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Finding Health Care
Washington State Medical Association -
http://www.wsma.org/patients/index.html
WSMA provides a Physician Locator with which you can search by specialty and location. Also includes Provider Definitions (a list of education, training and scope of practice for state-regulated health professions).
Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care -
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qntool.htm
A 52 page pamphlet in HTML or PDF format which shows consumers how to use information about quality to improve the quality of health care services. Describes quality measures including consumer ratings, clinical performance measures, and accreditation; offers advice on choosing a health plan, a doctor, treatments, a hospital, and long-term care; guidelines on how to find reliable health information on the Internet.
