Patient Safety Issues

Patient safety and medical errors continue to receive a great deal of attention because they are a growing problem.

Being aware of important patient safety issues for you and your family is crucial.

Listed below are links to tools created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ - a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Social Services) to keep you more aware and informed about patient safety issues!

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• 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.