The misuse and overuse of medicine and medical procedures jeopardize patient safety.
Unnecessary hospitalizations and unwanted surgeries expose patients unnecessary risks.
Campaign for Effective Patient Care The Campaign for Effective Patient Care advocates for policies to improve patient care by supporting
The misuse and overuse of medicine and medical procedures jeopardize patient safety.
Unnecessary hospitalizations and unwanted surgeries expose patients unnecessary risks.
Shared Decision Making
Interested in knowing more about shared decision making? To learn more about the benefits of informed patient care click here.
What California Leaders are Saying
“… it is encouraging to see groups like Campaign for Effective Patient Care continue the discussion on health care reform with the poll released today. California patients clearly want to make informed choices when it comes to their health care and greater use of evidence-based medicine will allow them to make better informed decisions.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The findings that come out of this will help support patients and health care providers and is a vital component of health care reform.”
State Senator Elaine Alquist
Chair Senate Health Committee
(D-San Jose)
To see, and hear, remarks from policymakers and consumer, payer and physician groups click here.
“To practice evidence-based medicine is to remind myself to constantly challenge what I’m about to do. As a human being, it’s easy to get caught in a rut: 'That’s how I did it yesterday, that’s how I’m going to do it today.’ It’s extremely important for physicians to be challenging what they think they know as 'truth'.” Dr. Meg Durbin MD, primary care physician and Regional Director for Managed Care at Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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