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Consumer/Patient Interests

• Patients, Families Take Up the Cause of Hospital Safety (Wall Street Journal, 5/30/07)
• AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Patients to Ask Questions and Get More Involved with Their Health Care (3/7/07)
• Tips for Safer Surgery (Courtesy of the Surgical Care Improvement Project Partnership)
• Patient Safety - How You Can Help (Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council brochure)
• Partnering for Patient Empowerment Through Community Awareness - PPECA is a hospital-library collaborative initiative that's developed programming and tools to help organizations develop and provide programming for patient safety. The PPECA Facilitator's Guide and module presentations are now available free for organizations to use in their own patient safety educational efforts.
• 6 Smart Ways to Deal with Your Doctor (Health & Body Book, March 1, 2006)
• Secrets of Great Doctors (Reader's Digest, March 2006)
• News Release: You: The Smart Patient (By Michael F. Roizen, MD and Mehmet C. Oz, MD)
  - You: The Smart Patient Talking Points
• ASHP Identifies Consumer Views About Emergency Preparedness and Medications 
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children 
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors 
• AHRQ: HHS Agency Gives Consumers Tips on Preventing Medical Errors 
• Preventing Infections in the Hospital - What You as a Patient Can Do