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All you need to get started. Health Record Notebook set up and ready to use. Includes: Tab dividers w/forms organized for fingertips access to your medical infomation, Critical Question Series & CD of forms and a separate Savvy Patient Toolkit booklet of instructions and how to use your medical information. For patients & caregivers. Available October 2009 in US ONLY. Order Now & save.
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What You Need to Know
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Your life could depend on information only YOU know about your health and your body
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Your doctor can't remember every detail of your medical history and neither can you!
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Take your life into your own hands. Get fingertip access to the medical details that could save your life and...
Help your doctors help you
I'm Margo Corbett. I created The Savvy Patient's Toolkit to help you take control of your life and your health care. This simple method:
- Enables you to answer doctor's questions quickly & easily - no more forgetting!
- Guides you to ask the right questions
- Helps you help your doctors make the connections between you symptoms, chronic conditions, medications, and family history for more accurate & timelier diagnosis
- Helps you prevent medical errors
- Provides increased confidence & peace of mind about your medical decisions
- Overall, helps you build a healthier relationship with your healthcare providers
Doctors everywhere are overworked and under staffed. Don't let a medical mistake happen to you! It's time for you to take an active part in your own care.
The Savvy Patient's Toolkit gives you the tools & know-how to be a savvy patient or caregiver. You will never want to go to another appointment, test procedure or the hospital without your Savvy Patient Health Record again - your doctors will love you, too!
Have you ever wish you'd been taught "How To Be A Savvy Patient &/or Caregiver"?
Now you can learn how
The most comprehensive Personal Health Record & Patient Management System available today
You Can Make the Difference in your or a loved ones health care
Learn how to collect & use your personal health record to communicate more effectively & receive better care
It’s your health…your life!
Don’t let important medical information slip through the cracks.
Keep the pieces of your health story in a:
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Personal Health Record on your Computer
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Notebook and / or on
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CD or Flashcard
For fingertip access to the:
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Right Information, in the Right Way, at the Right Time! Your detailed information that no one else has but you!
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The Right Questions, in the Right Way at the Right Time - questions that could save your life!
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Click Here to see the titles of 9 sets of questions in the Critical Question Series
As I said before, you will never want to go to an appointment, have a procedure done, or go to the hospital with out your Personal Savvy Patient Health Record ever again!
More than just a record keeping system, The Savvy Patient's Toolkit, empowers you to take control of your health.
Do You:
- Feel Overwhelmed by the Medical System & Worried About Your Healthcare?
- Have one or more Chronic Illness(s)?
- Have an Undiagnosed Illness?
- Need help as a Caregiver?
- Know someone who has or have you experienced Medical Errors?
- Are you a Parent?
- Are you a Business Owner or an HR Administrator?
Learn How T o:
- Lead your healthcare team
- Actively participate in your care
- Proactively manage your overall care
- Communicate effectively with healthcare providers
- Advocate more effectively for a loved one
Gain Confidence & Peace of Mind
- Decrease chances for & Prevent medical error
- Improve chances for Faster & Better Diagnosis
- Have Better Control over & make Better Deisions
- Have Better Outcomes - studies show this happens when patients are active n their care
- Save money & Help Cut healthcare costs
- And Much More...
The National Health Council recommends you keep a notebook and take it with you to the doctor. The Savvy Patient Health Record System makes medical record keeping simple. The book and the system:
- Through Personal Stories and Study Reports, emphasizes why you need to get more involved in your care.
- Through Lessons Learned & summary sections called You Make the Difference, helps you understand the actions you can take as you work with your healthcare team to receive better care and decrease your chances for preventable medical errors.
- Provides 40 Unique Forms that enable you to create a customized record important medical history and ongoing health information needed to coordinate and lead your care.
- Coaches You in their use.
- And Much More…
You will never want to go to an appointment, have a procedure done, or go to the hospital with out your Personal Savvy Patient Health Record ever again!
It's Time! Make a difference in your healthcare. The tools in this book and your personal health record could be your best friend... They could be your doctors' too!
Order one for each of your loved ones. What better gift can you give them than one that will help them attain Better Healthcare and Prevent Medical Errors?
Remember, you receive 40% off list price when you order 5 or more copies!
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Critical Communication For Caregivers
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Last Updated November 15, 2009
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