34 ways to survive your next trip to the hospital. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

34 ways to survive your next trip to the hospital. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published April 2018

34 ways to survive your next trip to the hospital.

Crouch M. Reader's Digest. April 2018.

Involving patients in their care can help improve safety. This magazine article provides 34 tips from leading patient safety experts to assist patients in this role. Tactics include considering a second opinion, bringing an up-to-date medication list, and repeating information back to providers to reduce misunderstandings.

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