Here's where to find Montana hospitals, cost & quality information, Checklist to review before prior to your visit, understanding your hospital bill and filing a complaint.
Exploring options for senior living and nursing homes. What to look for when selecting a facility for yourself and or a loved one.
Information on understanding your health insurance coverage, options for when you don't have insurance, choosing a health insurance plan, quality information and contact information if you have a complaint.
Tips to avoid medication errors, use the "Med Form" to keep track of the drugs you are currently taking, helpful checklists and more regarding prescription drugs!
With the passage of new legislation, learn more about how this bill may affect your health care, especially how it affects Montanans.
Welcome to MontanaInformedPatient.org! This web site is sponsored by MHA...An Association of Montana Health Care Providers, and is dedicated to providing Montana's health care consumers with information, resources and tools to enable you to make informed health care decisions. Our goal is helping you navigate the complex world of health care. Montana hospitals and health care facilities support a "transparent" health care system and believe that empowering the consumer with information will allow YOU to make more informed health care decisions.
Information to help you locate and choose a provider that is right for you and checklist to review before your visit.
Information to help you understand your health conditions, and to find what you need to make informed choices for yourself and/or loved one.
Checklists are a great way to ensure that you have all of the information that you need, whether for a Dr. visit, surgery, prescriptions drugs, following instructions for care, and more. Customize your checklist to fit your care!
Here is a list of sites that we recommend or use ourselves. While there is an enormous amount of information on the world wide web, our aim is to help guide you to trusted information.
Hospice
Hospice availability in Montana, types of services, along with related articles to help you make informed end-of-life care decisions.
Mental Health
Where to find mental health care providers, consumer advocate organizations and research materials about mental health conditions.
Where to find mental health care providers, consumer advocate organizations and research materials about mental health conditions.
Tips for getting and staying healthy along with additional information for you and your family!