sociedad Española de Patología Digestivia http://www.sepd.org/
Sociedad Mexicana de Ingenieros Biomedicos http://www.somib.org.mx
Underwriters Laboratories http://www.ul.com/welcome.html
Veteran's Administration Virtual Learning Center http://www.va.gov/med/osp/default.asp
World Health Organization http://www.who.org
Links from Medical Devices Net (Titulos en Español) http://www.medical-devices-net.com/web.htm

SEARCH ENGINES-ENGLISH
Buscadoras en Inglés

AltaVista http://www.altavista.com/
Ask http://www.ask.com/
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com
Excite http://www.excite.com
FTP Search http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/?form=medium
GOOGLE http://www.google.com
Northernlight http://www.northernlight.com
Searchengines http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Yahoo! www.yahoo.com

BUSCADORAS EN ESPAÑOL
Search engines in Spanish

Agencia Española del ISBN Títulos http://www.mcu.es/bases/spa/isbn/ISBN.html
Buscador En Internet de Webs Españoles http://www.biwe.es/
El Mundo Búsquedas en Salud http://www.el-mundo.es/salud/buscador
Netscape http://home.es.netscape.com/es
Portal de España http://www.terra.es/
Yahoo! España http://es.yahoo.com/

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES
OTROS WEBSITES DE INTERES

Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
Currency Conversion http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Dictionary-English http://www.orchy.com/dictionary/
http://www.dictionary.com/
Technical and Medical Terms in 9 European Languages http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html
Página de la Lengua Española Diccionarios. Spanish language dictionaries , multilingual dictionaries and on-line translations (Titles are mostly in Spanish) http://www.dat.etsit.upm.es/~mmonjas/dicc.html
Infotrieve http://www.infotrieve.com
ISI Document Solution www.isinet.com/prodserv/ids/idsfm.html
TDI Library Services, Inc. http://www.tdico.com
UnCover Company http://uncweb.carl.org
European Newspapers http://ajr.newslink.org/nonuse.html
Flight Schedule Information http://www.oag.com/
Free Fax and e-mail http://www.efax.com/
Free 100 MB of Storage via Internet http://www.xdrive.com/index_express.html
Free e-mail http://www.hotmail.com
http://www.yahoo.com
International Calling Codes http://www.the-acr.com/codes/cntrycd.htm
Job Search for Multilingual Speakers (English/Portuguese/Spanish) http://www.latpro.com
Location of Videoconferencing Centers http://www.ftf-tokyo.com/index.html
http://www.kinkos.com/location/storelocator.jsp
http://www.mivnet.com/roomlocator.html
http://www.proximity.com/publicroomlocation.htm
Para enviar mensajes a celulares (España) http://www.navegalia.com/portal/ofiweb/sms/index.htm
http://www.terra.es/sms/
Reverse Phone Directory http://reversephonedirectory.com/
Time Zones http://www.timezoneconverter.com/
Translation http://babel.altavista.com/translate.dyn
Travel Warnings http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html