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Dennis S. O’Leary, M.D.,
President Emeritus,
The Joint Commission
Julia A. Hallisy - Author,
The Empowered Patient
Ilene Corina is an internationally recognized advocate and community health speaker for patient safety.
She is the president and co-founder of,
PULSE of New York.
Ms. Corina is a board member of the Joint Commission and serves on many committees including the Patient and Family Advisory Group of Joint Commission International.
Ms. Corina has appeared as a patient-safety expert on CNN, Fox News, and other television and radio news shows. www.pulseofny.org
Ilene Corina - President, PULSE of New York
I wouldn't be a patient in a hospital without being accompanied the whole time by my own personal patient advocate.
Trisha Torrey is Every Patient's Advocate.
She is a newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, author and dynamic speaker.
See her comprehensive Patient Empowerment Resources at www.EveryPatientsAdvocate.com
See Trisha's New Book, You Bet Your Life -
The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes
Trisha Torry
Patient Empowerment Expert
Dr. Julia Hallisy is often asked if patients can really have an impact on the safety and quality of their care. Her answer is a resounding "yes".
Read how Julia is helping empowered patients claim their right to safe effective healthcare.
Jari Holland Buck - Author,
The Hospital Stay Handbook
When Jari Holland Buck's husband became seriously ill, she stayed by his side and bravely fought for his life. Her steadfast attention to detail - questioning caregivers, researching medicines, and providing a positive, spiritually rich environment for healing - produced a medical miracle: his survival. The author's vivid experiences form the basis of this guide to becoming a patient advocate.
Bart Windrum's one-of-a-kind conversation clarifies hospitalization experiences and end-of-life choices.
- How to function effectively as a Personal
Representative to a hospitalized loved one
- The needed legal documents
- A discussion of the role of communication as
part of care and the pitfalls of its absence
- Obtaining family and ethical support from
hospital personnel
- A complete A-Z discussion of resuscitation matters
- Fifteen medical reform proposals including
The Option to Die in PEACE (Patient Ethical
Alternative Care Elective)
Read more at: www.AxiomAction.com
Bart Windrum - Author,
Notes from the Waiting Room
Hundreds of Carefully Chosen Books and Products to
Enhance Patient Safety -
www.PULSE of Florida.org
727-712-7370
Patient Safety Services, Information & Products -
Healthcare Optimization for Business & Families -
Vicki Rackner helps you become a more active participant in your healthcare. Drawing on her experience as a board-certified surgeon, university instructor
and mother, she helps you change the way you think, feel and act about your health. Read more at: www.DrVicki.org
Vicki Rackner - Author
Chicken Soup for the Soul -Healthy Living Series
Patient Safety Services & Products -
Healthcare Optimization for Business & Families -
- Medical Error Avoidance Monitoring -
727-712-7370
There has yet to be a tell-it-like-it-is book on what goes on inside of medicine and how to avoid the pitfalls---but this is it. You'll get practical strategies you can use to get the care you deserve. -- Are your concerns unheard or dismissed by your doctor? Has your doctor ever given you an "it's-all-in-your-head" diagnosis? Dr. Oliver will give you strategies to handle those situations.
Also see her Cautious Patient Organization at:
I would recommend to almost everyone that they try to stay out of hospitals as much as possible.
If you need to be in one, have someone with you, around the clock, as your advocate.
Andrea Stein, MD, Santa Monica, CA
Carolyn Oliver M.D., J.D.
Andrea Stein M.D.
Years ago, I did a spoof on hospitals and health care for the great producer George Schlatter for his NBC program “Real People.” In the spoof,
I said something like this: “If you go to the hospital, you better take along your own chef, body guard, lawyer and nurse.” At the time, I thought I was just trying to be funny.
Now, enriched by experience, I know I was being too conservative in terms of what you need to protect yourself in the hospital.
From: What's Wrong With Hospitals?
By Herb Denenburg, The Bulletin 12/12/09
Herb Denenburg - The Advocate
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
If I were a patient or a loved one, I would do what everyone recommends — have a loved one by your side, look for signals that a hospital is safe, check that a physician is board certified.
Dr Robert Wachter
UCSF Medical Center
As a patient or family member, it is imperative that you become involved in your care and advocate for your care. Use the SpeakUp program to reduce prevetable medical error.
Be an empowered patient, know your options and request help.
When it comes to pain, it is not only an expectation, it is your right to have it assessed and managed.
Dr Nirmal Joshi
Physician and Educator
The goal of the Empowered Patient Coalition is to partner with individuals, other advocates and consumer organizations to give the public a stronger voice in all health decisions.
The coalition was formed by advocates Helen Haskell and Julia Hallisy who share the same great loss of a child, similar patient safety goals and a clear vision of a health care system that should be safe, effective, transparent and patient-centered.
Helen Haskell
The Empowered Patient Coalition
