Patient Resources
- Websites
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AHRQ is a free of charge, public national database which receives its data from the state government licensing board. The specific options available on the website include:
- Clinical information, such as effective health care, preventive services, and clinical practice guidelines:
- Funding opportunities
- Research findings
- Specific population information
- Public health preparedness
- Consumer and patient information
- Data and surveys
- Quality and Patient Safety
- National Quality Forum
- The National Quality Forum is private and nonprofit, and measures healthcare quality in the country. The website includes an area to browse healthcare topics, opportunities for members, and publications.
- Families USA
- Families USA is non-profit, national, and non-partisan. It strives to provide fair and affordable healthcare for everyone in the United States. On the website you will find issue areas, such as Medicare, prescriptions, and minority health, as well as resources and resource centers.
- Institute of Medicine
- The Institute of Medicine works to improve the health of the nation by acting as an advisor and, to do so, provides well researched information to the public. The website of The Institute supplies such subjects as:
- Aging
- Diseases
- Food and Nutrition
- Public Health and Prevention
- and treatment, among others
- The Institute of Medicine works to improve the health of the nation by acting as an advisor and, to do so, provides well researched information to the public. The website of The Institute supplies such subjects as:
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
- The site for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) provides information on accreditation programs, along with publication and products, and education and events. There are articles based on assorted healthcare topics.
- Citizens for Patient Safety
- Citizens for Patient Safety is a global grassroots organization. This agency builds alliances between and within diverse communities united in a common purpose by building bridges between consumers, the medical community, insurance and the legal community to improve the healthcare system and quality that patient’s receive.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality