Consumer Health Information

Ask Me 3® is an educational program that encourages patients and families to ask three specific questions of their providers to better understand their health conditions and what they need to do to stay healthy.

1. What is my main problem?
2. What do I need to do?
3. Why is it important for me to do this?

From AHRQ.

The QuestionBuilder App is a mobile app from AHRQ that helps patients create and save questions they want to ask their doctors ahead of appointments.

The purpose of the New York State Physician Profile website is to enable the public to review information about all licensed doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy who are registered to practice medicine in New York State. This information can help you choose a doctor or find out more about a doctor you are currently seeing.

You can use this tool to find and compare different types of Medicare providers (like physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and others).

Use this tool when you are deciding which health plan to enroll in or when you are looking for a provider, for example a hospital or doctor, that works with your plan. The tool is updated with information sent to New York State directly by health plans. BUT, to be on the safe side, you should still ask the provider if they accept your health plan and participate in your network before receiving health care services or before enrolling in a health plan.

AMA DoctorFinder provides professional information about virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions. This includes more than 814,000 doctors.

Free, searchable online directory of 700,000 U.S. physicians. Doctors are not ranked, but includes education and training, admitting hospitals, and in some cases, accepted insurance plans.

Search by last name, first name, location and specialty.

NYS page for looking up disciplinary actions against a doctor or PA.

Profiles from NYS Department of Health. Find and compare quality, safety, and inspections information.

You can use this tool to find and compare different types of Medicare providers (like physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and others).

To rank the best adult and children’s hospitals, U.S. News analyzes data for nearly 5,000 centers. View rankings by metro area and state.

Coupons for pharmaceuticals and medications.

Distributed through United Way of Long Island, the SingleCare card lowers the cost of medicine.