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22 Jan 2021, 11:54 am
Constantine Cannon LLP proudly joins the AARP Foundation in representing the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care and California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform in a lawsuit seeking to roll back a directive undercutting accountability for nursing homes that violate federal standards. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 6:08 am
Related: Pharmacy Safety: Consumer Fact Sheet, National Patient Safety Foundation. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 6:25 am
The week-long Patient Safety Foundation effort seeks to advocate for efforts to reduce these sobering statistics. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 1:33 am
Well here you go…..Consumers Advancing Patient Safety - provides patient safety information, online forums on medical error experiences.Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors in Healthcare - a national network of patient-rights advocates and victims of medical errors, links for patient rights and chat roomsSurgicalfire.org - information on surgical-fire risks and preventionMedically Induced… [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 1:33 am
Well here you go…..Consumers Advancing Patient Safety - provides patient safety information, online forums on medical error experiences.Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors in Healthcare - a national network of patient-rights advocates and victims of medical errors, links for patient rights and chat roomsSurgicalfire.org - information on surgical-fire risks and preventionMedically Induced… [read post]
3 Jun 2006, 5:08 pm
"We owe it to Terry to continue his fight to make mesothelioma research a national priority, including pain management. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 10:11 am
In their latest report "Safety Is Personal: Partnering with Patients and Families for the Safest Care" the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute is advocating for the inclusion of patients and families in clinical activities, health care design and delivery as well as policy development. [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 9:01 am
Tejal Gandhi, president of the National Patient Safety Foundation, said medication errors and adverse events affect as many as 1 in 4 patients within 30 days of being prescribed a drug. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 11:55 am
She has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and given the Living Legacy Award by the Chicana/Latina Foundation. [read post]
16 Jan 2021, 1:27 pm
The new initiative has been launched by The Leapfrog Group, which is a national organization of patient safety advocates. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 10:46 am
If faced with unexpected expenses, call your insurer and say you need relief, advises Nancy Davenport-Ennis, CEO of the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF). [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 6:36 am
I recently attended the 2017 National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) Conference, titled “Animal Nation. [read post]
22 May 2010, 8:16 pm
Thankfully, both children survived and Quinn became a passionate advocate for patient safety. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 8:00 am
Foundation Receives Second Consecutive 4-Star Rating From Nation’s Largest Independent Charity Evaluator Market Watch October 5, 2011 Headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) is a national non-profit organization that protects patients through the effective use of mediation to ensure “access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their… [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 1:09 pm
The friend or family member/patient advocate should keep track of the follow-up appointments and make sure the patient is aware of them in advance. [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 9:24 am
These groups have all had an impact on the promotion of patient safety, but sometimes parents and families are the only advocates patients have in a hospital. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 12:27 pm
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is launching a new medical privacy project today to identify the emerging issues and to give advocates the information they need to fight for stronger protections for patients. [read post]
13 May 2013, 11:36 am
Michael Okun, a neurologist at the University of Florida and the national medical director for the National Parkinson Foundation, explained that Parkinson’s is typically a disease that affects older adults, and they’re at greater risk for medication errors “even in good hospitals. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 8:31 pm
After all, nationalized systems are no friends of cancer patients. [read post]
7 Dec 2019, 9:54 am
Slides from the presentations made at Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) September 6, 2019 symposium on Patient Matching for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are now available on line. [read post]
