- The Informed Patient Institute (IPI) is an independent non-profit organization that works to ensure the public availability and use of actionable information about health care quality, patient safety and affordability to improve quality and lower costs.
- Hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and other health care providers are not the same. They differ on quality, safety and cost. IPI works to make these differences more transparent to the public.
- We provide consumers with advice about what to do when they have a concern about quality in a hospital, nursing home, or doctor’s office; (See our Tip Sheets for California, Connecticut, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina).
- Read more about IPI’s current projects and new strategic directions
- Read more about IPI’s past work evaluating and rating report cards on doctors, hospitals and nursing homes
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Regaining Trust: Health Care Transparency in the Age of Misinformation, February 2024
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https://informedpatientinstitute.com/pdf/Physician Sexual Misconduct 6-13-22.pdfLooking for Doctor Information: A Survey and Ranking of State Medical and Osteopathic Board Websites in 2021, January 2022
https://informedpatientinstitute.com/pdf/LookingForDoctorInformationOnline - Jan2022.pdfWhat is Patient Safety - For the Patient Campaign, 7/21/2021
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https://justcareusa.org/how-do-you- choose-a-hospital/Quality Measurement Important for People with Chronic Conditions – National Quality Forum
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