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  • American Medical Association
  • American Board of Medical Specialties
  • Administrators In Medicine (AIM) - Public online national physician database whose direct source of data is from the state government licensing board. It is free of charge to the public. DocFinder contains the licensing background and disciplinary information of physicians and other health care practitioners with detailed Medical Malpractice, Hospital Discipline and Criminal Conviction information from Physician Profile Law states.

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  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety - The Nation's Lead Federal Agency for Research on Health Care Quality, Costs, Outcomes, and Patient Safety
  • American Board of Medical Specialties - ABMS maintains a list of all board certified diplomates. Information about a physician's certification status
  • American Health Information Management Association - General information on medical records and state statutes regarding patient access
  • American Iatrogenic Association (AIA) - Promoting Accountability for Medical Professionals and Institutions
  • Americans Mad and Angry - Americans Mad and Angry! is a non-profit, non-partisan healthcare consumer activist organization. They provide fact-based information and resources to help people become more knowledgeable about medical errors, hospital acquired infections, other preventable adverse events and the lack of disclosure and accountability in our healthcare system.
  • California Healthcare Foundation
  • California Institute for Health Systems Performance
  • California Patient's Guide: Your Health Care Rights and Remedies - Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights
  • Center for Medical Consumers - Non-profit advocacy organization active in both statewide and national efforts to improve the quality of health care. We are entirely supported by private donations, newsletter subscriptions, and the generous support of the Judson Memorial Church
  • Center for Patient Partnerships - National resource for strengthening the consumer perspective in health care and building more effective partnerships among patients, providers, and other stakeholders. We advocate change in health care practice and systems, so care is more patient-centered and consumer driven. We are committed to empowering patients as equal partners with health care providers.
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control
  • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
  • Chicago Patient Safety Institute
  • Citizens for Medical Safety - Activists for medical malpractice victims throughout the country who believe that change in healthcare can only be achieved by working through the political process.
  • Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths - A non-profit organization devoted solely to reducing hospital infection rates.
  • Commonwealth Fund - Private Foundation Supporting Independent Research on Health and Social Issues. April 2002: Study Estimates 8 million American Families Experienced a Serious Medical or Drug Error
  • Department of Defense (DOD), Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Patient Safety Center
  • Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) - A nonprofit health services research agency and a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO).
  • Families Advocating Injury Reduction (F.A.I.R.) - Organization dedicated to protecting the rights of consumers and workers; who seek to organize and empower injury victims and their families through advocacy and public policy. In addition to opposing limitations on the legal rights of victims, FAIR is committed to developing and building public support for policies that promote: safer consumer products, safety in the workplace, and better quality health care.
  • Families USA - Advocates for high-quality, affordable health care
  • Floridians for Patient Protection (FPP)
    Represents the essence of the spirit found across America for citizens to unite, stand up and protect the rights and responsibilities of all in our democracy. FPP is a proactive organization of medical malpractice and negligence victims and their families striving for justice and change in Florida's medical care system.
  • Foundation for Accountability (FACCT)
    Not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping Americans make better health care decisions
  • Georgia Hospital Association, Partnership for Health & Accountability
  • Health and Social Campaigners' Network international - The global virtual network for health advocates
  • HealthCareCoach.Com - A project of the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), a non-profit legal organization. For more than 30 years, NHeLP has worked to improve access to quality health care, educate consumers about their legal rights and provide information and policy advocacy.
  • Health Care Choices - New York not-for-profit corporation dedicated to educating the public about the nation's health care system. Their goal is to assist patients, consumers and other purchasers of health care services (such as employers) understand and navigate the complexities of this system. Includes links to physician profiling in numerous states
  • Health Consumer Alliance - Resources for Consumers
  • HealthWeb - Health Data Resources by State
  • Healthwise - Focused on one thing--developing consumer health content to help people make health decisions that are right for them. Our writers, editors, and reviewers know that if consumer health content doesn't help a person make a better decision, it doesn't really help. Healthwise is uniquely able to help health plans, hospitals, physicians and clinics, disease management companies, and other organizations empower their constituents.
  • ImPRESSive - "A media tip sheet for advocates"
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement - Not-for-profit organization created to help lead the improvement of health care systems, to increase continuously their quality and value
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) - Alerts for Patients page containing a listing of frequent medication errors and how to avoid them, general information and advice on medication safety for consumers.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Established as a national philanthropy in 1972 and today it is the largest US foundation devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Public Access page with information on quality standards for consumers, providers, employers and purchasers.  JCAHO Sentinel Alert (June, 2003) on Preventing Surgical Fires
  • Kaiser Family Foundation - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation.
  • Patient Safety Information, Madison Patient Safety Collaborative - Collaborative effort through which area healthcare providers work together to develop and implement solutions designed to improve the quality and safety of patient care provided in the Madison, WI. community.
  • Maryland Patient Safety Organization - This site is provided as a service to the public, health care providers and policy makers who wish to be informed about regional initiatives and developments relating to patient safety.
  • Med Help International - The Patient Medical Information Center - Dedicated to helping patients find the highest quality medical information in the world today. Offering patients the tools necessary to make informed treatment decisions within the short time lines dictated by their illness or disease.
