5/8/14 Patient Advocacy Chapter 3

ARMC welcomes RevPoint medical point-of-sale software. We see point-of-sale software everywhere else, so why not at hospitals? There’s a few things about this that I like, and a couple of things I don’t. Well, nothing’s perfect, and hospitals, just like any other business entity, need to get paid for the services they offer, since they…

5/5/14 Patient Advocacy Chapter 2.5

Sorry….The kidney stone has forced the postponement of Chapter 3. This is Chapter 2.5 and it will not amount to much other than a confirmation that kidney stones are distractingly painful, and the lithotripsy is this morning at 6:30. I expect I will be advocating for my favorite patient right up to the point where…

5/3/14 Patient Advocacy Chapter 2

After my hospital adventure with the kidney stone, I return home on Tuesday, April 22, pain medicine in hand, to wait it out until I went to see Uroman, my long-time urologist, on Friday the 25th. He knows me well and is a friend as well as my physician. He has always been helpful, lays…

5/2/14 Patient Advocacy Chapter 1

When you are a patient, who do you suppose is your best advocate? The clerks at the hospital admissions? The people in billing? In insurance? The folks in your doctor’s office? Your doctor? Nope. None of them. It’s most likely going to be you, and you will have to learn how to become one if…