When Serious Illness Strikes
Four things you must know when serious illness strikes: Get Smart Fast. Get Organized. Stand Your Ground, Nicely. Always Follow Up. Read this article for detailed helpful hints.
At Patient Navigator, we’re not just here to help you get access to the very best care and treatment available to you, we’re also here to help you master the learning curve quickly and become your own best advocate.
We’ll give you all of the tools you’ll need to understand the healthcare system and communicate effectively with your healthcare team so that you can make informed decisions at every stage of your journey.
After an initial consultation and in-depth assessment, we’ll put together a plan of action that solves any problems you may be facing, addresses any potential obstacles and teaches you effective communication skills so that you navigate your way through the complicated healthcare maze.
Providing in-depth reports on your medical and medication records.
Researching your symptoms to find answers or to evaluate other possibilities not considered by your medical team.
Preparing detailed, annotated and to-the-point clinical summaries for your medical team. These summaries capture in one document what might otherwise be buried in hundreds of pages of medical records, improving communication with your team and drawing attention to new treatment possibilities.
Conducting medical literature searches that provide you with an individual, well-sourced research report to help you understand your condition and assess every available option.
Communicating with physicians, researchers or institutions anywhere in the world that may be able to help.
Helping you get appointments with the doctors and specialists you would like to see.
With Integrative Oncology Expert certification and over 13 years of experience helping hundreds of families, we’re always here to help you get the best course of treatment for yourself or a loved one.
Get in touch today to see how we could help you.
Four things you must know when serious illness strikes: Get Smart Fast. Get Organized. Stand Your Ground, Nicely. Always Follow Up. Read this article for detailed helpful hints.
Patient advocacy, or patient navigation, is gaining attention as an emerging profession, both in the media and in the popular lexicon, because it fills so many gaps in the current American health care system. This is especially true today as we continue implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is changing the landscape for consumers in how health care is delivered and paid for in this country.
Washington Post article about how patient advocates can help during Covid-19 and other situations. I’m very pleased to be included in my hometown newspaper!