[ Virtual Health Information Center Index ]

• Resource House - Memphis Public Library and Information Center
  The resource database contains information on the community services individuals and communities need to sustain and improve their daily lives. As in a library, information is logically organized according to a standard classification system known as the INFO-LINE Taxonomy. Remember to start by typing in a Zip code or City. If you want to look for a specific organization by name use the Shortcut on the lower left hand side of the page to search for the name of the service provider you want.
  
  
• EnviroFlash in Tennessee
  “EnviroFlash is a service that automatically delivers air quality forecasts directly to subscribers” (subscription is FREE). “It provides ‘heads-up’ information so people can adjust their daily activities to match expected air quality conditions.”.
  
  
• Healthy Memphis
  This site has information provided by and about the Healthy Memphis Common Table. This organization brings together different groups and individuals in the Mid-South to help solve community health problems.
  
  
• Health Hotlines
  The Tennessee Department of Health operates a number of toll-free hotlines.
  
  
• The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  This site provides information on the free library program for Tennessee residents who are not able to use standard print materials due to a visual or physical disability. This site works in cooperation with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped .
  
  
• Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc.
  Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc. is the Federally Designated Organ Procurement Organization serving Western Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas, and Northern Mississippi. A local chapter of Coalition on Donation.
  
   
• Tennessee Department of Health
  The Department of Health works to promote, protect and restore the health of Tennesseans by facilitating access to high quality preventive and primary care services.
  
  
• Shelby County Division of Health Services
  The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department provides a wide array of information on local health concerns and its various public services.
  
  
• Bureau of TennCare
  The Bureau of TennCare is responsible for the administration of the TennCare and TennCare Partners programs, a managed care system that provides health care benefits including mental health and substance abuse services.
  
  
• Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
  The Department is responsible for providing services to individuals with mental illness and mental retardation / developmental disabilities or neurobiological brain disorders.
  
  
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is known throughout the world for its clinical and scientific contributions to the fight against catastrophic childhood diseases.
  
  
• Baptist Online
  "Baptist Memorial Health Care's Internet Magazine, Baptist OnLine, provides you with health related topics that will be helpful to you in everyday life".
  
  
• HealthyMe
  The mission of www.HealthyMe.md is to improve patient health and to strengthen the physician/patient relationship by providing patient-focused, specialty-specific, scientifically accurate healthcare information and services in a cost-effective manner via the Internet.
  
   
• Wings Cancer Foundation
  Wings is a unique collaboration of people, programs and resources whose mission is to provide services to promote support, research and hope to anyone in the community touched by cancer.
  Address: 100 North Humphreys Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee 38120
  Phone: (901) 322-2984
  
  
• Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
  The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network is the statewide organization responsible for implementing the Tennessee Strategy for Suicide Prevention. A grassroots team of Tennesseans, divided into eight regions under the direction of a statewide Executive Director, working to eliminate the stigma of suicide, educate the community about the warning signs of suicide, and ultimately reduce the rate of suicide in the state of Tennessee. This site is not a crisis hotline.
  
  
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services - Tennessee Access to Recovery
  Tennessee Access to Recovery (TN-ATR) will provide service vouchers to eligible consumers for treatment services and recovery support services. Treatment services are targeted to eligible adults with a methamphetamine abuse or dependence diagnosis.