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Topic: Patient Issues


Children

- Patient Safety Problems in Hospitalized Children A - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Children in Hospitals Frequently Experience Medica - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Coping

- Coping with Chronic Illness - National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center

Directories

- Directory of Hospitality Houses - National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses
- Who Cares: Sources of Information about Health Car - Federal Trade Commission

Health Check Tools

- HowsYourHealth - Dartmouth College

Law and Policy

- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Gui - Dept. of Labor
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Ac - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Medication Assisted Treatment Patients’ Ri - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Office for Civil Rights - Frequently Asked Questio - Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights

Newsletters/Print Publications

- Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers - National Library of Medicine

Organizations

- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Or -
- Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civ -
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -

Other Languages

- Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectatio - American Hospital Association

Overviews

- Mastering the Maze: Taking Control of Your Health - College of American Pathologists
- Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectatio - American Hospital Association
- Patient's Bill of Rights - American Cancer Society

Related Issues

- JAMA Patient Page: Quality of Life - American Medical Association
- 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Clinical Research FAQ - National Human Genome Research Institute
- Guide to Understanding Informed Consent - National Cancer Institute
- Medical Errors: Tips to Help Prevent Them - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Improving Health Care Quality - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Research

- New Evidence Report Illustrates Links Between Heal - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Adverse Events after Hospital Discharge - American College of Physicians
- Effects of Telling Patients about Medical Errors - American College of Physicians
- National Healthcare Disparities Report: Summary - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Healthcare Quality Report: Summary - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Second National Reports on Quality and Disparities - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- New AHRQ Evidence Report Finds Autopsies Help to U - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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