What is Community Care Navigation?
Appointments. Hospitalizations. Emergency room visits. Tests. Procedures. Medications. Injections. Tubes. Specialists. Primary care. When you have a complex and serious illness, navigating the health…
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Beating the Odds: Weight Loss Surgery Helps Man Keep the Weight Off
Mark Goss knows how hard it can be to lose weight and keep it off. At age 34, the Annapolis resident and business owner…
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Patient Advisor Helps Fellow Cancer Survivors and Patients
Patricia Holle describes herself as a “mammogram success story.” When her breast screening showed an abnormality, Pat underwent 18 months of treatment for stage…
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Patient Advisor Rebounds from “Chemo Brain” to Help Others
Earl Shellner had just completed a long course of chemotherapy to treat aggressive rectal cancer when he and his family began to notice something…
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Star of ‘Our Little Family’ Shares Her AAMC Experience
If there’s one thing Michelle Hamill has learned in two seasons of filming her own TLC reality show, Our Little Family, it’s that “perfect…
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Patient ideas fuel award-winning whiteboard design
When Lucretia Jackson entered the hospital for surgery in January, she knew she would never be in the dark about her care. From the…
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AAMC Advisor: Improving the Healthcare Experience
As one of the founding members of the Patient and Family Advisory Council, Karen Goldman has spent the past four and a half years…
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