Patient Safety: Speaking Up

March 21, 2012

Here’s a scenario everyone dreads when a loved one is in the hospital.  A family member, let’s call Joe, is admitted to the hospital for a routine/elective surgery like a knee replacement.  The surgeon has explained possible problems that can occur during surgery and the consent form is signed.  Joe has been asked his name [...]

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Getting Smart About Your Hospital Stay: Hand Washing

March 12, 2012

I currently have two patients that contacted me due to patient safety issues.  Both had problems as a result of post surgical infection while in the hospital.  The infections became life threatening and the families contacted me to assist them in getting proper care and getting answers. I want to give some very simple advise [...]

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IS HIPAA Really Working?

March 8, 2012

I find myself thinking about HIPAA lately and wondering if it is doing the job it was designed to do.  I find it is becoming a weapon used to impede interaction with involved parties.  Yes, it was created to protect a person’s health information from unauthorized eyes, as well as had over control to the [...]

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Let’s Make Medical Technology Real for the iPatient/Consumer

March 7, 2012

I read a great article about the use of technology by hospitals and how it can help consumers. http://careandcost.com/2012/03/07/technology-aetna-itriage-and-the-future-of-medicine/ I have been interested in this area since 1995 when I was working in a rural health clinic in New Mexico.  At that time, the University of New Mexico was developing a video hook up system [...]

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Hoping the Blunt Act Goes Away

March 1, 2012

I just called my Senators, Scott Brown and John Kerry, to vote against the Blount Act.  This law would allow employers and religious organizations to deny coverage, especially for contraceptives on moral grounds(this entry is ONLY about birth control bills) .  Senator Brown has already said he would vote for it but I called anyway. [...]

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A Conversation With My Mother About Women’s Healthcare

February 27, 2012

The other day I was having lunch with my 87 year old mother at her favorite Thai restaurant and as usual, we were reviewing the state of affairs of relatives and friends.  When we got to her 86 year old friend Mary, a retired (at 80) pediatric endocrinologist, my mother became very animated.  She proceeded [...]

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Patient Advocate Roundtable

February 21, 2012

Once a month, I do a radio on the Internet at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healthcare-whisperer-/2012/02/23/patient-advocates-roundtable-talking-about-the-issues I like to have guests each week, who can offer personal experience and tips on the best way to navigate the health care system.  I had a great show with woman who was going through breast cancer treatment.  Another show was the journey of [...]

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Client to Long Term Care: Five Months Is Too Long To Approve Claim

February 17, 2012

My client’s son called me up today to lament about dealing with a long term care insurance company (LTC) for his mother.  He had filed the claim back in September and it is now February.  Since the initial claim, my client has been hospitalized three times, fallen and been to rehab.  The doctors at the [...]

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Psychiatry: What Has Happened To You?

February 16, 2012

What has happened to psychiatry?  It used to be psychiatrists were the experts on therapy and medication.  But these days, psychiatrists are diagnosticians and medication managers only.  I am not sure how the change occurred or why.  Therapy  now occurs in the capable hands of PHD psychologists or licensed social workers. My brother, who has [...]

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Travel and Eats: Hints for Airline Travel in a Wheelchair

February 13, 2012

Linda Winkler Garvin is a guest blogger .  This article is great information for anyone wheelchair bound traveling by air. Having assisted my parents with their airport travel, I frequently came across a few issues from ordering a wheelchair in the airport, to going through security, which taught me to be as prepared as possible [...]

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