Patient Issues

Children

1.	Patient Safety Problems in Hospitalized Children A Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/hospchildpr.htm




2.	Children in Hospitals Frequently Experience Medica Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/chhosppr.htm




3.	20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tipkid.htm

Coping

1.	Coping with Chronic Illness National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/copechron.pdf

Directories

1.	Directory of Hospitality Houses National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses http://www.nahhh.org/members/search.php




2.	Who Cares: Sources of Information about Health Car Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/whocares/

Health Check Tools

1.	HowsYourHealth Dartmouth College http://www.HowsYourHealth.org/cgi-bin/start.cgi?Q0x=mdline

Law and Policy

1.	Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Gui Dept. of Labor http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/1421.htm




2.	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Ac Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa1/content/cons.asp




3.	Medication Assisted Treatment Patients’ Ri Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://dpt.samhsa.gov/patient/patients_rights.htm




4.	Office for Civil Rights - Frequently Asked Questio Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/newfaq.html

Newsletters/Print Publications

1.	Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html

Organizations

1.	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Or http://www.jcaho.org




2.	Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civ http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/




3.	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/

Other Languages

1.	Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectatio American Hospital Association http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/ptcommunication/partnership/

Overviews

1.	Mastering the Maze: Taking Control of Your Health College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/fact_sheets/maze.htm




2.	Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectatio American Hospital Association http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/ptcommunication/content/pcp_english_0307...




3.	Patient's Bill of Rights American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mit/content/mit_3_2_patients_bill_of_rights.a...

Related Issues

1.	JAMA Patient Page: Quality of Life American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ626IYI9D&sub_...




2.	20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm




3.	Clinical Research FAQ National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=%2010000771




4.	Guide to Understanding Informed Consent National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/AGuidetoUnderstandingInformedConsent/P...




5.	Medical Errors: Tips to Help Prevent Them American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/736.xml




6.	Improving Health Care Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qntlite/qntlite.htm

Research

1.	New Evidence Report Illustrates Links Between Heal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/litpr.htm




2.	Adverse Events after Hospital Discharge American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/138/3/I-16




3.	Effects of Telling Patients about Medical Errors American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/6/I-17




4.	National Healthcare Disparities Report: Summary Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm




5.	National Healthcare Quality Report: Summary Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr03/nhqrsum03.htm




6.	Second National Reports on Quality and Disparities Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2005/nhqdr04pr.htm




7.	New AHRQ Evidence Report Finds Autopsies Help to U Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/autoppr.htm