Resources
Patient empowerment & safety
National Patient Safety Foundation's Ask Me 3 is a patient education program designed to promote communication between healthcare providers and patients in order to improve health outcomes.
BC Patient Safety & Quality Council's It's Good To Ask program includes tools and tips to help patients and their families understand their health condition by partnering with members of their healthcare team.
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute is committed to providing national leadership in building and advancing a safer Canadian health system. The Ask. Talk. Listen. tips and other resources have been prepared for Patients and their Families.
This site provides a range of resources that offer practical assistance as well as personal supports for caregivers and care recipients.
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organization dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide.
Monthly news and unbiased recommendations on staying healthy. Cost to access.
Informing patients of their vital role in creating a smarter, safer healthcare system (USA).
The Empowered Patient Coalition is a non-profit group created by patient advocates devoted to helping the public improve quality and safety in healthcare. The provides resources to enable patients to take control of their medical treatments.
Health information for British Columbians at their fingertips with just a phone call (8-1-1) or click away with HealthLinkBC.
Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety's It's Safe To Ask encourages patients and families to request the information they need in order to become active participants in their care. This initiative includes easy to read materials for patients, as well as information kits for healthcare providers and organizations.
Non-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness. More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.
Supporting victims of medical error.
The National Women's Health Network improves the health of all women by developing and promoting a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision-making.
Share your experiences, learn from others and connect with patients just like me (USA based).
The Patient Care Quality Review Board Act was created to establish a clear, consistent, timely and transparent approach to managing patient care quality complaints in British Columbia.
Comprehensive health information as provided by GPS and nurses to patients during consultations.
Time to Talk CARDIO aims to help patients and health care professionals make the most of their conversations by building communication skills to help better manage heart health.
Prescription drugs
Improving health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion.
Up-to-date, evidence-based, practical information on prescription drug therapy.
Your expert, independent second opinion for prescription drug information. Cost to access.
Books
Death by Prescription, by Terence H. Young
A father takes on his daughter's killer - the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry.
Selling Sickness, by Ray Motnihan and Alan Cassels
How the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us into patients.
Squandering Billions: Health care in Canada, by Dr. Don Nixdorf and Gary Bannerman
In search of more effective health spending.
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, by Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, Editors.
Reports
The incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada (2000).
Patient First Review Commissioner's Report to the Saskatchewan Minister of Health (October 2009).
