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Airman loses limbs as a result of routine gallbladder surgery Travis Air Force Base, July 9th, 2009 - A mistake during "routine" gallbladder surgery drastically changed the life of 20-year old Airman Colton Read forever. Active duty...

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Cautiouspatient.org – A Guide for Patients

Cautious Patient is a non-profit organization which was founded in January, 2009, with the following goals: To help people understand the dangers and inadequate care that occur in our healthcare system—but that there are ways they...

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Community of Competence

As an active learning organization, Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety strongly supports research to build knowledge and greater capacity to learn and to identify the best clinical practices and to build a better healthcare system...

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Patient Privacy Rights

Chilling News About Health Privacy - You Have None. Is there anything in your health record that you would not want to share with others? Prescriptions for anti-depressants, anxiety, cancer, long-ago abortions, AIDS or HIV, testing for the...

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PatientSafetyAmerica

Welcome to PatientSafetyAmerica. Join our national movement for a safer more affordable healthcare system. We are of the patient, by the patient, and for the patient. There are no hidden sponsors. As a member of Patient Safety America you...

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Stop Hospital Infections.org

A project of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. End Hospital secrecy and save lives. Real people, Real Stories. Have you or a loved one contracted a hospital infection when you went in for surgery or other illness? Over 1000...

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Texas Advocates for Patient Safety

Texas Advocates for Patient Safety…promoting disclosure in medical care for the state of Texas and beyond. TAPS focuses on making hospital and physician practices the trusted servants that patients believe in and deserve. We accomplish this...

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Texas Watch

Texas Watch is a non-partisan, advocacy organization working to improve consumer and insurance protections for Texas families. Texas Watch's thousands of activists across the state make their voices heard to preserve their rights and protections....

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Featured Advocate

Featured Advocate Mary Ellen Mannix emphasizes restoring trust through education and communication in healthcare. After the preventable, negligent death of her son, James, she founded PULSE of PA. She is coordinating Pennsylvania’s pediatric disease specific organizations to foster information sharing. This program and her book “Split the Baby” recognize that without safe care first, all children are at risk. Visit www.splitthebaby.com.

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