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PatientsRightToKnow.org

Select your state from an interactive map to find out what physician background reporting is available in your state. Knowing the background information on your doctor could your life.

http://www.patientsrighttoknow.org/

Health Watch USA

Health Watch USA is a non-profit organization dedicated to patient advocacy, health care transparency and the promotion of consumer driven health care.

http://www.healthwatchusa.org/

Consumer Health Quality Council

The Consumer Health Quality Council (a coalition of Health Care for All) empowers those impacted by health care quality issues to have a voice in our health care system, to engage fellow consumers to be active partners in their health care, and to advocate for high quality, safe, and accessible health care for all Massachusetts residents.

http://hcfa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=546&grandparentID=531&parentID=544

Mothers Against Medical Error

Mothers Against Medical Error (MAME) is a South Carolina-based group that works with medical error victims, healthcare professionals, and legislators to promote its mission of providing support to victims of medical harm; educating policymakers and the public about patient safety issues; and advocating for improvements in healthcare policy. Areas in which MAME has been active include medical education reform, hospital infection reporting, in-hospital patient support systems, and disclosure of medical error.

Contact: Helen Haskell mamemoms@gmail.com

http://www.mamemomsonline.org/

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

CT Center for Patient Safety works in our communities, within our healthcare systems, and with elected officials to improve the quality of healthcare and to protect the rights of injured patients through education, accountability and advocacy. We believe that quality healthcare is a right.

http://www.ctcps.org/

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