The AHRQ was established in December 1989 and is the lead government agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services.
Visit the AHRQ web site. Click on "Consumers and Patients." Select one topic from those listed and read though the major findings. Write a one-page report summarizing how you learned to be a better health consumer.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Academic medicine is a distinctive resource in American medical care. It is responsible for producing new physicians, creating new knowledge, and caring for patients, who often have special needs. The mission of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is to improve the health of the public by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine.
Visit the AAMC web site. Select "About AAMC" and then write a half-page summary of the mission and goals of this non-profit organization.
Association of American Medical Colleges
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One important health care provider group are nurses, who out number physicians, dentists, and every other single group of health care workers in the United States. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a full-service professional organization representing the nations 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations and 13 organizational affiliate members. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
Visit the ANA web site. Select "About Us" and then write a half-page summary of the mission and goals of this non-profit organization.
American Nursing Association
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