Why Care For PA?
Whether you're a member of the health care family or other community resident, you play an important role in keeping the health care system a strong and vital part of your community. Individuals just like you are working together to make health care stronger by becoming active partners in the care they receive, staying informed about new health initiatives, and speaking out about issues that could affect the care they receive, their hospital, and their community.
Your Care
With access to more health care information than ever before, people are becoming more involved in their health care. Studies show that you can benefit most from treatment when you understand what is happening and are involved in making decisions.
Here are a few simple ways to partner with your caregivers in making decisions about your care, as well as providing insights about you that may help caregivers better plan and deliver your care.
- Learn everything you can about your condition, treatment options, tests, and results.
- Provide complete medical information, including the names of all the medications that you are taking.
- Talk with members of your health care team, asking questions about your care and expressing your values and preferences.
- Understand any instructions you’re given about medications, restrictions, and follow-up care.
Your Hospital, Your Community
Just as you can help strengthen Pennsylvania’s health care system by becoming informed and active in your own care, you can shape the future of Pennsylvania’s health care system by becoming informed and active about health care issues affecting your care, your hospital, and your community.
Through the CareForPA.org website and the Pennsylvania Hospitals Today newsletter, individuals like you are coming together to learn about important issues facing Pennsylvania hospitals and their communities, to spread the word about the positive efforts in health care, and to communicate with elected officials about how government proposals impact health care delivery.
Your Future
We all share the same objective: to ensure a strong health care system for all Pennsylvanians. It’s true that no one person, group, government agency, or business alone can do this—it requires the combined efforts of everyone affected, along with leadership from our elected officials to help meet the health care needs of patients and their communities.
Why CareForPA? Because your health and the health of your community, is critically important. And together as partners and advocates, you can ensure continued access to quality health care in Pennsylvania.
Stay informed and become part of the CareForPA community by signing up to receive the Pennsylvania Hospitals Today newsletter.
Care For Pennsylvania 2005-2007 © | Why Care For PA? | Contact Us | Privacy Commitment
Subscribe to our RSS Feed 