Kim Newcomer, director of volunteers, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, shares findings from a survey on colorectal cancer care inequities, and how to address these challenges. In the second part of this ...

An Oxford resident who works in Griffin Hospital’s Critical Care Unit has been recognized for extraordinary nursing care. According to Griffin Health, Tammy Borkowski, BSN, RN, CMSRN, was recently ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Advocacy can produce positive changes in health care. Social media can be used to educate patients about the ...

I typically start my mornings with a little silence before the hustle and bustle of the day begins. | Working with payers to ...

Patient advocates can help people navigate billing, services, and a range of other non-medical aspects of living in a nursing home or assisted living. Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing ...

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital nurse Melanie Rolfes received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses after her advocacy and quick thinking helped save a patient's life.

Patients and urologists are not always aligned on what the treatment experience will be li ...

Getting out of the hospital is good. Having to return a week or a month later? Not so much. With all of the attention ...

Approximately 22 million adults 55 or older live alone in America, with an estimated 28% of them being childless. While ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. During the pandemic, Advocate Health’s southeastern U.S ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Paralympian Amy Dixon founded Vision Without Limits to hire and train eye care patient advocates. She previously ...