Safe Patient Project: Arkansas http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/arkansas/ The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality. en Copyright 2010 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:20 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Medical Error Survey for Patients This survey was created for patients who have experienced medical harm, their loved ones and their advocates. This survey was created by the Empowered Patient Coalition and we have jointly published this survey on our websites. This survey is designed to answer questions that are important to patients. This is a way for patients to report their experience as they have lived it, and to know that their report will be counted.The Empowered Patient Coalition will be entering the events annonymously on a map so you can see your error and others in your state by clciking on the map.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2010/03/medical_error_survey_for_patie.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2010/03/medical_error_survey_for_patie.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:20 -0600 Patient Safety Advocates Health Reform Support Letter http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/09/patient_safety_advocates_healt_1.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/09/patient_safety_advocates_healt_1.html Letter Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:19:24 -0600 Doctor/Medical Staff Accountability Patients who were harmed by a doctor or other medical staff.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/doctormedical_staff_accountabi.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/doctormedical_staff_accountabi.html Story Ask Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:37:50 -0600 Medical Error Wrong surgery, wrong patient or wrong body part

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_medical_error_story.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_medical_error_story.html Story Ask Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:18:16 -0600 Health and Human Services Grants for hospital infection prevention at surgical centers HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius designates ARRA money to stand-alone or same-day surgical centers to fight hospital infections in 12 states.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/health_and_human_services_gran_1.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/health_and_human_services_gran_1.html Document (Internal) Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:02:09 -0600 Medication Error Wrong drug, wrong dosage, side effects or drug interactions

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/medication_error.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/medication_error.html Story Ask Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:18:58 -0600 Prescription Drugs Problems with high cost, insurance coverage or misleading ads

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_prescription_drug_s.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_prescription_drug_s.html Story Ask Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:17:10 -0600 Hospital Infection MRSA or other infection contracted in the hospital

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_hospital_infection.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/share_your_hospital_infection.html Story Ask Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:15:42 -0600 Recovery Act to fund 12 state efforts to improve care in ambulatory surgical centers Money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will pay $1 million for infection control in ambulatory surgical centers in Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Michigan, Arkansas, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Kansas.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/recovery_act_to_fund_12_state.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/08/recovery_act_to_fund_12_state.html News Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:02:08 -0600 Activists speak out at Presidential health care forum Your stories matter. We are listening—and we’re getting those at the highest levels of government to listen, too.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/04/activists_speak_out_at_preside.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/04/activists_speak_out_at_preside.html Blog Post Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:06:58 -0600 User-Generated Content: Arkansas Do you have a comment or a link you'd like to share about your state? Post it here by using the form below.

]]> http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/03/usergenerated_content_arkansas.html http://www.safepatientproject.org/2009/03/usergenerated_content_arkansas.html User Generated Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:31:59 -0600 Arkansas to start voluntary hospital infection reporting No one knows how many hospitals will participate when the program starts up in 2009. At any rate, the information will be pooled so that no individual hospital is identified.

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