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| ¨ | www.amtexpo.com/bbb | Houston Better Business Bureau |
| ¨ | www.houston.citysearch.com | A General Guide to Houston |
| ¨ | www.thewebmap.com/houston | Houston Metro City site |
| ¨ | www.houston.tx.us | General Houston area information |
| ¨ | www.ci.houston.tx.us | Official City of Houston site |
| ¨ | www.virtualrelocation.com | Relocation Assistance |
| ¨ | www.homefair.com | Relocation/Home Value comparisons/The Salary Calculator |
| ¨ | www.uschamber.org | U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
| ¨ | www.chron.com | Houston Chronicle (our major daily newspaper) |
| ¨ | www.amcity.com/houston/index | Houston Business Journal |
| ¨ | www.computerworld.com | Computer World online |
| ¨ | www.state.tx.us | Official State of Texas site (excellent, comprehensive site) |
| ¨ | www.texashighways.com | Texas Highways Magazine online (misc tidbits about Texas) |
| ¨ | www.tpwd.state.tx.us | Texas Parks & Wildlife online (misc tidbits about Texas) |
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Save Bandwidth! Check out Virus Hoaxes and Urban Legends! Virus/Hoax debunking/tracking sites: |
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| ¨ | www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html | Symantec's Virus Hoax site |
| ¨ | ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html | Computer Incident Advisory Capability (of the Department of Energy) |
| ¨ | www.datafellows.com/news/hoax/ | DataFellows (now F-Secure) |
| ¨ | kumite.com/myths/ | Independent virus hoax tracker |
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Urban Legends Reference Sites: |
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| ¨ | snopes.simplenet.com/ | |
| ¨ | urbanlegends.miningco.com/ | |
| ¨ | www.urbanmyths.com/index.html | |
Helpful
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Harris County Medical Society and Related Organizations: |
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County Medical Society (HCMS) Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) 1515 Hermann Drive Houston, TX 77004-7126 713-524-HCMS (4267) Fax: 713-526-1434 www.hcms.org |
¨ | Medserv, Inc. (wholly-owned subsidiary of HCMS, providing member services) 1515 Hermann Drive Houston, TX 77004-7126 713-526-SERV (7378) Fax: 713-526-2294 www.hcms.org/membserv/medserv.html |
| ¨ | Museum of Health & Medical Science 1515 Hermann Drive Houston, TX 77004-7126 713-521-1515 Fax: 713-942-7055 www.mhms.org |
¨ | Physicians Health Plan (Medical Community Insurance Company) 1020 Holcombe #440 Houston, TX 77030 713-796-70 Fax: 713-797-0898 www.physiciansinc.com |
| ¨ | Texas Medical
Association 401 W. 15th Street Austin, TX 78701 512-370-1300 Fax: 512-370-1633 1-800-880-1300 www.texmed.org |
¨ | American Medical Association 515 North State Street Chicago, IL 60610 312-464-5000 Fax: 312-464-4184 1-800-262-3211 (for AMA members only) www.ama-assn.org |
| ¨ | AIDS Hotline AIDS Hotline for Health Professionals 1-800-548-4659 Fax: 713-500-9198 Texas AIDS Line 1-800-299-2437 |
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| ¨ | Blood Services Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, 1400 LaConcha, Houston, TX 77054 713-790-1200 Fax: 713-790-1007 www.glveblood.org |
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| ¨ | Communicable and Reportable
Disease 1-800-705-8868 (for health professionals to notify health departments) |
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| ¨ | Complaint Referrals | ||
| Attorney General of Texas (Consumer
Protection Division) 713-223-5886, 1-800-621-0508 www.oag.state.tx.us |
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| Health Professions Council Complaint
Referral System (to initiate a complaint against a health professional licensed to practice by the State of Texas). 333 Guadalupe #2-220, Austin, TX 78701 1-800-821-3205 |
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| Texas Department of Health -
Health Facility Compliance (to report complaints of home health care, laboratories and hospitals) 512-834-6658, 1-800-228-1570 www.tdh.state.tx.us |
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| Texas Department of Human Services
Long-Term Regulatory (to report complaints of mentally retarded or elderly care homes) 713-767-2200, (24-hr.) 1-800-458-9858 |
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| Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners, P.O. Box 2018, Austin, TX 78768-2018 Consumer Complaint
Hotline 1-800-201-9353 Disciplinary Action Hotline 1-800-248-4062 www.tsbme.state.tx.us |
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| ¨ | Continuing Medical Education Resources | ||
| Baylor College of Medicine 713-798-4941 bcm.tmc.edu/cme/ | |||
| Texas Medical Association CME
Resource Center 1-800-880-1300, ext. 1552 www.texmed.org/education_cme/ec_main.html |
