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Aging Boomers Drive Up Doctor Visits
Over half (53 percent) of patients visiting the doctor in 2001 were over age 45, according to the latest annual report from CDC’s National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which looks at the medical ca... Details >
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AMA Professional Resources 
The AMA’s professional resources help physicians run an efficient medical practice. Resources include applications for HIPAA and PDAs and references for improving physician communications.... Details >
American Journal of Critical Care
The American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC) is a bimonthly journal produced by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Available online and in print, this publication is intended to bring t... Details >
Confidentiality of Patient Records
This document discusses the AMA's policy on supporting the basic right of patients to privacy of their medical information and their right to control access to their information.... Details >
EthnoMed: Ethnic Medicine Guide
This web site addresses cultural beliefs, medical and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants and refugees fleeing to America from war-torn parts of the world. Topics in... Details >
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Free Healthcare Guide
This site maintained by Men's Health Network, provides access to different resources including Prescription Assistance links, Clinical Trials and more.... Details >
GetPalliativeCare.org
This site provides information, which benefits both patients and their families, offers reliable information, helps patients make medical decisions and choose treatments. Palliative care specializes i... Details >
Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know It When You See It
This guide is designed to help you get quality health care, stay healthy, and recover faster when you become sick. Tips are provided to help you be active in making decisions about your health care. ... Details >
Health Information - Loyola University Health System
Visitors to this web site can browse a symptom-oriented alphabetical listing of health topics; search a database for a new physician; and link to minimum preventive health screenings recommendations f... Details >
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Hospice Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides a general overview about hospice and hospice services for the consumer. The document describes hospices and hospice care and answers your questions about the advantages of hos... Details >
Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families
Also available in: Spanish
Practical tips on what people can do to improve the quality of the health care services they receive, including how to avoid medical errors. This guide focuses on the key health care choices people ty... Details >
Improving Medication Safety
The information on this web site is intended to help hospitals and other health care systems to improve patient safety by reducing medication errors. Users can find useful resources – references and ... Details >
Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
Nosocomial infections affect approximately 2 million patients annually in acute care facilities in the United States at a direct annual patient care cost of approximately $3.5 billion. The Hospital In... Details >
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Internal Medicine: Doctors for Adults
This page provides information on Doctors of internal medicine, which focuses on adult medicine for the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. By using the "Disease Topics" menu, you'll find clea... Details >
Medical Errors & Patient Safety
Following a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimating that up to 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical errors, President Clinton directed the Quality Interagency... Details >
MedWatch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Products Reporting Program
MedWatch, the FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed to both educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting ... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
National Patient Advocate Foundation Home Page
This page welcomes to the National Patient Advocate Foundation, a policy organization committed to national and state initiatives that will enhance and ensure patients' access to care and reimbursemen... Details >
National Patient Advocate Foundation Position Statements
The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) takes formal and public positions on legislative issues that are consistent with its mission of seeking to create avenues of access to healthcare for th... Details >
Patient and Family Resource Centers
Patient and family resource centers can be a visible, tangible expression of a hospital or agency’s commitment to family-centered practice. Find out more about this topic.... Details >
Patient Involvement in FDA Programs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers opportunities for patients to participate in FDA's decision making and participate in its Advisory Committee meetings to discuss medical products for the ... Details >
Office of Special Health Issues, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Patient's Bill of Rights -- American Academy of Pain Management
The American Academy of Pain Management's compliance with the Patient's Bill of Rights. The American Hospital Association's statement on a patient's Bill of Rights has been incorporated as part of t... Details >
Put Prevention into Practice (PPIP)
PPIP is the National Preventive Services Campaign to increase the awareness and delivery of clinical preventive services by primary care providers, patients, and medical office staff. Visit this site ... Details >
Quality and Patient Safety
Health insurance plans are advancing and supporting strategies that promote a safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable health care system. These initiatives focus on impleme... Details >
Quality Check: Organization Search Criteria
This service is offered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is useful if you have reason to "check up" on the performance of your local health care facility, wheth... Details >
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Reducing Medical Errors and Improving Patient Safety: Success Stories from the Front Lines of Medicine
This report represents the stories of institutions and organizations that made a commitment to change and innovation in the field of patient safety and medical error reduction. This document focuses o... Details >
When You Visit Your Doctor
This site presents a series of questions for selected health topics that you can print out and take with you so you'll know what to discuss with your doctor. These resources are designed to assist yo... Details >
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