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About Informatics: Academic and Training Programs 
This site provides a list of formal academic and training programs in North America in medical, nursing, and health care informatics.... Details >
Ask Me 3
This site emphasizes the three main questions to ask when you see your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.... Details >
Ask Me 3: Good Questions for Your Good Health
Everyone wants help with health information. You are not alone if you find things confusing at times. This brochure provides the following Ask Me 3 questions to better understand your health: What is ... Details >
Communicating Health: Priorities and Strategies for Progress
The six objectives in the Healthy People 2010 Health Communication Focus Area represent a diversity of topics and variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. The objectives are designed to s... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Family Health Advocacy
This page presents an audio program report which features an interview with Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, discussing what you should know about having... Details >
Getting the Most Out of a Visit with a Primary Care Health Professional
This page presents an audio program interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy discussing how to get the most out of a visit with a primary care health professional.... Details >
Having Surgery
This page presents an audio program interview with AHRQ Director Doctor Carolyn Clancy, discussing the new brochure, Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.... Details >
Healthcare 411
Healthcare 411 gives consumers information they can use to improve the quality of their health care and help them navigate the health care system. The site offers weekly audio and video programs that ... Details >
How to Get a Second Opinion
Even though doctors may get similar medical training, they can have their own opinions and thoughts about how to practice medicine. Getting a second opinion from a different doctor might give you a fr... Details >
How to Talk to Your Doctor or Nurse
Waiting in your doctor's office can make you feel nervous, impatient, or even scared. You might have only a few minutes to explain your symptoms and concerns. Later that day, you might remember someth... Details >