The obvious answer is that we should all learn to navigate healthcare before we need to! That’s not how it usually works because we often don’t even think about our healthcare systems until we find ourselves needing them. But there are some clues that can help guide you, or help Read more…
Transcript: Specialist Referral Followup Hi it’s Beth from Navigating Healthcare. Today I’d like to share a few thoughts about handling a specialist referral followup. Why follow up? With whom? And how do you follow up? Let’s start with ‘Why’. Because things get lost in our healthcare system – especially in Read more…
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What is a Healthcare Navigation Binder? The short answer is that a healthcare navigation binder (also known as a patient binder) holds the medical information you need to help you navigate your own healthcare journey. It contains information that you need for yourself or that you are often asked to Read more…
Jerome Groopman, M.D. explains how doctors are trained to think and diagnose. Like any system, diagnosis is subject to limitations and sometimes outright failure. In healthcare, this means that people are misdiagnosed and can be inappropriately treated. Misdiagnosis can be life-altering or fatal.