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Patient Safety

The CT Center for Patient Safety is a forceful voice for the health care consumer. Our health care system is not really a system; rather the “system” is a collection of industries that have bottom lines and whose profits can be at the expense of the patient. Read more

Quality

Patient Safety is about the systems that must be put in place to assure quality of care for everyone. We believe quality healthcare is a right.

Advocacy

The CT Center for Patient Safety represents the voice of patients in the following areas:

  • Patient Safety Campaigns; including hospital infections, medical errors, pharmaceutical reporting, and malpractice reform.
  • State legislative health policy
  • National patient safety and quality organizations
  • State and National agencies and officials
  • Patient Safety Education

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Health Care Blog

Hospital Infection Rates Now on Medicare Website
NationalJournal by Margot Sanger-Katz Updated: February 1, 2012 | 2:48 p.m – Hospital-acq…
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Safe To Be Sick
National Journal  By Maggie Fox  Updated: January 26, 2012 | 10:25 a.m.  -  Thousands of people…
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5 Things to Know

  1. What you need to know in the Hospital
  2. 15 Steps You Can Take To Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection
  3. Selecting Doctors & Hospitals
  4. What to do to avoid medication error
  5. AHRQ Director Helps Consumers Navigate the Health Care System in a New Advice Column on the Web