Medicare Open Enrollment Open Enrollment for Medicare is right around the corner. While Medicare coverage is great, changing your coverage, or joining a plan in the first place, can be tricky. While your own health may have changed in the last... Continue Reading »
Taking Action to Prevent Dementia: Your Lifestyle Choices Alzheimer’s disease or dementia is one of the leading illnesses in the United States amongst older people. Approximately 5.3 million over 65 is affected - roughly one in ten. Because... Continue Reading »
What is a "Bad Patient?" “Bad Patients” come in all shapes and sizes. They're labeled as: Non-compliant Entitled Angry Mentally unstable Unable to take responsibility of their own health and Excessive talkers In a... Continue Reading »
There is no doubt that technology has forever changed and shaped the way that the world receives health care. Researching symptoms online, portable fitness trackers, and the digital databases that have replaced paper medical files of the past.... Continue Reading »
The Professional Patient Advocacy Movement The private professional patient advocacy movement is one of the fastest growing healthcare industries in the US. The growth is due to an increasingly complex and fast paced healthcare system. Private... Continue Reading »
Leading Cause of Death You count on doctors and hospitals to protect your heath. But unthinkably, sometimes the opposite happens. Medical error is now the third leading cause of death in the U.S., according to a recent study by Johns... Continue Reading »
One-third of seniors over the age of 65 fall each year, causing more than 2.5 million injuries treated in emergency rooms. These falls lead to 734,000 hospitalizations, plus 30,200 deaths. The price tag exceeds $40 billion, which is expected to rise... Continue Reading »
