When you are informed patient, that is, you have knowledge and when you are empowered you can act on that knowledge. Informed by itself is just not good enough.
These days it seems to me that when people are sick and their family physician refers them to a specialist they do their due diligence. That is, they try to “check” the doctor out before they go.
When you are in a health crisis and your life is on the line many of us are sacred. You wonder, is it my time? You have seen the specialist that has scheduled your surgery but are petrified about the unknown.
I want to be straight up with you so let's cut through the noise. In today's world, health reviews are everywhere – but let's be honest; most of them are useless. They could be written by anyone: marketers, bots, people who tried some type of treatment once or worse – people who never had your condition at all.
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So you have finally gotten a firm diagnosis, feel confident with the surgeons performing your procedure and the doctor’s office requests authorization for the procedure.
For those of us that have to pay for our own health insurance we all know how expensive it can be. With the insurance premiums as high as they are, one would expect that when one needed to use it, we could count on the coverage being available.
When it comes to health insurance for you and your family, there is no doubt that it is very costly. I know of nobody that feels health insurance is cheap, unless of course you get it for free.
We all know somebody that is chronically ill, that is, somebody who has been sick for a long period of time. Their cancer might have returned after being in remission, they may have a condition that cannot be cured.(ie.-diabetes mellitus, Crohn's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder).
By definition, empowerment is defined as becoming stronger when it comes to controlling one's own life. To become empowered helps one take the initiative when making decisions in order to solve complex decisions.
We go to our internist when we are sick and many times a referral to a specialist or a diagnostic test is required. Our cell phone can be used for immediate patient referral, and here’s how.