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Health InfoDesign
Although this site hasn't been updated in quite a while, it's still worth a quick visit both for the resources it offers as well as for its clean design (which manages to not look dated even though it has to be close to two years old). Offered by Michael B. Moore, a user interface design consultant, the site "is dedicated to examining, discussing and providing a resource for user interface designers, information architects and usability experts working in the field of healthcare systems."
The two most interesting resources are Principles which list "the UI principles that are issues in healthcare design, not necessarily general design principles that all user interfaces should follow" and Top 10 Problems which "lists the most frequent problems encountered in doing UI development for healthcare providers."
There's also an cogent critique of drkoop.com as it existed in November, 1999. It's interesting to note that some of the issues pointed out here still appear on the drkoop.com site. This was to be the first of a series of critiques but, unfortunately, Mr. Moore didn't follow up on developing this potentially valuable resource.