What we do:
- Provide tools, information, and resources for our members
- that can help them to protect themselves and their family from preventable harm, either physical or financial, due to their medical treatment or discriminatory health insurance.
- that can help if a member is physically or financially harmed due to their medical treatment, medication, or health insurance claim denials. Provide alerts about medical services and goods that place patients at needless risk of harm, either physical or financial
- Develop demand-side solutions to reduce preventable patient harm
- Provide information on successfully resolving issues with hospitals, doctors, insurers, nursing homes, etc.
- Represent patients concerning public healthcare matters
- Support medical facilities, doctors, nurses, and others who are taking action to improve patient safety
- Develop solutions to fight unreasonable and predatory medical bills and make health care safer for all
- Fight for the fair, safe, transparent, and affordable healthcare we all deserve
- Celebrate and honor those individuals, organizations, and institutions making healthcare safer, fairer, or more transparent.
APRA also provides:
- a voice for patients in our fight for safe, fair, affordable, transparent healthcare
- a platform by which people can learn about and discuss medical issues and experiences
Our website is an aggregator and purveyor of news and information pertinent to our mission, using the most respected sources in healthcare.
We Depend on Gifts From People Like You
Today, public support makes up about two-thirds of our budget, allows us to develop programs that save lives, and lets us keep our membership free. If you value what we do, please give a gift today so we can keep on doing work that matters. depend on donations to develop and support programs and apps that can help people protect themselves and their families when medical care is needed, like the Patient’s Hospital Safety Guide, the Hospital Guide for COVID Patients, the Patient Safety Reporting System, and more.