Health Care & You: A Guide to Navigating the Health Care System and Being Your own Best Advocate

The essential guide to help you manage your health and the health care you receive and to advocate for the best care available for you and your loved ones. Has your experience in todays ever-changing health care system left you feeling overwhelmed confused or frustrated?Do you lie awake at night worrying about how to get the care you or your loved ones need and deserve without jeopardizing your familys financial security?Do you want to learn how to make the best possible health care decisions to achieve the best possible outcomes?Health Care & You is designed to help you answer these questions and more.Whether you have an acute or chronic condition are a caregiver for someone who does or just want to know how to make informed health care decisions for yourself and your family this book can offer you guidance.Diane Mullins a registered nurse with an MBA in health care management will help direct your course in todays tumultuous health care industry. In an easy-to-read conversational format she explains how certain tools resources and techniques can help you find your way through this confusing challenging and often intimidating system. She enhances her book with stories - some of them poignant - from her own life conveying her passion for informed decision-making self-management and health care advocacy. Diane will point you in the right direction - holding your hand securely as you feel your way across the health care landscape.