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| The University of Texas Medical
School (and affiliated hospitals) 713-500-5249 Fax: 713-500-0606 www.med.uth.tmc.edu/ |
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| The University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center 713-792-5357 www.mdanderson.org/PHYSICIANS/physicians.html |
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| ¨ | Dental | ||
| Greater Houston Dental Society,
One Greenway Plaza, # 110, Houston, 77046 713-961-4337 Fax: 713-961-3617 www.ghds.com |
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| ¨ | Domestic Violence | ||
| Healthy Family Initiative (information, referral and outreach services) 713-270-8849 | |||
| Harris County Children's Protective
Services (report all types of child
abuse 24-hr.) 713-626-5701, 1-800-252-5400 |
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| Houston Area Women's Center Hotline Shelter & supportive outreach services - 713-528-6798 Emergency Shelter Services - 713-528-2121 |
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| Houston Area Women's Center Rape
Crisis Hotline Hospital accompaniment, counseling - 713-528-7273 |
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Texas Abuse Hotline (adult protective services, elderly & disabled, children's & family violence protection services, perpetrators) 1-800-252-5400 |
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| ¨ | Drug Registration | ||
| Texas Department of Public Safety Triplicate Prescription 512-424-2189, ext. 2189 Narcotics Service/Controlled Substances Registration or Renewal 512-424-2188 Fax: 512-424-5799 |
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| Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) 1443 West Loop South #600, Houston, TX 77027 713-693-3000 www.usdoj.gov/dea/deahome.htm |
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| ¨ | Food & Drug Administration | ||
| USA Food & Drug Administration 713-802-9095 www.fda.gov | |||
| ¨ | Health | ||
| National Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 404-639-3534 www.cdc.gov or www.healthfinder.gov |
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| National Health Information Center (a service of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - assists in making referrals to appropriate health resources for information and materials on health-related subjects) 1-800-336-4797 nhic-nt.health.org | |||
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City of Houston Department of Health and
Human Services |
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| Bureau of Epidermiology 713-794-9181 Fax: 713-794-9182 | |||
| Harris County Health Department 713-439-6000 Fax: 713-439-6060 www.hd.co.harris.tx.us | |||
| Texas Department of Health 512-458-7111 Fax: 512-458-7750 (Commissioner's office) http://tdh.state.tx.us/ | |||
| ¨ | Hospital Resources | ||
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Harris County Hospital District 713-746-6400 (Administrative Office) 713-643-3691 (Registration) 713-793-2000 www.tmc.edu/hchd/ |
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| Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 1 Renaissance Blvd., Oak Brook Terrace, IL (60181) 630-792-5000 www.jcaho.org/ | |||
| ¨ | Insurance | ||
| Joint Underwriting Association, 505 E. Huntland Drive, Suite 180, Austin, TX 78752 512-4524370 | |||
| Texas Department of Insurance, P.O. Box 149104, Austin, TX 78714-9104 1-800-252-3439 Fax: 512-475-2005 www.tdi.state.tx.us | |||
| Texas Medical Association Insurance
Trust 713-224-5309, 1-800-880-8181 www.tmait.org |
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| Texas Medical Liability Trust 1-800-580-8658 Fax: 512-328-5627 www.tmlt.org | |||
| Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, 4000 South IH 35, Austin, TX 78704 512-448-7900 www.twcc.state.tx.us | |||
| ¨ | Library Services | ||
| Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center Library 713-795-4200 Fax: 713-790-7052 www.library.tmc.edu | |||
| Circulation/Renew Books 713-799-7147 | |||
| Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan 713-799-7179 | |||
| Harris County Medical Archive 713-799-7139 | |||
| Information Services 713-799-7161 Fax: 713-797-0163 | |||
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License | |
| Texas Department of Health Health Facility Compliance 512-834-6650, 1-800-228-1570 Home Health License 512-834-6647 Hospital License 512-834-6648 (accepts complaints) www.tdh.state.tx.us |
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| Texas State Board of Acupuncture
Examiners P.O. Box 2018, Austin, TX 78768-2018 512-305-7021, 1-800-248-4062 Fax: 512-305-7008 |
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| Texas State Board
of Medical Examiners, P.O. Box 2018, Austin, TX 78768-2018 512-305-7010 Fax: 512-305-7006 |
