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Patient Safety and Physician Quality

PATIENT SAFETY
•	Pulse America
•	HonestMedicine
•	Quack Watch
•	National Patient Safety Foundation
•	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
•	Wrong Diagnosis Information (excellent for differential diagnosis)
•	Surgical Fire
PHYSICIAN and HOSPITAL QUALITY Use these sites to learn about individual physicians or hospitals, or to share feedback about their service to you. Learn how to tell which of these websites can provide you with the most objective information.
•	UcompareHealthcare from About.com
•	Wall Street Journal Article describing hospital and physician quality websites
•	US Dept of Health and Human Services
•	List of Medical Boards by State
•	American Board of Medical Specialties
•	Hospital Ratings (state by state)
•	Vitals.com
•	Health Grades : Physician and Hospital Quality Reports
•	Revolution Health
•	MD Nationwide
•	DrScore
•	DocFinder
•	Federation of State Medical Boards
•	HealthPages: Voice of the Health Care Consumer
•	RateMDs

	ARTICLES from Every Patient's Advocate
•	Every Hospital's Dirty Little Secret
•	What if You've Only Got a Few Months to Live?
•	The Flip of a Coin Isn't Good Enough
•	The Problem with Should


	Blog: Most current patient advocacy commentary

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