Doctors, Hospitals, and Nursing Homes

Locators
AMA DoctorFinder
"Provides you with basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States. This includes more than 814,000 doctors." 
 
Find a Health Center (Health Resources & Services Administration)
"Federally-funded health centers care for you, even if you have no health insurance. You pay what you can afford, based on your income. Health centers provide: checkups when you're well; treatment when you're sick; complete care when you're pregnant; immunizations and checkups for your children; dental care and prescription drugs for your family; and mental health and substance abuse care if you need it." 
 
RateMDs
Use this website to locate doctors other people have rated highly. Doctors are added by users of the site and visitors to the site are encouraged to start an account to rate doctors, add doctors, and participate in the many forums (places to discuss various health topics with other users of the site).
 
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services: Help for Texans The TX Dept. of Aging and Disability Services provides assistance with locating nursing home and other assisted care facilities as well as financial support to pay for these services for qualifying persons. Contact your local office or visit the website for more information on applying for financial and other assistance.
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Texas DocFinder
Verify whether or not your physician is licensed, where they graduated from medical school, and additional information here.
 
Texas Medical Board: Services for Consumers
Use this website to find physicians or acupuncturists in Texas, verify a physician's license, file a complaint, view recent disciplinary actions against physicians, and more.
 

Ratings
American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
The Board helps develop "standards in the ongoing evaluation and certification of [specialist] physicians." Click on "Consumers" to find information on how to be a smart patient and to locate Board certified specialists.
 
Health Grades
"The leading healthcare ratings organization, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians."
 
Hospital Compare
Provides information on "how well the hospitals care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures."
 
Long Term Care Quality Reporting System (QRS)
This resource was created by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. "You can use QRS to obtain specific information about a particular long term care provider or to compare providers in a particular area. QRS provides information that can help you identify providers that may meet your family member's needs, but it is not meant to serve as the only basis for choosing a particular provider."
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Member of the Family
Information about 16,000 Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes including reports summarizing information found in government surveys and homes that have had complaints filed against them or have been cited for violations.
 
Nursing Home Compare
Use this tool to find "detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country."
 
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Report Cards
"Free online resources to help you select a health plan or physician that provides the top-notch care you deserve."
 
RateMDs
Use this website to locate doctors other people have rated highly. Doctors are added by users of the site and visitors to the site are encouraged to start an account to rate doctors, add doctors, and participate in the many forums (places to discuss various health topics with other users of the site).
 
Super Dentists
“Key Professional Media performs the polling, research and selection for Super Dentists in a process designed to identify dental professionals who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Dentists names a selective yet diverse listing of outstanding dentists, representing the consumer-oriented dental specialties.”
 
Super Doctors
“Key Professional Media performs the polling, research and selection for Super Doctors in a process designed to identify medical professionals who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Doctors is a selective yet diverse listing of outstanding doctors, representing the consumer-oriented medical areas.”
 
U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals
Rankings of the best hospitals in the United States broken down by type of medical area. Includes other health info on diseases and conditions, health plans, medications, and more.