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Online Patient Resources
The following websites offer additional resources and information that may be useful to our patients, and their friends and families:
Brain Injury
The University of Washington's Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS), headquartered at the University of Washington's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Harborview Medical Center, is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
General Health Information
The Medicine Plus website is extremely comprehensive and easy to navigate with links to hundreds of authoritative sites. Many experts say this is the place to start your medical search on any condition.
The Medem website contains wide-ranging information from the libraries of 44 professional medical associations, as well as a free children's health newsletter.
Medcon
The University of Washington offers a 24-hour, toll-free consultation and referral service for health care professionals and their clients with spinal cord injury. To contact MEDCON, dial 206-543-5300 if you live in the Seattle area, or 800-326-5300 if you are calling long distance. An operator will direct your call to the physician or other health care professional best able to answer your question.
Neurological Disorders
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website has brief articles about various neurological disorders that are linked to the specific national associations. This website includes information on strokes, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, etc.
Pain
The American Chronic Pain Association website is a good source of information for patients with chronic pain.
The National Pain Foundation provides an online educational and support community for persons in pain, their families, and physicians. The information on treatment is peer reviewed by pain specialists.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Paralyzed Veterans of America website is for Veterans who have experienced spinal cord dysfunction (SCI). It has a good section on living with SCI which can be accessed by the public.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS), centered within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Featured Articles for Patients
Meningiomas
Meningioma tumors arise from one of the layers of the meninges; the protective tissue covering the brain. They are usually benign, slow-growing and do not spread into normal brain tissue.
Featured Patient Story
Naomi Ishisaka's Story
Naomi Ishisaka is a journalist who has worked for papers throughout the Pacific Northwest. Her talent for getting to the real story served her well when she wrote the first installments of a blog she created after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Read more. . .
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