When Will The AMA Pull Its Head Out Of The Sand About NPs?

by Hari on May 16, 2013

I am so tired of reading about the fuss that doctors, the AMA, American Association of Family Practitioners and other medical associations are making in regards to Nurse Practitioners and their ability to practice.  It is so annoying and I am getting bored with the  arguments because it all seems more emotional than fact based. [...]

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Another Wild and Crazy Medical Billing Story

by Hari on May 8, 2013

My client told me a story of an experience he had with a major specialty center billing office. The story will make you laugh at the absurdity if wasn’t so real. My client’s wife was getting care at a major Boston center for a chronic illness. She was being seen weekly for several months and [...]

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Experiencing PTSD After Boston Bombings

April 23, 2013

I haven’t been able to sleep well since the marathon bombings.  I live only 10 miles from downtown Boston and the images from that day still haunt me.  The pain and suffering of so many makes me sad.  A day that is always filled with joy was ruined by the incomprehensible acts of two lunatics. [...]

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Boston Hospital Comes Out of The Closet About Medical Mistakes

April 11, 2013

The front page of the Boston Globe, April 10,2013 had an article by Liz Kowalczyk,  “Airing Medical Mistakes.” http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/09/brigham-and-women-publishes-stories-medical-errors-focus-staff-attention-solutions/heFVdgGnLc2O9QqL1eiMnN/story.html Thank you Liz!  This is a great article about the steps Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has taken to come out of the closet about medical errors.  The hospital started a staff only intranet newsletter called,  Safety [...]

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Be Alert To Medication Side Effects and Interactions

April 10, 2013

One can never be too vigilant when it comes to monitoring medication side effects and interactions.  Every medication has a wide range of potential side effects, many are harmful.  The problem is, the pharmaceutical industry emphasizes the most common potential adverse reactions and downplays the less frequently seen events. Any time, a client starts a [...]

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When Doctors Sue Patients? Malpatient?

April 8, 2013

What a crazy world we live in!  The Boston Globe, Sunday March 31,2013 had a front page article by Liz Kowalczyk, called  ”Doctors Firing Back at Patients’ Online Critiques.”  It is the story of a patient’s spouse who blogged about a doctor and stated the person was not compassionate. Since the Boston Globe doesn’t let [...]

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The POWER in Empowered Patient: The AHA Moment

April 2, 2013

For many the moment becoming an empowered patient occurs when you just say NO to a medical professional for whatever reason.  It could be in regards to a new medication, a diagnostic test or a procedure.  It can be a very pivotal moment in a relationship with the medical community. You might be thinking how [...]

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The POWER in emPOWERed Patient

March 17, 2013

It is often hard to feel as if you have any power or say when visiting the doctor or lying in a bed in the hospital.  Most people are not medical and don’t understand much of the jargon being bantered around.  We struggle to make sense of what has happened to our body.  We don’t [...]

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The Power of An Apology

March 8, 2013

When a medical professional can say “I’m sorry” for a medical error it can be very powerful and healing.  It is not easy for a doctor or nurse to apologize for a medical error because the fear of a law suit is real.  But medical professionals can be overwhelmed with guilt, shame and emotional distress [...]

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How To Become An Empowered Patient: 7 Strategies to Maintain Your Sense of Self

February 25, 2013

This blog post is written by Michele Rosenthal.  She will be a guest on my radio show on February 28, 2013 at 6PM EST on www.blogtalkradio.com In 1997 my world fell apart. True, it had been sixteen years in the making, but when the rug was pulled from beneath me I was twenty-nine years old [...]

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