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The Empowered Patient is a 50,000-word book that enables patients and their loved ones to successfully navigate complex medical delivery systems. The book's goal is to encourage, embolden and enlighten medical consumers and their advocates to proactively participate in their own medical treatment.
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Resources For The Well-Informed Patient • NEW! Check on your Hospitals’ Compliance with Infection Measures • NEW! Check your medications for potentially dangerous drug interactions. • Tips for Savvy Medical Web Surfing from the University of Texas • So you think you know how to do a good Internet search? Think again. We have tips you won't read anywhere else. In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen tells you exactly where to click (and where not to) to find great health information for yourself or someone you love. • California Patient’s Guide: Your Health Care Rights and Remedies – Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights • This website provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. • Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) – A non-profit health services research agency. • HealthCareCoach.com – A project of the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), a non-profit legal organization. For more than 30 years, NHeLP has worked to improve access to health care and to educate consumers about their legal rights. • Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths – A non-profit organization devoted solely to reducing hospital infection rates. • Institute for Healthcare Improvement – A non-profit organization created to increase the quality and value of health care systems. • Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) – Provides general information and advice on medication safety and how to avoid medication errors. • The Joint Commission is a non-profit group that provides accreditation for a vast majority of US hospitals. Click on "Quality Check" to check on the performance of a hospital or on "Report a Complaint" to register a complaint about a healthcare organization. • The Leapfrog Group – A consortium of large employers and other purchasers of health care who are working to improve patient safety. Their motto is “Getting Health Care Right.” Click on the “For Consumers” section to check and compare hospital ratings. • Medical Device Safety Reports: • Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors – PULSE is a 501(c)(3) organization working to improve patient safety. • Surgicalfire.org is the Website of the daughter of a surgical fire victim. Provides a detailed explanation of the causes of surgical fires, explains strategies to prevent fires in the operating room and asks the public to report any surgical fires. • Veteran’s Administration (VA) National Center for Patient Safety – Information on patient safety. • A website developed by the California Health Care Foundation to compare quality ratings in California Hospitals. • NEW! Save on Imaging provides access to affordable health care for preventive and urgent radiology needs. • NEW! Health Watch USA serves to promote value driven health care, competition and health care transparency in quality and cost. • SelfGrowth.com is the most complete guide to information about Self Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles and references to thousands of other Web Sites on the World Wide Web. ----------------- Patient Advocate Websites:  www.outofpocket.com www.pulseofflorida.org (Patient Safety Advocate Services) The Task Force for Child Survival and Development www.coalitionforpatientsrights.org ----------------- Patient Support Groups• Medically Induced Trauma Support Group • The Columbia Parkinson's Support Group in Columbia, SC
provides support, encouragement, information, contacts, and education
for Parkinson's patients, caregivers, family members and others who are
working in related fields or have an interest in Parkinson's disease. ----------------- The following links are excellent sitesfor the public to research their medical conditions: • Comprehensive Cancer Information - National Cancer Institute • Mayo Clinic - medical information and tools for healthy living. • MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine • WebMD - Better information. Better health.
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