Get Good Healthcare
Take Charge of Your Health! Your health choices and healthcare decisions can mean the difference between life and death. We have listed some great resources to help you take charge and improve your health.
Many of the following documents and links are brought to you by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Check them out!
Obesity & Diabetes Links
Overview
Body Mass Index Calculator
ShapeUp.org
VERBnow - for kids (promotes physical activity)
VERBparents (for parents to encourage physical activity in children)
Tennessee on the Move, a statewide initiative to fight obesity. Feel free to use our our Group Registration Code: RHE1358
American Diabetes Association - find healthy recipes and tips for healthy living
Prevention & Wellness
Aspirin: Preventing Heart Attacks
Child Health Guide
Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults (PDF file, 330 KB)
Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at +50 (PDF file, 300 KB)
Stroke Prevention: What You Should Know
Quit Smoking
5-Day Countdown (PDF file, 50 KB)
Good Information for Smokers (PDF file, 111 KB)
Help for Smokers: Ideas to Help You Quit
You Can Quit Smoking (PDF File, 3 MB)
Quality of Care
Five Steps to Safer Health Care (PDF file, 17 KB)
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors (PDF file, 222 KB)
Quick Checks for Quality (PDF file, 140 KB)
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children (PDF file, 283 KB)
Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families (PDF file, 75 KB)
Quick Tips—When Getting Medical Tests (PDF file, 16 KB)
Quick Tips—When Planning for Surgery (PDF file, 14 KB)
Quick Tips—When Getting a Prescription (PDF file, 15 KB)
Quick Tips—When Talking with Your Doctor (PDF file, 17 KB)
Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care: Summary
Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors! (PDF file,203 KB)
Now You Have a Diagnosis - What's Next? (PDF file, 1 MB)
Surgery
Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery
Quick Tips—When Planning for Surgery (PDF file, 14 KB)
End of Life Care
Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying (link inactive as of 5/15/05)
MidSouth Comfort Care Coalition
Quick Search Tools
Medicare Physician Search
Nursing Home Comparisons
Dialysis Facility Comparisons
Health Grades: Rate Doctors, Hospitals, and Nursing Homes
Health Plans
Checkup on Health Insurance Choices
Choosing and Using a Health Plan
Insure Kids Now: Low-Cost or Free Health Coverage
How Does Your Healthcare Plan Rate?
Medicare Elligibility, Enrollment, and Premiums
Hospital Compare (from US Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Prescriptions
Generic Drug Calculator
Prescription Medicines and You
Quick Tips—When Getting a Prescription (PDF file, 15 KB)
Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Program
