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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