Advocating for Better Care
Leveraging your resources when a loved one is in the hospital I’ll never forget the night of January 20, 2019. A total lunar eclipse graced the sky, and my father was in the operating room undergoing a lung transplant. The surgery — though incredibly risky and with a high chance of fatality — was a success. […]
Getting By: Private Patient Advocates Help Navigate Care
Private patient advocates act as personal assistants, navigating care “Healthcare is complicated,” says Dan Polk, MD, neonatal physician turned private patient advocate. “It’s difficult because there is a lot of information that needs to be processed by people who don’t deal with medical stuff on a daily basis.” While Polk is referring to babies when […]
