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Doctor and Medical Facilities Locator

• License Verification
  Provided by the State of Tennessee Health Department.
  
  
• AMA Doctor Finder
  AMA Physician Select provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 650,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). All physician credential data have been verified for accuracy and authenticated by accrediting agencies, medical schools, residency training programs, licensing and certifying boards, and other data sources.
  
  
• Tennessee Licensed Health Facilities
  Provided by the State of Tennessee Health Department.
  
  
• AHA Find a Hospital
  A directory of hospitals that can be searched by name or geographic location (state, city, zip code). Information from Find a Hospital is derived from the annual American Hospital Association (AHA) survey of hospitals and licensed by the National Library of Medicine. Available through MEDLINEplus.
  
  
• Medlineplus Directories
  Finding aids available at MEDLINEplus .  Finding aids for Doctors, Dentists, Chiropractors, and Psychologists, as well as Hospitals and other Health Facilities.
  
  
• Nursing Home Compare
  The primary purpose of this database is to provide understandable information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
  
  
• Hospital Compare
  Tracks care at hospitals participating in the federal program for older and disabled Americans. Tracks 17 treatments including heart attack patients who receive aspirin within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital and if newly hospitalized pneumonia patients receive an antibiotic within 4 hours etc.
  
  
• Home Health Compare
  This site gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies.
  
  
• Dialysis Facility Compare
  This site gives detailed information about Medicare-approved dialysis facilities.
  
  
• Quality Check
  (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - online directory of nearly 18,000 healthcare organizations.
  
  
• CMHS Mental Health Services Locator
  This Locator provides you with comprehensive information about mental health services and resources and is useful for professionals, consumers and their families, and the public.