Barham Benefit Group
Follow Us:

Community

Health

Web MD

Valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.

Mayo Clinic

Medical information and tools for healthy living from Mayo Clinic.

Health Line

An easy way for consumers to quickly and easily find consistently excellent health information on the Web.

How to Choose a Health Plan: 12 Helpful Tips

Which health insurance plan would be best for the coming year? No problem: the one that offers the best balance of coverage and total cost. Thanks a lot, you say. How can anybody predict the coverage a family might need or what health expenses might be lurking out there? The future could hold routine checkups and a prescription or two – or weeks of testing and hospitalization – so picking a plan will always be something of a guess. But these tips should make it an educated one.

Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care

Consumers have a right to access information about the quality of health care provided in Illinois. This Web site can help you to become a more informed consumer and to make better health care choices.

Medical Library Association

A list of the top 100 health websites you can trust.

Merck Manual

Online, searchable version of The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.

Shop and Compare Healthcare Prices

NewChoiceHealth, Inc. is an online comparison shopping marketplace built for the sole purpose of providing healthcare consumers a way to save money. With NewChoiceHealth.com consumers can easily locate medical facilities and compare medical procedure cost for common procedures such as MRIs, CT scans, mammograms, and more. Shop nationwide or right in your own local market from over 20,000 medical facilities for over 400 of the most commonly performed medical procedures.

Healthy Living/Parade Magazine

Articles, videos, and other information about health and healthy living.

Health News, The New York Times

Health news and information from The New York Times.

Walgreens Health Library

Health information and interactive tools to help you calculate health risks; body mass index, calorie-burning activities, nutritional needs, and ideal body weight. Also offers “Ask a Pharmacist” and a helpful drug interaction tool.

Drugstore.com Pharmacy

Online pharmacy with many features, including a prescription price checker, “Ask a Pharmacist,” a drug interaction checker, and patient advisory information on pharmaceutical drugs.

Influential Doctors List

USA Today‘s Most Influential Doctors database lists thousands of physicians considered the “thought-leaders” in more than 300 U.S. metro areas. These are the doctors other doctors listen to, send patients to and can influence care.

Health Key

Rich in content from trusted sources in one, easy-to-navigate location, HealthKey.com provides answers to your health questions. From surgery to heart disease, counting calories to cancer prevention and so much more, HealthKey.com has the information you need to manage your health and achieve a balanced life. Contains interactive tools, calculators, and more.

America’s Best Hospitals

Annual list from U.S. News and World Report.

Medicare Hospital Compare

From the US Department of Health & Human Services.

Healthcare Bluebook

Your free guide to fair healthcare pricing.

Fair Health

Bringing fairness and transparency to health insurance information