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Resources
Here are some good links to start your search for information on a variety of
healthcare topics.
Inclusion on this resource list does not imply a recommendation or endorsement
of the resource nor the accuracy of information on third party Web sites. See
NJHA Terms of Use.
Contents:
Choosing a Hospital
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Before Entering a Hospital; Second Opinions; Surgery
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Health Insurance Coverage
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Your Patient Rights
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Advance Medical Directives
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"Put It In Writing"
American Hospital Association (AHA). Offers a compilation of key resources that
provide basic facts about advance directives and encourages patients to explore
their preferences for care at the end of life. It includes easy to read advance
directives, free, state specific advance directives, advice for communicating
wishes to family and close friends and discusses legal myths. Documenting your
wishes today means your family won't have to make heart-wrenching decisions
later.
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More Hospital Compare Web Sites
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Hospital Compare: A Quality Tool for Adults, Including People with Medicare
[Web Site]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
"This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area
care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This
information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) and organizations that represent hospitals,
doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, other Federal agencies and the
public. Talk to your doctor about this information to help you, your family and
your friends make your best hospital care decisions."
- Hospital Performance Report.
[Web Site]. Trenton, NJ: N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services.
Select hospital comparisons are provided on an interactive Web site where consumers can create charts comparing hospitals
and review each hospital's performance over time. Consumer information also is provided including hospital patient rights,
filing hospital complaints, taking an active role in your healthcare and how to choose a hospital or physician.
- Quality Check: The Joint Commission
[Web Site]. Chicago, IL: The Joint Commission.
Quality Check is a comprehensive guide to the nearly 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations and programs
throughout the United States, including hospitals. It features a user-friendly format with checks, pluses and minuses to help
you compare health care organization performance in a number of key areas. It provides information about a hospital's
Joint Commission accreditation decisions and accredited programs, any special quality awards, a hospital's compliance
with the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals, and its performance
on National Quality Improvement Goals
including children's asthma care, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pregnancy and related conditions,
and surgical infection prevention.
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More Patient Safety Resources
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Caring
Conversations™
Center for Practical Bioethics. [Web Site]. Accessed: July 13, 2006.
A consumer education initiative to help individuals and their families with
end-of-life care. Each copy of Caring Conversations includes a healthcare
directive document and a durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions.
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Center for Medical
Consumers
[Web Site]. Greenwich Village, NY: The Center.
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Consumer Health Ratings.com
Consumer Health Ratings is dedicated to providing consumers with information
they can use to make better-informed decisions about their health care. This
Web site provides the most comprehensive listing of organizations that rate or
report performance on specific hospitals, health plans, physicians, nursing
homes, home health agencies and other health care providers in the United
States.
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Consumers Advancing Patient
Safety (CAPS)
[Web Site]. Chicago, IL: CAPS.
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Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
[Web Site]. Geneva, Switzerland: HON.
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Health Privacy Project
[Web Site]. Washington, DC: Health Privacy Project.
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HealthyNJ
This Web site is by the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey. The content is designed to meet the information needs
of consumers, with particular emphasis on New Jersey resources and needs.
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Medicare Rights Center:
Your Guide Through the Medicare Maze
[Web Site]. New York, NY: The Medicare Rights Center.
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Medicare: The Official U.S.
Government Site for People With Medicare
[Web Site]. Washington, DC: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and
Department of Health and Human Services.
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MEDLINEplus®
[Web Site]. Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine. The premier resource
for up-to-date, authoritative and qualitative health information from the
world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Includes
extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted
sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. Provides lists of hospitals and
physicians, a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, health information in
Spanish, prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the
media and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily, this Web site
has no advertising.
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myHealthFinder.com
[Web Site]. Buffalo, NY: Niagara Health Quality Coalition.
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New Jersey Hospital Association, Quality Institute.
"For Consumers"
Provides a consumer safety brochure, a medication card and NJHA messages about
patient safety and healthcare quality.
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New Jersey Hospital Association, Library.
"Resources for Healthcare Consumers"
Provides links to directories to locate doctors, hospitals out-of-state,
specialized health facilities, long term care, clinical trials, flu shots,
mammography directory, organ donation and other frequently requested healthcare
and patient safety resources.
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The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a booklet for older
adults that incorporates new research-based recommendations from the U. S.
Preventive Services Task Force. The guide in available in English and Spanish
and includes tips and recommendations on good health habits, screening tests
and immunizations.
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PSNet Patient Safety Network
[Web Site]. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This portal provides resources for improving patient safety and preventing
medical errors for many audiences. It can help consumers learn about all
aspects of the topic. To find the resources specifically for a healthcare
consumer, go to section marked 'Browse by Subject' and click on the link
labeled 'Target Audience.' Then choose the link for either 'Patients' or
'Non-Healthcare Professionals.'
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