Patient Safety Issues

The topic of patient safety and medical errors continues to receive a great deal of attention because it is a growing problem. Being aware of important patient safety issues for you and your family is crucial. Below are links to tools created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ - a division of the US Department of Health and Social Services) to keep you more aware and informed about patient safety issues:

• Five Steps to Safer Health Care
  What you can do to get safer health care.
  
  
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
  What to do to help providers avoid errors.
  
  
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children
  How parents and children can help providers avoid errors.