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Information for Consumers:

• "Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know it When You See it" – Link to a pdf file of the booklet prepared by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
   
  
• Emmi Safety – A series of programs that helps patients and their families understand what to expect throughout any medical procedure. Click on the image below to view a 5-minute online program that delivers safety tips to patients.

Recent Articles:

• Oklahoma City hospitals form agreement to implement electronic medical records exchange (5/8/08)
• HCAHPS data to be made public March 28 (3/19/07)
• Joint Commission issues 2008 national patient safety goals (7/4/07)
• New Joint Commission report portrays patient safety and health care quality performance of nation's hospitals (3/28/07)
• Study indicates that patients' broad definition of medical 'errors' can undermine satisfaction with care (1/3/07)
• AHRQ issues patient safety tips for hospitals (11/22/06)
• Leapfrog policy articulates what many hospitals are already doing (11/22/06)
• IOM recommends steps to prevent medication errors (7/26/06)
• Has your hospital signed up for the Surgical Care Improvement Project? (4/5/06)