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Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much By: Maggie Mahar (Harper/Collins 2006)
The Empowered Patient - Helping Empowered Patients Claim their Right to Safe, Effective Healthcare.
Americas Tunnel Vision - The failure of America's health care is due to the fact that it is run by insurance companies.  Wall of Silence, The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes that Kill and Injure Millions of Americans www.codebluenow.org CodeBlueNow! intends to change the health care system so it works for the American public. www.pamsjourney.org Death at Baylor in Dallas following a series of medical errors www.josieking.org She died at the age of 18 months as a result of hospital errors at Johns Hopkins Hospital  A Sea of Broken Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous Profit-Driven Health Care System
www.uhcan.org a nationwide network that promotes comprehensive health care for all through education, strategy development and advocacy www.stophospitalinfections.org a project of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. Its goal is to help consumers find the best quality of care by promoting the public disclosure of hospital infection rates. www.americansmadandangry.org We are a non-profit, non-partisan healthcare consumer activist organization. www.pulseamerica.org is a nonprofit organization working to improve patient safety and reduce the rate of medical errors using real life stories and experiences. www.patientsafetyvideo.com It's important to arm yourself with as much information as possible to keep you, your family and friends safe while in the hospital.  Taking a Stand, A Story of Overcoming Obstacles www.patientsafety.org envisions a partnership between consumers and providers to create global healthcare systems that are safe, compassionate and just. www.texasadvocates.org Our mission is to make healthcare safer for Texans. www.mitSs.org Non-profit organization that supports, educates, trains and offers assistance to individuals affected by medically induced trauma. www.bumrungraddeath.com Death from medical errors, revealing data regarding the complete and total failure of JCAHO to protect consumers . Beware to consumer: JCAHO Accreditation is meaningless. There is nobody policing our medical establishment. Nobody.  Beware the Grieving Warrior: A Child's Preventable Death, a Struggle for Truth, Healing and Change. www.ahrq.gov Agency for healthcare research and quality www.maureensmission.org Maureen died as a result of breast cancer going undiagnosed. Her husband, Bill, advocates for universal standards of care for breast cancer. www.npsf.org National Patient Safety Foundation
 A Promise Fulfilled: One Couple's Journey through Misdiagnosis, Breast Cancer and Advocacy Stopping health care acquired infections Our goal is to protect patients from dangerous medical care Getting Health Care Right Medical Foundation for Patient Safety Knowledge based patient protection and risk reduction solutions Copyright © 2006 Lisa Lindell |
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