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IATROGENESIS

Patient and Family Resources

Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/

National Institutes of Health: Health Information: http://health.nih.gov/

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional web sites: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

National Center for Patient Safety http://www.patientsafety.gov

National Patient Safety Foundation www.npsf.org

Partnership for Patient Safety www.p4ps.org

The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety http://leapfroggroup.org

American Association of Retired Persons Home Page: http://www.aarp.org/
Rothschild, J. M., & Leape, L. L. (September 2000). The nature and extent of medical injury in older patients: Executive summary. Retrieved October 10, 2004 from http://research.aarp.org/health/2000_17_injury_1.html

Citizens' Council on Health Care http://www.cchconline.org/index.php3

Prentiss Care Networks Project (Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults) http://caregiving.case.edu

List Servs -addresses

National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Discussion Forum (Listserv) http://www.npsf.org/html/l-comm.html

Health Industry Groups

American Hospital Association www.aha.org

Joint Commission Accreditation of Health Care Organizations www.jcaho.org

National Committee on Quality Assurance
www.ncqa.org

Premier: Partners for a Healthier Community www.premierinc.com

The American Health Quality Association
www.ahqa.org

URAC: Promoting Quality Health Care
www.urac.org

The Voluntary Hospital Association, Inc.
www.vha.com

Risk Management Foundation Harvard Medical Institutions http://www.rmf.harvard.edu/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) http://cms.hhs.gov

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Adverse Drug Events/Drug Information Medication Errors (FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)- keep this one also add to med topic http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors/default.htm

Last updated - November 2005