Comments on: Taking charge of your medical care http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/behavioral-health-health-science/dr-dan-gottlieb-on-morning-edition/2009/07/20/taking-charge-of-your-medical-care/12243 News and Information from WHYY in Philadelphia Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mary Ellen Mannix http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/behavioral-health-health-science/dr-dan-gottlieb-on-morning-edition/2009/07/20/taking-charge-of-your-medical-care/12243/comment-page-1#comment-437 Mary Ellen Mannix Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:23:04 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=12243#comment-437 Thank you for discussing this topic. It is easy to forget how hard it is to be your own advocate when you are sick - and less than 100%. Which is why it is so important to be active in following health care policies and trends BEFORE you need to utilize the health care system. This Saturday is Patient Safety Day. It has been every July 25th since 2001. The day is to remember during a moment of silence at noon and 6PM the patients who have died or been injured by preventable medical errors. It is also a moment to acknowledge the providers who have been working to improve the safety and quality of health care. This year Dr. Lucian Leape has been awarded the Inaugural Patient Safety Day Nightingale & Codman award for his tireless efforts in saving patients' lives and providers' livelihoods through quality, safe medical care delivery. We all have a part to play in safe care - even when we or a loved one are not yet ill - especially then. Thank you for discussing this topic. It is easy to forget how hard it is to be your own advocate when you are sick – and less than 100%. Which is why it is so important to be active in following health care policies and trends BEFORE you need to utilize the health care system.
This Saturday is Patient Safety Day. It has been every July 25th since 2001. The day is to remember during a moment of silence at noon and 6PM the patients who have died or been injured by preventable medical errors. It is also a moment to acknowledge the providers who have been working to improve the safety and quality of health care. This year Dr. Lucian Leape has been awarded the Inaugural Patient Safety Day Nightingale & Codman award for his tireless efforts in saving patients' lives and providers' livelihoods through quality, safe medical care delivery.

We all have a part to play in safe care – even when we or a loved one are not yet ill – especially then.

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