Our Mission

NH Patient Voices is a 501(c)(3) non profit charitable organization whose mission is education and advocacy for safe, quality, compassionate healthcare that puts patients & their families at the center of care in both policy and practice. We work hard to bring the collective voice of patients to healthcare providers, administrators, legislators, public policy, and public health leaders.  Users can find links to hospital rating websites, patient care outcome data, costs, patient safety resources, updates on healthcare reform, and the latest research on healthcare quality, costs & utilization.  Send us your suggestions or comments..we value your feedback!

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To The Peggy Foundation for their new Public Service Announcement (PSA)

about "C. Diff", a bacterial infection that has increased 400% since 2000 (!).  If you develop sudden diarrhea or gastrointestinal symptoms, make sure 'C.Diff' is ruled out; especially if you've been on antibiotics within the last 6 months. Click here to watch.

To The Unnecesarean for posting Cesarean Birth rates by state and by hospital name on their new site Cesareanrates.com. 

To The Foundation for Healthy Communities for the government funding they received from the new "Partnership for Patients" program.  Eighteen New Hampshire hospitals have signed on to prevent & reduce harm to patients.  More info. here

The Commonwealth Fund for posting hospital quality data by hospital name.  Find out rates of selected infections, post-operative sepsis, failure-to-rescue, bedsores, post-operative hip fracture and more.  Also look up hospital mortality rates for pneumonia, heart attack and heart failure & compare them to 'top performers' across the country.

The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group (NNECDSG) for publishing Cardiac Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) volumes, complication and mortality rates by hospital name in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont.  This site has valuable data for patients to consider before making an informed decision about where to have cardiac surgery. 

More info

 

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Patient Safety Need To Know.....

January, 2012

New Medicare study shows that the majority of hospital medical errors go

unreported. 130,000 Medicare patients per month are affected.

NY Times, by Robert Pear

April, 2011

New study shows one in three patients experience hospital medical errors. 7% suffer permanent harm or death. 

November 24, 2010

Harvard Researchers Find No Progress in Hospital Safety

Calls for a mandatory national medical error reporting system

NY Times, by Denise Grady

November 16, 2010 US Government Report:

Hospital medical errors contribute to 180,000 Medicare patient deaths/year

Read a report summary from Fierce Healthcare

Read the Full Report

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NH Patient Voices is proud to be partnered with The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality as a resource for informative, evidence-based educational materials for both consumers and healthcare providers.    Click here for these resources 

 

                          

 

Our 'Best of the Web' 

"Health care is a team sport and you are

the captain of that team."

                                    -Mary Brennan-Taylor

Go to our Facebook Page

for links to breaking patient safety news. Don't forget to 'like' or 'friend' us when you get there!

Life-saving Info Here! Sepsis Alliance Campaign

for docs, nurses, patients or care-givers to recognize & treat sepsis (blood poisoning from bacteria) before it's too late.

New 'Strong Start' Initiative launched to improve maternity care and reduce elective deliveries that result in premature births.

What are NH hospital's infection rates? The NH

Department of Health & Human Services has them

right here.

What does Maternity Care cost in NH?

Childbirth Connection has the latest data.

New HAI Prevention Videos: 'Partnering to Heal'

(HAI=Healthcare Associated Infections).  NH Patient Voices worked on the committee that helped produce these videos.  We are proud to see their recent release to medical & nursing schools, hospitals, and consumer/patient safety education groups.  Downloadable and free to use! 

Click here for more patient education resources

 

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