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Patient Med List

The Coalition is making available a patient medication list to you, your family, and providers of health care. Taking an active role in your care has many advantages. This list will:

  • Assist you in getting ready to visit your doctor;
  • Provide more complete and accurate information to health care providers;
  • Help you track your medications, herbal, and supplement use; and
  • Help your doctor provide a high level of quality care to help you achiev your best possible health.

You may update your Med List electronically.
Click here to download a free Patient Med List.

For more information, contact MA Coalition at 781-272-8000 ext. 185 or email ebrickman@macoalition.org

Reconciling Medications

Safe Practice Recommendations to Reconcile Medications
Implementation Guide for Safe Practices (A Resource Book of Materials)
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Communicating Critical Test Results

Safe Practice Recommendations to Communicate Critical Test Results
Implementation Guide for Safe Practices (A Resource Book of Materials)
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When Things Go Wrong:  Responding to Adverse Events

A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals

Prepared by physicians, nurses, risk managers, and patients from the Harvard teaching hospitals, the document attempts to summarize the current thinking about the best practices to follow when a patient suffers injury from medical treatment. Its objectives are to provide a deeper understanding of the issues involved to help hospitals and caregivers develop more effective policies for managing patients and caregivers following injury. The concepts and principles are supported by he Harvard teaching hospitals.

Published on the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors web site with permission.

Guide for Patients: “Your Role in Safe Medication Use”


English
Online Version		 Consumer Guide

The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors has developed a consumer guide that encourages patients to become "part of the health care team" along with their physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, to prevent medication mistakes. The guide was developed in conjunction with the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Family-Centered Care and is based on input solicited from patients, families, and health care professionals. The brochure is also available in Spanish.

For more information, contact:
MA Coalition
Phone:  781-272-8000 ext.221
Email:  macoalition@macoalition.org

Click here to download the brochure order form
Spanish
Online Version

Reporting Requirements

  • Reporting Requirements Across Agencies
  • The Coalition conducted an inventory of hospital reporting requirements across health care agencies. For each agency, the document identifies reportable incidents, incident specifics required when reporting, disclosable information, as well as confidentiality issues. The agencies presented include: Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, JCAHO, CMS/LTC, and the FDA.
  • This document was revised April 2004. It is a working document that is subject to change. If you have comments or updates, contact Effie Brickman at 781-272-8000 ext. 185 or ebrickman@macoalition.org.

Restraints and Seclusion

Reducing Medication Errors in Acute Care and Long Term Care Facilities

Patient Safety Tools
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