medical care

Patient Advocate a Necessity If You Are Hospitalized

Virginia Hunt
March 08, 2012 19:06

Most injured workers who call me for advice are frustrated with poor medical care or problems obtaining good care as a result of insurance issues.   Making sure that injured workers get the best possible medical care is what I do for a living, so I didn’t need a personal experience...

Patient Advocate a Necessity If You Are Hospitalized

Virginia Hunt
March 08, 2012 19:06

Most injured workers who call me for advice are frustrated with poor medical care or problems obtaining good care as a result of insurance issues.   Making sure that injured workers get the best possible medical care is what I do for a living, so I didn’t need a personal experience...

"Closure": Change Expectations for End-of-Life

Neil E. Hendershot
February 14, 2012 18:30

 The Closure online multimedia educational project of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, "is an initiative to change expectations for end-of-life."  The Project's goal is "to empower consumers and healthcare professionals with easy-to-access, simple-to-understand...

How Long Should I Continue To See My Doctor After An Accident?

Stuart A. Carpey
February 13, 2012 20:03

  How long should I continue to see my doctor after an accident? As long as you, the victim, are having on-going complaints related to the accident, you should be informing your doctor about those complaints. At the very least, your doctor is going to be making a record in his or her chart...

Unfairly Surprised by Your Doctor's Work Release?

Virginia Hunt
February 10, 2012 22:52

I caution all injured workers to look carefully at the physician progress report (PPR) they are handed at the end of each  visit to their doctor assigned to treat their industrial injury.  Most doctors and clinics that are on the various third-party administrators' medical...