Health information topics about Health System Patient Issues Health information topics about 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 Patientsâ?? 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   Public Health News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. 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