New Website for Medication Safety Information
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently launched ConsumerMedSafety.org (http://www.consumermedsafety.org), the first website exclusively designed to alert healthcare consumers to specific drug safety issues with a focus on medication error prevention. This interactive website provides visitors with reliable, expert advice on medication safety as well as the first national error reporting program for patients [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS). ]

AHRQ Announces New Web Site on Emerging Issues in Medical Therapeutics
A new educational Web site offers expert perspectives, advice and guidance on drugs, biological products and medical devices from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs), a federally sponsored network of more than a dozen leading research centers nationwide. The Clinician-Consumer Health Advisory Information Network (CHAIN) (http://www.chainonline.org) links clinicians and consumers with therapeutics information to assist in clinical practice and health care decisionmaking in areas where evidence is undergoing significant and rapid changes. [posted on AHRQ updates]

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