Supporters - Empowered Patient Coalition

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

The following individuals and organizations support our patient education and engagement goals and our efforts to work in a spirit of mutual respect and collaboration to improve healthcare safety and quality.

Lenore Alexander
LeahsLegacy

Lisa Auerbach
Group leader of The Ehlers-Danlos Support Group

Alicia Cole
Alliance for Safety Awareness for Patients (ASAP)

Carol Cronin
Informed Patient Institute

Kathy Day, RN
McCleary MRSA Prevention

Lisa Freeman
Executive Director
Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

Rosemary Gibson
Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center
Editor for JAMA Internal Medicine
Hastings Center Bio
Medicare Meltdown

Suzanne Gordon
Award-winning journalist and author

Eve Harris
Patient Navigator
UCSF Medical Center Fertility Preservation Program

John James, Ph.D.
Patient Advocate
Patient Safety America
Patient Safety America Newsletters

Kevin Kavanaugh, M.D.
HealthWatch USA

Christian Lillis
Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation

Mary Ellen Mannix
James’s Project

Claudia Nichols
Pilot Health Advocates

Cathy Reuter
SurgicalFire.org

Ed Salazar
Patient Advocate
Patient Safety Movement video

Patricia Skolnik
Citizens for Patient Safety

Frederick Southwick, M.D.
Recovering from a Medical Error.org
Patient Outreach Initiative

Jordan Wilbur, M.D.
Children’s Cancer Hope Institute

Kim Witczak
WoodyMatters

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.