NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
Health-related links
Disclaimer: These links are provided on the understanding that they are not be interpreted as necessarily representing the views of the New Zealand Health Information Service or as medical or professional advice. We recommend that all medical information be carefully reviewed with your healthcare provider.
We welcome suggestions of other valuable health-related Web sites. Please e-mail your suggestions to: webmanager@moh.govt.nz
Clinical:
- New Zealand a founding member of IHTSDO
- Clinical Coding Services
- American Medical Association
- Australian Medical Association
- New Zealand Medical Association
- Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
- Medical Council of New Zealand
- NZ Doctor Online
- Virtual Hospital
- Virtual Medical Center
- Doctor’s Guide to Complete Internet Medical Resources
Health topics:
Consumer information:
- Everybody
Includes guides on various health topics including diagnostic information, treatment options, lifestyle recommendations and details on where to get further support. - Medsafe
Information on the safety of medicines and medical devices in New Zealand. - Healthfinder
A gateway consumer health information site from the US Government containing links to a large number of Web sites. - Travel Health Links (Medical College of Wisconsin)
List of travel health sites. - NOAH (New York Online Access to Health): Health Topics
An information guide to consumer health resources. - NIH Health Information Page
A single access point to consumers of the health information resources of the US National Institutes of Health. - HealthInsite
Australian Government initiative to provide reliable information on health issues.
Research:
- PubMed
The US National Library of Medicine's search service to access over 11 million citations in Medline and pre-Medline (with links to participating online journals), and other related databases. - Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand government agency responsible for official population statistics. - ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research)
NZ Crown Research Institute specialising in public health. - Pacific Health Research Centre
Health research that contributes to the health and wellbeing of Pacific peoples.
Health informatics:
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Decision Systems Group Harvard Medical School
- Health Level 7 Standards
- Medical Records Institute
- Health Informatics New Zealand
Health agencies:
- New Zealand hospitals online (list of district health boards, and hospitals, with contact details)
- Pharmac (NZ pharmaceutical management agency)
- New Zealand Ministry of Health
- Medsafe (New Zealand medicines and medical devices safety authority)
- Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner
- Plunket Society (New Zealand well child and family health services)
- Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
- New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- US National Center for Health Statistics