  • Med-Malpractice - The Speken family shares their story of loss from both the consumer and provider perspectives
  • Medical Error Reduction.Com
  • Medicare - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
  • Medicare's Nursing Home Compare Database - information on every Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country, organized by state, county and city
  • Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety, Minnesota Hospital and Healthcare Partnership
  • National Academy for State Health Policy - Non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping states achieve excellence in health policy and practice
  • National Coalition on Health Care - Non-profit, non-partisan organization comprising almost 96 member groups, including corporations, labor unions, small business, and the nation's major religious, consumer, and health care provider organizations, united in their shared concern about the current state of America's health care.
  • National Guidelines Clearinghouse - A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents
  • National Institutes of Health - Research your medical condition or disease
  • National Quality Forum - Not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting. Established as a public-private partnership, the NQF has broad participation from all parts of the health care system; including national, state, regional, and local groups representing consumers, public and private purchasers, employers, health care professionals, provider organizations, health plans, accrediting bodies, labor unions, supporting industries, and organizations involved in health care research or quality improvement.
  • National Women's Health Network - Consumer advocacy group giving women a greater voice in the health care system
  • NHAadvocates - Independent Citizen Advocacy Groups Working Together to Improve the Quality of Life for Our Nation's Nursing Home Residents - not affiliated in any way with the nursing home industry or with the State or Federal Government. Groups listed here are not-for-profit organizations funded through private donations and membership fees, and do not accept money from the nursing home industry or the Government
  • Ohio Patient Safety Institute, Ohio Health Council
  • Partnership for Patient Safety (P4PS) - Patient-Centered initiative to advance the reliability of healthcare systems worldwide
  • Patient Safety Advocates of Texas (PSAT) - Network of Texans that aims to be an effective and united voice to protect Texas patients and improve medical care.
  • Pennsylvania Patient Safety Collaborative, The Healthcare Alliance of Pennsylvania
    The collaborative is a network of 27 organizations representing health care providers, insurers, organized labor, private industry, and consumers whose goal is to address the systematic issues that lead to medical errors and to work to reduce patient injury from errors through identification and correction of the causes of medical errors.
  • Peoples Medical Society - Nonprofit organization dedicated to educating YOU, the consumer, about health care and your medical rights
  • Prairielaw.com - A Community of People Helping People
  • Public Agenda Online - Nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization with 2 missions: A.) To help public officials and leaders understand the public point of view on major policy issues. B.) To help citizens understand critical policy issues
  • Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors
    PULSE is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization working to improve patient safety and reduce the rate of medical errors using real life stories and experiences. Survivors of medical errors are encouraged to use their experience to educate the community and advocate for a safer healthcare system.
  • Health Activist Courses
    Collection of course materials from a number of courses in medical and public health schools around the country that seek to teach students the techniques of research-based health activism
  • PULSEAmerica - P.U.L.S.E. Inc. is a nonprofit organization for the survivors and victims of medical errors, adverse events and substandard health care. Members and participants are encouraged to use their experience to educate and advocate for a safer healthcare system
  • Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force - Established in 1998 in accordance with a Presidential directive. The purpose of the QuIC is to ensure that all Federal agencies involved in purchasing, providing, studying, or regulating health care services are working in a coordinated manner toward the common goal of improving quality care
    Federal Actions to Reduce Medical Errors & Their Impact
  • Remaking American Medicine Healthcare for the 21st Century - "Improving the Quality of Health Care...Community by Community" Remaking American Medicine is a four-part primetime television series intended for broadcast on PBS in early 2006. The series tells the stories of individuals and institutions struggling to address the significant problems that now plague our health care system. The PBS series focuses on the breathtaking advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and will feature compelling profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change fundamentally the way health care is delivered in this country. The goal of Remaking American Medicine is to inspire and empower viewers, by demonstrating what transforming the quality of patient care can mean to all Americans
  • SAFER California Healthcare: Strategic Alliance for Error Reduction - California-based organization that is focusing on research, education, and clinical practice in patient safety.
  • Save The Patient - Their mission is to educate and empower patients and the public to make effective and informed health care decisions through objective resources.
  • Sorry Works! - The Sorry Works! Coalition has quickly become the nation's leading advocacy organization for disclosure, apology (when appropriate), and upfront compensation (when necessary) after adverse medical events.
  • StopHospitalInfections.Org - The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Patients,
    A non-profit patient's rights organization.
  • Talk About Medical Experiences (T.A.M.E.) - Nonprofit organization that advocates and publicly targets medical errors, discrimination, and abuse in the medical care delivery system, to the extent that recipients and former recipients of medical care may need assistance to support and protect their rights
  • U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Veteran's Administration (VA) National Center for Patient Safety - Information on root cause analysis, the culture of safety & health care safety updates and news
  • Victim's Justice Center, Inc. - Mission is to focus on victim's rights in areas where there are gaps in services/ gaps in justice; including Medical Malpractice
  • Virginia Health Quality Center
  • Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety (VIPC&S)
  • Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute

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  • Fairness Foundation: A non-profit organization that seeks to help the uninsured navigate the overwhelming maze of hospital prices. They aim to empower the individual to get equitable treatment in hospital billing. There needs to be transparency in hospital billing. Every citizen can know how much they are being charged and why. Not for profit hospitals should be held to a standard that reflects their non-profit mission.

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