 The
companies that SIS partners with to provide medical insurance
to students all offer a wealth of informative resources available
on the internet. Furthermore, a variety of free resources
for medical questions and issues exist online. Descriptions
and links to each site can be found below.
HTH Students
http://www.hthstudents.com
For students from all schools except Santa
Monica College
You will need to log in to HTH’s web site to
access these resources. To log in, you will need your medical
insurance ID card and your email address handy.
At the HTH Students Web site, you can:
- Get access to informative articles on medicine and travel
in the United States
- Have quick access to information about your policy
- Check the status of outstanding claims
- Look up covered doctors and hospitals in your area
- Access your account information
- Translate medical phrases and terms into nine languages
- Translate drug names into twenty-one languages
- And much, much more…
Personal Insurance Administrators
http://www.renaissance-inc.com/Schools/D_S/Santa%20Monica%20College/SantaMonica.htm
For students from Santa Monica College ONLY
At the P.I.A. Web site, you can:
- Download brochures explaining your insurance
- Download claim forms
- Check the status of your claim
- Quickly get in touch with customer service representatives
- And much, much more...
Outside Web Sites
There are thousands of web sites that deal exclusively with
health issues. Below are links to some respected and well-known
health organizations. The following listings were taken from
Google's Health Directory, which is also a great place to
start looking.
National
Institutes of Health -- Health Information Index
Main consumer health information page for the National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
CNN
Health
Health news, chats and advice from CNN.
Healthfinder
Resource for consumer health and human services.
WebMD
Frequently updated portal for healthcare, chat forums, health
quizzes, news and consumer product updates.
Health
A to Z
Includes a directory of more than 50,000 professionally-reviewed
Internet resources, supportive online communities, and a calendar.
Dr.
Koop's Community
Former Surgeon General Koop's resources for health information.
A wide variety of topics, an encyclopedia, pharmacopeia, and
resources guide.
Diet
and Fitness by iVillage.com
Diet tips, information on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle,
health calculator, find a workout, keyboard yoga and online
chats and discussions.
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