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Patient AdvoCare
http://PatientAdvoCare.blogspot.com
In focusing on the needs of family caregivers and their patients, this blog provides advice to keep our parents, children and other loved ones with acute or chronic illnesses healthy and safe from medical errors. We provide a place for readers to tell and hear stories about the medical care they have seen and experienced, to give advice and get advice. We help patients and advocates to be knowledgeable, pro-active, and empowered partners with their doctors and nurses.
- Added on: Dec 26th, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Medicine Family
- Tags: medication error medical error misdiagnosis drug error hero patient advocate
Recent Posts
They\'ve beaten long odds: The diagnosis and labeling of Asperger\'s
Dan Coulter's advice: My son and I have Asperger's syndrome. I've written, produced and directed 10 DVDs about Asperger's syndrome and autism. I've just finished a DVD about people who have beaten long odds and found steady employment. A common li...
I was broad-sided: Rolling meta-analyses to detect drug side effects
Anthony De Carlo's story:In an auto accident on 6/15/01 in New Jersey, I was broadsided by a woman on a phone running a red light. I was in the hospital three days, banged up. I hurt my knee and back when I was hit. I took Bextra for two years, â€...
Half the rate in the U.S.: Mammograms and physicians\' learning curve
The recent change in recommended mammography screening stems from a concern that the huge number of false positive readings led too many women to get unnecessary surgery, and to feel great needless anxiety. Doctors who read a lot of mammograms are f...
The only problem: Impersonal hospital care
Dr. Dena Rifkin's plaint:A close family member was recently hospitalized after nearly collapsing at home. He was promptly checked in, and an EKG was done within 15 minutes. He was given a bar-coded armband, his pain level was assessed, blood was dr...
After another week on dialysis he called back: Kidney donation
The first patient to list himself publicly on MatchingDonors.com was Bob Hickey, a psychologist in his mid-fifties who'd learned he had kidney cancer. At first, he'd done what his doctor told him to do: he went on dialysis, signed up on the officia...
He doesn\'t call, he doesn\'t write: Patient Family Advisory Councils for medical groups
I got an automatic phone call from my pharmacy the other day, telling me that my prescription was ready for pick-up. And an automatic phone call from our temple president about upcoming events I might want to participate in. But during the current ...
