Ep. 12: Patient tips to surviving our healthcare system with Dr. Cary Presant
Release Date: 12/16/2014
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info_outlineOn the latest episode of the Surviving Healthcare podcast, you will get some tips for the best ways patients can survive our current healthcare system. My guest is Dr. Cary Presant, a hematologist and medical oncologist and the author of Surviving American Medicine: How to Get the Right Doctor, Right Hospital, and Right Treatment with Today's Health Care." Dr. Presant’s book won a National Book Award for "best book on health."
We talk about the changes in networks and insurance, and Dr. Presant notes that many patients will have to change doctors, which makes it more important for patients to be more aware and take charge. In addition to suggesting that patients ask more questions, he gives some great recommendations as to the best questions to ask. We talk about the importance of second opinions, and why it’s a bad idea to assume that a doctor automatically has the patient’s best interest at heart just because he or she is a doctor.
Listening to this podcast, patients will learn:
· How to get more time and attention from the doctor, even if he or she is busy.
· How to get doctors to pay more attention to prevention and risk issues for common disorders.
· How to get your doctor to work with you more closely.
· How to get primary care physicians and specialists to work together more closely.
· How to better understand the issues the doctors discuss with you at all times.
For the best outcomes possible, patients must take greater control of his or her own healthcare. This episode of the podcast contains lots of information and tips to help patients be the best quarterback they can be.
To read more about this episode or check out other guests and topics, visit surivivinghealthcarepodcast.com