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Voice4Patients.Com
PO Box 273
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 www.voice4patients.com 
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National Support Services 
PULSEAmerica.Org
(719) 564-0280
 

 

Link to Federal Legislation
Thomas:  Legislative Info. on the Internet
 thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
 
National Academy Helping States achieve excellence in      state health policy and practice
for STATE HEALTH POLICY

Quality and Patient Safety: State Mandatory Reporting Rules and Statues
Patient Safety Laws by State
www.nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=2A789909-5310-11D6-BCF000A0CC558925

An Act to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Patient Health:  A Case Study from Maine
 News Brief detailing  the chronology of Maine's Patient Safety Legislation
www.nashp.org/Files/Mandatory_reporting_ME.pdf

Link to Patient Safety Organizations
 http://nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=B8A71AAA-7236-11D6-BD1200A0CC76FF4C

Report on state-based safety centers that have the goal of reducing medical errors www.nashp.org/Files/final_web_report_11.01.04.pdf
 
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the
nation
 A. 2400 Sand Hill Rd.
Menlo Park, C 94025
(650) 854-9400
www.kff.org
Kaiser's Links to every State's Home Page, Legislative Page, and several other State Agencies
 www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi 
 

 Be Heard, Make Your Voice Count, Share Your Story!
AARP's Divided We Fail campaign www.dividedwefail.org
Consumers Union's Cover America Tour www.coveramericatour.org
Every Patient Counts www.everypatientcounts.org/

 

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