Health Advocacy Services

Services include:

• Translating medical language and explaining your diagnosis, treatment plan, and medical language.
• Researching your treatment options and alternatives, along with their risks and benefits.
• Going with you to medical appointments to act as your second set of eyes and ears.
• Checking on you in the hospital.
• Aiding in preparing of questions you didn’t even know to ask your health care providers.
• Helping you to clarify your personal goals and values so that your health and medical care choices align with them.
• Assisting you to make informed medical decisions after considering the options that are available to you.
• Helping you to partner with health care providers to manage your care.
• Identifying credible medical information sources
• Guiding you to available community resources for care.
• Reviewing simple insurance and medical billing issues.
• Planning for future health care needs.

While I do not give second opinions or make recommendations, I do help you make sense of the information you have and help you work with your health care providers more effectively.

I act as a consultant to you and your family and do not provide direct, hands-on health care, medical diagnosis, or treatment of any type.

Because I don’t provide transportation, I’ll be happy to help you coordinate it, if necessary.