How Your Health Team Works For You
While we all like to think that our doctor is the biggest and the best, we need to recognize that s/he is merely one member of your health care team. …
Category: Healthcare Team
When Is It Time To Find A New Doctor
Upon graduation from medical school each new doctor takes the Hippocratic oath in which s/he pledges to do ‘no harm’. These young doctors subsequently spend the rest of their career …
Planning For Discharge
What is Discharge Planning? Discharge planning involves planning for the care you will need after you are discharged from a health-care facility. The planning begins on the day that you …
How To Select A Doctor
There are many doctors out there giving all sorts of care. Some are great doctors but lousy human beings. Some are great human beings, but are lousy clinicians. Some have …
What To Expect From Your Nurse
DEFINITION OF NURSING: The American Nurses’ Association (ANA) traditionally defined nursing as the “diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems.” In 2004 they expanded that …
When To Switch Doctors
Doctors are human beings. They have feelings and they have emotions…just like their patients. There are many doctors out there giving all sorts of care. Some are great doctors but …
What is Home Health Care?
Home Health Care Services are care giving services that are provided to persons in their home environment. The need for services must be documented by the person’s primary doctor and the …
How To Prepare For A Doctor Visit
Being prepared for a doctor visit can make a huge difference in your comfort level as a patient. If you spend a few minutes preparing for your visit, you will …
Why You Need A Patient Advocate
As a patient you absorb a lot less information when you are anxious, scared, vulnerable, in pain, medicated, immobilized, unconscious, drowsy and/or undressed. In such scenarios, ask a trusted family …
Cancer Survivorship: Role of Healthcare Providers
Cancer Survivors he term “cancer survivor” includes all people living with cancer. Whether cured, in remission, or living with known active cancer, patients who see themselves as survivors play a …