Quality Issues

• Damaged Care
• GAO's Report on Nursing Homes 12/2005
• Health Information Technology for Improving Quality of Care in Primary Care Settings AHRQ 7/2007
• Hospital Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care AHRQ
• Studies Show Lower Nurse Staffing Levels Contribute To Poor Patient Outcomes Press Release Date: May 3, 2004 AHRQ
• The Future of Emergency Care Fact Sheet Institute of Medicine June 2006. Thanks, Linda J. Redman
• The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States 3/2006 RAND
• Transforming Hospitals AHRQ
• Using Peer Review for Self-Audits of Medical Record Documentation AAFP.org
• Workers Who Care: A Graphical Profile of the Frontline Health and Health Care Workforce Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Information Quality

Medical Errors

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• Assessing the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System -- Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project --- Six Sites, United States, January 1--June 15, 2004 MMWR 4/22/2005
• Autopsies Help To Uncover Medical Diagnostic Discrepancies (1/15/2003) AHRQ
• Autopsy and Medical Diagnosis Discrepancies AHRQ
• Children in Hospitals Frequently Experience Medical Injuries AHRQ 6/2004
• Eliminating Error-prone Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations Ismp.org
• Error-prone Abbreviations Ismp.org
• Consumer.Gov News about health recalls, investigations, findings, reports
• Expanding Patient-Centered Care to Empower Patients and Assist Providers AHRQ
• HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy GAO - 5/2005
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Malpractice-lawyers.net
• Medication Errors FDA
• Medical Errors and Patient Safety Resources AHRQ
• Medical Errors Consumer Tip Sheets
• Medication Safety Tools and Resources Ismp.org
• National Summit on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research
• 20 Tips to Prevent Medical Errors AHRQ
• Sue Sheridan How medical errors affected her family
• Web M&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds)AHRQ
• Your Medicine Play it SafeAHRQ

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Medical Litigation

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• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - "Addressing the New Health Care Crisis"
• Institute for Health Freedom - Patients' Rights/Freedom to Choose
• Medical Malpractice Quacks.com
• Malpractice Data for 50 States Kaiser Family Foundation
• Medical Malpractice Law in the United States Kaiser Family Foundation
• Medical Malpractice Summary Index of States (McCullough, Campbell & Lane)
• Red Flags - Hot Issues Public Agenda.Org

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Medical Safety

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• Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation AHRQ
• Drug and Medical Device Safety MedlinePlus
• Five Steps to Safer Health Care AHRQ
• Food Safety MedlinePlus
• Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report AHRQ
• Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety
• Patient Issues MedlinePlus
• Patient Safety and Quality, An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses AHRQ.gov
• Patient Safety Network AHRQ
• Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care AHRQ
• Quality and Patient Safety AHRQ
• Safe Practices for Better Healthcare: Summary AHRQ
• 30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care AHRQ

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Patient-Provider Communications

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• Ask Me 3
• Communication and Perceptions of Health Care: Observations and Suggestions from Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing AIM 3/2004
• Consumer and Patients Page AHRQ
• Cultural Competency in Women's HealthHarvard & USHHS
• Health Care Relationships Yale and UConn Schools of Nursing
• Patient Issues MedlinePlus
• Questions are the Answer - Get More Involved with your Health Care AHRQ
• Shared Decisionmaking About Screening and Chemoprevention A Suggested Approach from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (12/2003)
• Talking with your Doctor MedlinePlus
• The Effects of Telling Patients about Medical Errors AIM 3/2004
• The Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use American Association of Health Plans
• To the Heart of WomenHarvard's training materials for minority women and heart disease
• Using the Internet for Partner Notification of Sexually Transmitted Diseases --- Los Angeles County, California, 2003
• What to Ask Your Doctor at Your Next Visit AHRQ
• What Did the Doctor Say?:” Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety Joint Commission.org

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Pay for Performance

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• AHRQ Resources on Pay for Performance (P4P)

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Physician Reporting

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• Physician Quality Reporting Initiative CMS.gov

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Privacy of Health Information

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• GSA.gov - Privacy Resources
• GW University Health Privacy Project (HPP)
• Health Privacy (Institute for Health Freedom)
• Health Privacy Project
• HHS's Fact Sheet on Health Information Privacy
• Institute for Health Freedom -Informed Consent
• Institute of Medicine's "Protecting Data Privacy in Health Services Research" Report
• The Final Federal Medical Privacy Rule: The Definitive Guide (March 6, 2003) [Institute for Health Freedom]

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