The Empowered Patient Coalition provides resources enabling patients to take control of their medical treatments and safety.

Patient Safety

Adverse Events

When Things go Wrong – Responding to Adverse Events from IHI (registration required)

“Did You Know” Archive of Adverse Events from AHRQ

Read Accounts and Assessments of Adverse Events at Quality Grand Rounds

Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events

Only You Can Prevent Surgical Fires from ECRI

The 10 Most Hazardous Technologies in Healthcare from ECRI (registration required)

Discharge

Components of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) from AHRQ

Patient Safety Resources

Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings from the CDC

USAToday Compares Hospitals on Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Pneumonia Death Rates

10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals from AHRQ

Five Steps to Safer Health Care from AHRQ

30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care from AHRQ

Safe Practices from National Quality Forum (NQF)

Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots from AHRQ

Preventing Medication Errors -Visit ConsumerMedSafety.org

Traveler’s Guide to Safe Dental Care from OSAP.org

Ten Things You Can do to be a Safe Patient from the CDC

Prescription Drug Information

High Quality Information about Prescription Drugs from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Rapid Response Teams

Rapid Response Video from the Department of Veteran Affairs

Rapid Response Early Warning Signs from Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Condiiton H (Condition Help) information from the Josie King Foundation

The Empowered Patient Coalition is a non-profit organization promoting patient advocates and health care safety. We are dedicated to promoting patient rights, resolving health care issues that result in medical errors and adverse events, and helping educate people on patient safety issues.

We provide the consumer and the patient advocate a clear understanding of the importance of forming interactive partnerships with providers and give them the tools and resources they need to become capable and confident members of the health care team. Ultimately, the public can be a valuable resource for adverse event reporting and should be called upon to help establish guidelines for patient’s rights.