Links
An ongoing list of helpful links relating to patient safety.
Government Listings
Organizations
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Colorado Hospital Report Card
- Colorado Medical Society
- Colorado Patient Safety Coalition: has participation from many perspectives within and without the healthcare industry, including professionals, institutions, regulators, purchasers and consumers, wishing to take part in dialogue regarding patient safety.
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association: is comprised of Colorado trial lawyers who are committed to the protection and advancement of trial advocacy skills, high ethical standards and professionalism in the ongoing effort to preserve and improve the American system of jurisprudence.
- Consumer Reports – Compare your Bills and Statements
- Consumer Reports – Health: For more than 70 years, Consumers Union has been working for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and empowering consumers to protect themselves. We're a leading advocate for patient safety, health-care quality and effectiveness, and affordable health coverage for all.
- Consumers Advancing Patient Safety: envisions a partnership between consumers and providers to create global healthcare systems that are safe, compassionate and just.
- Consumer's Union
- Empower Colorado: An organization run by families; we offer support, education, advocacy and resources to families with children and youth who have social, emotional or mental health challenges.
- Empowered Patient Coalition A 501(c)(3) charitable organization created by patient advocates devoted to helping the public improve the quality and the safety of their healthcare.
- FamiliesUSA.org
- Federation of State Medical Boards
- Guardianship Alliance of Colorado: a nonprofit organization which is recognized statewide in Colorado as the resource for information, assistance and coordination concerning guardianship, conservatorship and related matters for adults.
- Health Central: The HealthCentral Network, Inc. has a collection of owned and operated Web sites and multimedia affiliate properties providing timely, in-depth, trusted medical information, personalized tools and resources, and connections to a vast community of leading experts and patients for people seeking to manage and improve their health.
- Healthcare Bluebook: Your free guide to fair healthcare pricing.
- HealthKnowlege: We created HealthKnowledge to give employers a tangible way to help their employees–and themselves–get better value out of their employee benefits. If your company doesn't offer health insurance, HealthKnowledge can be your low-cost health benefits strategy.
- Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program (ISOP): is pivotal in connecting families of children with progressive infantile scoliosis to resources and information needed to make the best choices possible in the care of their child and in educating the medical profession in non surgical treatment methods.
- Informed Patient Institute (IPI) is an independent nonprofit organization that provides credible online information about health care quality and patient safety for consumers.
- National Patient Safety Foundation
- Out of Pocket: Search for prices of healthcare services.
- Parent to Parent of Colorado: provides information, support and systems change for parents of children with disabilities and/or special healthcare needs.
- PatientAdvoCare.com : Hire an advocate to help you through a health crisis.
- Patients Right to Know: a service provided by the 2007 CO House Bill 1331, and Citizens for Patient Safety, helping consumers lookup and research doctors by state.
- PatientSafetyBlog.com : Stories to empower patients and their families to stay safe and partner with their doctors and nurses.
- Progressnow.org
- PulseAmerica.org
- Safe Patient Project: a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality.
- Savethepatient.org sharing of educational resources, multi-lingual tools, and links to existing health care networks, Save the Patient's intent is to empower, inform and educate, encouraging you to take an active role in your own health care experience.
- SideEffectsHub.com SideEffectshub.com provides helpful and accurate consumer health information about the side effects that typically arise from the use of prescription or over the counter drugs and medications, natural or health supplements and even certain types of food.
- The Mayo Clinic: More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.
- Think About It Colorado Coloradans discuss how to build a safer, healthier State.
- United Cerebral Palsy of Colorado
- Wakeupdoctor.org get background information about the correlation between physician sleep deprivation and patient safety, share stories and sign on to a letter expressing support for commonsense regulations to reduce the number of work hours and enhance supervision of resident physicians.
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