Speak Up!
- 8/6/2009
- Author: Jim Parker
- Category: Perspectives on Patient Safety Blog
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Greetings readers!
Let me suggest to you a new and interesting resource that The Joint Commission is offering to your patients through its Speak Up!™ program. The newest offering from the Speak Up! Campaign is designed to help parents made better decisions regarding their children’s health care.
The new brochure is available in both English and Spanish.
The new brochure offers parents critical information that can make a real difference in their child’s health care, such as a list of symptoms that mean the parent should seek immediate medical attention for the child, preparing for your child’s next doctor visit, important questions to ask your physician, and medication safety.
The Joint Commission launched the Speak Up campaign in 2002, in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The nationwide campaign is designed to help patients become actively involved in their own care, by being better informed and empowered to ask questions. Topics of Speak Up campaign brochures include:
- • Help Prevent Errors in Your Care
- • Help Avoid Mistakes in Your Surgery
- • Information for Living Organ Donors
- • Five Things You Can Do to Prevent Infection
- • Help Avoid Mistakes With Your Medicines
- • What You Should Know About Research Studies
- • Planning Your Follow-up Care
- • Help Prevent Medical Test Mistakes
- • Know Your Rights
- • Understanding Your Doctors and Other Caregivers
- • What You Should Know About Pain Management
All Speak Up materials are available here.
I hope you are able to use these valuable resources. Let me ask you, is patient involvement a priority in your organization? How do you help your patients feel empowered and get involved?
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