Taking Charge of Your Own Health

Taking Charge of Your Own Health

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

By: Lisa Hall

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Product Details
Release Date: December 2009
Page Count: 256
Binding: eBook
ISBN: 978-0-7369-3718-4

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.

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.

About the Author

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...
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