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This site provides information to help you as you prepare for surgery. It has important items to consider in your preparation, as well as what you can expect after surgery.... Details >
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation describes what federally funded programs have accomplished in understanding medical errors and implementing programs to improve patient safe... Details >
This Website is designed to promote safe anesthesia patient care through public education.... Details >
The objective of this report is to identify and summarize evidence from the scientific literature on the effects of health care working conditions on patient safety. The report also identifies relevan... Details >
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This fact sheet tells what you can do to get safer health care. ... Details >
This is an online health information. It offers a variety of resources, you may browse a complete index of health topics by library or use the keyword search.... Details >
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 >
This site funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a national web-based resource that features news and essential resources on patient safety. The site offers weekly updates of pati... Details >
This page links to Web sites and other resources that may be relevant to health care providers and/or patients and families that may have experienced harm due to medical error. ... Details >
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 >