Healthcare Quality & Patient Empowerment
What Makes an Empowered Patient?
Informed patients are empowered patients. In a world driven by rapid technological innovation and a dizzying influx of information, the barriers between the healthcare system, doctors, and patients must be broken down. At the same time, patients are increasingly more educated with the rise of informational websites and support groups. More and more, they are realizing they can improve medical outcomes and quality of care by taking responsibility for their healthcare decisions.
By partnering with providers and becoming engaged participants in the process, patients ultimately become empowered to improve quality of life and healthcare experience.
Why Should My Organization Embrace Patient Empowerment?
Patient empowerment is not just a sign of the times; it’s in response to the demand of patients. And, the benefits are not one-sided. Empowering patients can lead to better patient safety and an overall higher quality of healthcare, allowing hospital staff and administrators to become more effective and efficient in addressing patient needs.
Who are APB's Speakers on Healthcare Quality and Patient Empowerment?
APB’s healthcare quality speakers recognize the importance of patient empowerment and the positive effect it has on healthcare as a whole. By encouraging consumers and patients to accept an active role in their medical care, APB's patient empowerment speakers teach the importance of personal education, decision-making, planning, implementation, and evaluation of healthcare. Whether you seek a former administrator, healthcare quality professional, political figure, or celebrity advocate to speak at your event, all of APB's patient empowerment speakers will help you address this important aspect of healthcare, and add a valuable teaching element to your empowerment program.
Featured Speakers: Healthcare Quality & Patient Empowerment
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Amy Silverstein
Author of Sick GirlAuthor of the acclaimed memoir, Sick Girl, Silverstein has chronicled her “crazy kind of amazing” medical miracle of nearly two decades – from first having learned that she had a failing heart at the age of 24, to several misdiagnoses, to finally undergoing a heart transplant. Presenting the often unvoiced patient perspective, she broaches on the pressures of such an illness, the ongoing debate of patient rights, and the power of the doctors you entrust with your care.
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Mehmet C. Oz
Professor of Surgery / Director of Cardiovascular Institute, Columbia UniversityWorld renowned cardiologist at Columbia University and co-author of The New York Times #1 bestsellers, You: The Owner’s Manual and You: The Smart Patient, Dr. Oz is a medical powerhouse. The resident health expert on Oprah and host of Second Opinion on the Discovery Health Channel, his interests range from healthcare policy to patient well-being, and he consistently offers advice on how to maintain a healthy heart, mind, and body.
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Marie Savard
Author / Women's Health ExpertOne of the most trusted voices in the medical field, Dr. Savard is a nationally recognized internist, women’s health expert, and champion of patients’ rights. Through her website, newsletters, blog, and periodic podcasts, she connects with thousands of readers on a regular basis, answering an array of questions with knowledge, compassion, and humor. A widely read author, and founder of the Patient Power Program, Dr. Savard advocates for patients to take charge of, and actively participate in, their healthcare decisions.
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Dennis Snow
Customer Service ExpertAn expert on customer service known for the monumental changes he brought about over his 20-year career at Disney, Snow has since consulted with organizations worldwide, teaching them how to apply the skills it takes to run a successful service-driven organization. Now applying these same principles to the healthcare arena, he advocates that change is necessary, customer service must be rediscovered, and that excellence must become a habit rather than an act.
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