7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare--The Essential Guide for Crafting Your Personal Healthcare Plan.7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare--The Essential Guide for Crafting Your Personal Healthcare Plan Ruthann Russo, PhD, JD, MPH, RHIT RHIT Registered Health Information Technician DJ Iber Publishing, Inc. Bethlehem, PA 9780979906107 $26.95 www.djiber.com Quoting from the back cover: "Create a plan for your healthcare that reflects your values Recruit the top two members of your healthcare team: Your primary care physician and your medical mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. Pay for your healthcare, when you are insured and when you are not insured Play an active role in creating and maintaining your healthcare story Understand your privacy and ownership rights to your health information Communicate with your physicians to get the best results Use Internet-based healthcare quality tools to rate the quality of your providers and health plan Understand the languages used in medicine: Medical terminology Medical terminology is a vocabulary for accurately describing the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and procedures in a science-based manner. This systematic approach to word building and term comprehension is based on the concept of: (1) Word roots, (2) and diagnostic coding" Ruthann Russo has written this wonderful, comprehensive healthcare book to help us better understand our healthcare rights and responsibilities and to answer questions related to our complex healthcare system. The book contains an Introduction, 18 chapters and 2 appendices ap·pen·di·ces n. A plural of appendix. : Becoming a Visionary Healthcare Consumer; Recruiting Your Top Two Team Members; Paying for Healthcare; Playing an Active Role in Creating Your Healthcare Story; Understanding Who Uses Your Health Information and Why; Knowing Your Rights; Recognizing Healthcare as a Right, a Privilege and a Responsibility; Communication with Your Physician; Getting a Second Opinion; Rating the Quality of Your Healthcare Providers and Health Plan; Impacting Healthcare Quality; The Making of a Doctor; Understanding Medical and Surgical Specialists and Other Providers; Complementary, Alternative and Naturopathic Medicine Naturopathic Medicine Definition Naturopathic medicine is a branch of medicine in which a variety of natural medicines and treatments are used to heal illness. ; Serving as the Common Thread in a Fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. System of Healthcare; Choosing a Hospital; Learning the Language of Medicine; Coding; How to Review Your Medical Record; Raw Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition See also cheese; dining; milk. accubation Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals. alimentology Medicine. thescience of nutrition. allotriophagy Pathology. Resources. 7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare is an excellent reference book. Ruthann has written five books used by managers in the healthcare industry. Hospitals throughout the country use her training programs to assist their physicians and clinicians in providing quality care to their patients. |
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