Patient Advocacy -- In Home


Item Number: 197

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $200

Online Close: Oct 31, 2010 10:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 0 bids

Description

The winning bidder will have Gail Gazelle, MD, FACP, direct patient advocate and Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor, make a one-hour home visit to your home (or anyone you choose). This nationally recognized expert will provide personalized coaching on your health situation and issues as how to improve communication with your doctor or between multiple doctors, tips to feel more empowered in your healthcare, and how to make sure you never leave a hospital sicker than you went in. 


Gail Gazelle, MD, FACP, direct patient advocate, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is the founder of MD Can Help, P.C., where she acts as a guide, navigator, advocate, medical care manager, coach, and personal physician consultant to patients and families.


In her twenty years in practice, Dr. Gazelle has been involved in the care of thousands of seriously ill patients and understands that many people feel like their needs are not being met by the healthcare system. She has devoted her entire professional career to providing the tools people need to get the excellent and well-coordinated care they deserve.  


Dr. Gazelle has been featured in such venues as the National Public Radio show “All Things Considered,” The Oprah Magazine, CNN, Business Week, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Baltimore Sun, and American Medical News. Her articles have been published in such prominent journals as The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and others.


Dr. Gazelle is author of patient advocacy booklets “Don’t Leave the Hospital Sicker Than You Went In! A Doctor’s 106 Tips for a Healthy and Safe Hospital Experience” and “Being Treated for Cancer? A Doctor’s 137 Tips to Keep Your Life Healthy and Manageable.”


For more information: http://www.mdcanhelp.com.

Special Instructions

Travel limited to within a 15-mile radius of Brookline, MA.

Donated by

Gail Gazelle