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| Physician Licensure Application 512-305-7130 | ||
| Physician Registration and Continuing
Medical Education 512-305-7020 www.tsbme.state.tx.us |
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| Texas State Board of Physician Assistant
Examiners P.O. Box 2018, Austin, TX 78768-2018 512-305-7010 Fax: 512-305-7008 |
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Medical Examiners | |
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Harris County Medical Examiner |
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| ¨ | Medical/Dental Schools & Teaching Institutions | |
| Baylor College of Medicine 713-798-4951 713-798-5906 (Dean's Office) www.bcm/tmc.edu |
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| Texas A&M
Institute of Biosciences and Technology 713-677-7700 677-7777 (Director's Office) tamu.edu/ibt/ |
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| The University of Texas Dental
Branch 713-500-4000 713-500-4021 (Dean's Office) www.db.uth.tmc.edu |
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| The University
of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 713-500-9850 713-500-9855 (Dean's Office) www.gsbs.gs.uth.tmc.edu |
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| The University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 713-792-2121 713-792-6000 (President's Office) www.mdanderson.org |
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| The University
of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 409-772-1011 409-772-2671 (Dean's Office) www.utmb.edu/ |
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| The University
of Texas Medical School at Houston 713-500-4472 713-500-5010 (Dean's Office) www.uth.tmc.edu |
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| The University
of Texas School of Public Health 713-500-9000 713-500-9050 (Dean's Office) www.sph.uth.tmc.edu |
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Medicare | |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Customer Service 1-800-442-2620 | ||
| Medicare Part B Participation Physician Services 972-437-2747, 1-800-863-9755 | ||
| Medicare Provider (to obtain provider number) and UPIN (Unique Physician Identification Number) 972-766-6076, 972-766-2609 (HCFA-885 application) www.hcfa.gov/medicare.htm | ||
| Medicare Fraud 1-800-447-8477 | ||
| ¨ | Medicaid Information (for providers only) | |
| National Heritage Insurance Company 1-800-925-9126 (customer service) | ||
| MAXIMUS 1-800-964-2777 (enrollment broker) | ||
| STAR Line (Medicaid Hotline) 713-767-3910 | ||
| For numbers of the individual health maintenance organization, check patient's Medicaid plan card, Form 3087 or call HCMS 713-524-4267 | ||
| ¨ | Tricare Standard (Champus) Information | |
| Foundation Health Federal Services, Inc. 1-800-406-2833 | ||
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Nurses | |
| Texas Nurses Association, 7600
Burnet Rd. #440, Austin, TX (78757) 512-452-0645 www.texasnurses.org |
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| Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners,
P.O. Box 430, Austin, TX 78767-0430 512-305-7400 |
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| ¨ | Organ Donations | |
| LifeGift Organ
Donation Center (24-hr.) 713-523-4438 Fax: 713-737-8199 www.lifegift.org |
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| The Living Bank (24-hr.) 713-528-2971 Fax: 713-961-0979 www.livingbank.org |
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| Lyons Eye Bank
of Texas (24-hr.) 713-798-5500 Fax: 713-798-6864 www.bcm.tmc.edu/lebt/ |
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| ¨ | Peer Review | |
| Texas Medical
Foundation 512-329-6610, 1-800-725-9216 Fax: 512-327-7159 www.tmf.org |
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Pharmaceutical | |
| Harris county Pharmaceutical Association (voice mail-leave message) 713-867-9495 | ||
| Texas State Board of Pharmacy 512-305-8000 tsbp.state.tx.us | ||
| Texas Pharmacy Association 1-800-505-5463 www.txpharmacy.com | ||
| ¨ | Physician Counceling | |
| HCMS Physicians Counseling Committee 713-524-4267 | ||
| HCMS Retired Physicians Organization (emotional support for retired physicians and physicians contemplating retirement) 713-524-4267 | ||
| Professional Liability Outreach Team (PLOT - emotional and educational support for physicians and families of physicians who have been sued for malpractice) 713-524-4267 | ||
| TMA Physicians Health and Rehabilitation Hotline 1-800-880-1640 | ||
| ¨ | Poison | |
| Southeast Texas Poison Center 1-800-764-7661 | ||
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Texas Medical Center | |
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Executive Offices 713-797-0100 Fax:
713-791-8872 |
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