If people, and the clinical teams that care for them, could fully share all the information about their medical history, their lives, their risks, their goals ... WOW, that would be a real *health* care system, wouldn't it?
14. To survive your trip through
the health care car wash,
stay inside the car
by asking questions.
And demanding real answers.
Participate fully.
Live - or die - by the
decisions you make.
Own your health care by
owning your data!
16. Our current conundrum?
We want cutting-edge care,
we want second, even third opinions,
we bitch about $100 co-pays,
we want to never have a bad outcome.
Oh, and by the way, we don’t want to
pay for it.**
**Is this perception, or reality?
It’s both.
17. Transparency on provider cost is essential.
Put it on the practice’s web site.
Even its Facebook Fan page.
No, I’m not kidding.