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Present and Future Concerns

  The government, the news media, and retirement organizations are alerting the public of concern for healthcare errors.  The following represent actions of organizations and agencies to better inform the public of medial error concerns, as well as informing the public of specifics actions to take to insure each episode of medical care will be free of medial error. Visit the websites indicated below to see what information the public will have as they interact with you as a healthcare provider.

 www.jcaho.org

1.  Research 2004 National patient safety goal.

2.  Search medical errors.

            www.ahcpr.gov 

1.      Search medical errors.

2.      Search patient safety..

 

www.aarp.org    

1.      Click on 7 health care safety practices that could save your life.

 

www.npsf.org

1.Search for  “Stand up for Patient Safety!”.

2. http://www.npsf.org/html/StandUp/standup.html

 

            www.nih.gov  

1.      Search for patient safety.

2.   You can learn about a number of grants available for research projects associated with improving patient safety.

 

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