Patient Resources
Patient Rights
As a patient, you have certain rights. Some are guaranteed by federal law, such as the right to get a copy of your medical records, and the right to keep them private. Many states have additional laws protecting patients, and healthcare facilities often have a patient bill of rights.
Hospital Comparison Service
Online Hospital Comparison Service provided by US Department of Health and Human Services
My Meds My Life
The My Meds, My Life medication card was developed for health care consumers to keep track of their medications – a key step in preventing medication errors in hospitals.
Download the My Meds My Life Wallet Card
Download the My Meds My Life LARGE PRINT Card
Brain Trama Trust
The Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund was created by a bill passed by the Colorado State Legislature in 2002 to provide services for traumatic brain injury survivors of all ages.
End of Life Decisions
Five Wishes Program
Five Wishes helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself. It deals with all of a person's needs: medical, personal, emotional and spiritual.
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Five Wishes Program Download Document
Five Wishes helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself. It deals with all of a person's needs: medical, personal, emotional and spiritual.
Download at Aging with Dignity >>>
Five Wishes Program Ordering Information
Five Wishes helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself. It deals with all of a person's needs: medical, personal, emotional and spiritual.
Five Wishes Distributor Resources
More than 23,000 partner organizations of all sizes use Five Wishes support resources to maximize the effectiveness of their own Five Wishes programs. Like Five Wishes, these resources are easy to understand and use.
Colorado Advance Directives Consortium: (End of Life decisions)
The Colorado Advance Directives Consortium is an informal organization of professionals in health care, senior services, law, and ethics dedicated to improving the tools and processes for health care decision making in Colorado.
The Colorado Center for Hospice & Palliative Care (COCHPC)
The Colorado Center for Hospice & Palliative Care (COCHPC) strongly believes in the value of hospice care as the highest-quality care for patients and family caregivers struggling with serious and life-limiting illness. It is the mission of the COCHPC to work to increase access to palliative and hospice services and promote quality standards of care for all Coloradans. Within this mission it is our vision that all Coloradans will live well at the end of life or in serious illness, and that none will suffer needlessly.
Hospice and Home Health Care
Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care
Cardiac Care
Cardiac Services/ Heart Health
Cancer Resources
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