ABS recently introduced its Wellness Resources Center-- a convenient one-stop health and wellness information library on the ABS website which visitors can reference for a variety of objectives -- including reviewing physicians' licensure and credentials, checking hospital safety scores, obtaining information on numerous medical conditions, discovering what preventive tests are suggested by gender and age group, finding a doctor by language spoken, and even playing fun games designed to increase your health-related knowledge.

An overview of the new website content:

Learn More About Your Doctor or Hospital

• Research a doctor's licensure, credentials, and board certification
• Link to hospital survey assessment and comparison tools which provide information on how patients fare, resources used in caring for patients, leadership structures that promote patient safety, and hospital safety scores
• Find a doctor by language(s) spoken

Medical Reference Tools

• Online dictionaries giving meanings of medical terms, and descriptions of diseases and conditions -- some with audio

Videos, Tutorials, Quizzes and Games

• Interactive wellness tutorials and games, health calculators and quizzes, informational anatomy and surgery videos

• BMI calculator, healthy recipes, physical activity guidelines, vaccination schedules, smoking cessation tips, preventive screening guidelines

Wellness Resources Library

• Links to information on a variety of health issues, medical conditions and wellness advice

Monthly Wellness Feature

• An overview of the Health and Human Services national health topic of the month, along with links to related information and resources

Today's Wellness News

• The day's top wellness-related news stories collected from the industry's leading RSS sources.  Wellness news story highlights rotate on the main page; full versions of all stories can be accessed by clicking on the column headline

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