Information for Health Care Consumers and Their Families

Below are Patient Safety resources for health care consumers and families:

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors

Colorado Health Online: Leaping Toward Higher Standards--This tool shows you how close voluntarily reporting Colorado Hospitals meet the standards suggested by the Leapfrog Group

"Five Steps to Safer Healthcare" from the US Department of Health and Human Services

Herbal Drug Interactions

"Insight 2005: Becoming an Informed Consumer of Healthcare Services" from the Georgia Partnership for Health and Accountability

Instructions on how to use Medicare's "Hospital Compare" website

"My Medication Record" from the Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

"My Registro de Recetas Medicas" (Spanish version of "My Medication Record") from the Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

"Patient Medication Card" from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors

"Speak Up" Program Brochure from the Joint Commission for Health Care Accreditation

"Your Role in Safe Medication Use" from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors