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GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe.

Patient Guide. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bethesda, MD: National Council on Patient Information and Education; April 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0049-A.

TOOLKIT

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2000. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0004.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Questions Are the Answer.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 02-P034.

STUDY

Can patients be part of the solution? Views on their role in preventing medical errors.

Hibbard JH, Peters E, Slovic P, Tusler M. Med Care Res Rev. 2005;62:601-616.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors!

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2001. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0017.

BOOK/REPORT

Guide to Healthcare Quality: How to Know It When You See It.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Rockville, MD: 2005.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0040c.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, August 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0086-C.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ Publication No. 05(06)-0074.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0089.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Quick Tips—When Planning for Surgery.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0040d.

AUDIOVISUAL

Healthcare 411 Special Report: National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 6, 2006.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

MedlinePlus: Patient Safety.

US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

How to Prevent Medication Errors.

Huntingdon Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2004.

COMMENTARY

Development of a patient safety web-based education curriculum for physicians, nurses, and patients.

Hendee WR, Keating-Christensen C, Loh YH. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:90-99.

AUDIOVISUAL

Video on Tips for Taking Medicines Safely.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2005.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Getting Safer Care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

No minor mistake: doctor's error, your expense.

Smerd J. Workforce Management. June 11, 2007;1, 16-19.

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