CPSF Resources for Patients and Healthcare Consumers Expert Commentators: Several CPSF members are available to speak on patient safety issues. Please click here to view a list. Things You Should Know Before Entering the Hospital DVD	Patient/Consumer Rights Patient Rights and Responsibilities from Firstgov for Consumers Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities from President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
	Patient/Consumer News click here
General Patient Safety Tips Ask questions if you have doubts or concerns at a doctor appointment. Take a relative or friend with you to help you ask questions or to take notes for you. Keep and bring a list of all the medications that you take when you see your doctor. Include even non-prescription medicines like aspirin, vitamins, or mineral supplements. Make sure you understand what will happen if you need to have surgery. Make sure that you, your doctor, and your surgeon agree on what will be done. Find out how long the surgery will take, what happens afterward, and how you will feel during recovery. Be sure to tell the doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologist about any allergies you may have, and any medications you are taking, including aspirin.                Provided by American Medical Association and                US Department of Health and Human Services
Patient Consumer Information Organizations Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Consumers Advancing Patient Safety Healthcare Without Harm Save the Patient Premier Safety Institute Midwest Business Group On Health           - The Leapfrog Group National Patient Safety Foundation           - NPSF state resources Patient Safety Network VA National Center for Patient Safety
The following resources contain helpful consumer information (from Michigan Health and Safety Coalition consumer reports): A Guide for Patients and Families: Improving Healthcare Quality (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Consumers & Patients (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 5 Steps to Safer Health Care (from Joint Commission on Accredidation of Healthcare Organizations 5 Steps to Safer Health Care (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Your Medicine: Play It Safe (from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)	The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors has developed a consumer guide that encourages patients to become "part of the health care team" along with their physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, to prevent medication mistakes. The guide was developed in conjunction with the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Family-Centered Care and is based on input solicited from patients, families, and health care professionals. The brochure is also available in Spanish. Patient Safety Collaboratives Australian Patient Safety Foundation Colorado Patient Safety Coalition Georgia Hospital Association (GHA): Partnership for Health and Accountability Madison Patient Safety Collaborative Maryland/DC Patient Safety Coalition Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Michigan Health and Safety Coalition Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (MAPS) Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS) Ohio Patient Safety Institute Pennsylvania Patient Safety Collaborative SAFER California Healthcare: Strategic Alliance for Error Reduction San Diego Center for Patient Safety Texas Patient Safety Foundation University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Utah DoH Patient Safety Initiatives Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety

 

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