0 items
<   BACK
Taking Charge of Your Own Health
Image Gallery
Download Cover
PRODUCT DETAILS

Release Date: December 2009
Print Length: 256
ISBN: 978-0-7369-3718-4

Taking Charge of Your Own Health

Navigating Your Way Through *Diagnosis *Treatment *Insurance *And More


eBook available at your favorite eRetailer.

The realities of American health care, 2009:

  • Less personal medical attention due to cost-cutting and regulation
  • A 40 percent national misdiagnosis rate, per recent surveys
  • A critical need for people to take responsibility for their own care

Targeting these issues, author Lisa Hall—whose debilitating condition took nearly ten years to properly diagnose—offers a wide variety of practical resources to empower patients. Hall’s experience is buttressed by the expertise of internal-medicine doctor Ronald Wyatt, a fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Readers will find valuable guidance on how to

  • find the right kind of doctor, check physician credentials, and increase benefits of office visits
  • maximize Internet research
  • navigate medical insurance, Medicare, workers’ compensation, and Social Security disability
  • reduce vulnerability to hospital mistakes
  • organize medical records

The author encourages readers to move forward step by step—and to look back and see God’s plan taking shape through the difficulties.

Meet the author

Lisa Hall

Lisa Hall

Lisa Hall is a passionate patient advocate as a result of her nearly ten-year search for correct diagnosis and treatment for her medical condition. She is also the author of Taking Charge of Your Own Health. Her professional experience is in human resources (MS in industrial relations), and she now works as a corporate trainer....

Read More >

A Word from the Author


“Taking Charge of Your Own Health is a comprehensive roadmap for anyone seeking diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness or injury. This vital resource offers a number of practical tools to include a guide to medical terminology, website and book resources arranged topically, and spreadsheets designed to organize medical information. Taking Charge of Your Own Health was written by a patient for patients, with the insight of a twenty-four year veteran physician and with input from seventy experts, mostly medical professionals”
—Lisa Hall, author of Taking Charge of Your Own Health

Editorial Reviews


“Patients, their families and those who are not yet patients will benefit from her tips on negotiating the system. Her style is balanced and fair with a recognition of the difficulties which professionals face. The book is written with support and advice from her trusted Primary Care Physician, Dr Ron Wyatt, and they seem to make a good writing team.”
—BookBargainsAndPreviews.com


“With a slew of tips and tricks, Lisa Hall hopes to equip readers with the techniques they need to get the medical care they want and deserve. Taking Charge of Your Own Heath is a resource that shouldn’t be missed.”
—The Midwest Book Review


“…this is a must read.”
—ReadersFavorite.com


“An informative read for people who have to consider diagnosis and treatment for any condition, whether it be slight or serious.”
—SacramentoBookReview.com


“This is a practical guide book that every woman should own because it guides you to be more proactive with your health care and the help that’s available to you.”
—Five Star Book Reviews

RELATED MEDIA
REVIEWsENDORSEMENTS

0 REVIEWS Leave a Comment »

Write A Review








“Taking Charge of Your Own Health is a must-read for consumers trying to find their way through the maze of our health-care system. By relating her own amazing journey and those of others, Ms. Hall enlightens consumers on what health-care providers already know: Patients, together with supportive family members, are their own best advocates when seeking high-quality, safe care.”
—Maureen Connor, RN, MPH, former Vice President for Quality Improvement and Risk Management, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute


“Lisa Hall’s Taking Charge of Your Own Health is full of wisdom gathered from her own nine-year struggle to regain wellness, as well as being a thorough survey of the less-than-perfect U.S. health-care system. Follow her lead: Become informed, ask questions, consider the many options available to you, and become an active partner in your own health-and-wellness team!”
—Scott Parazynski, MD, former NASA Astronaut and Mount Everest summiteer


“Lisa has written a book that all pastors need. Church members go to the hospital and need directions in order to successfully navigate a physical. Lisa spells it out in ways that anyone can understand. God bless you for using your life experience to help others!”
—Rev. Dr. Ben Mathes

X
What are you interested in?
X
or
Forgot Password
Don't have an account? Register