Patient Advocacy Improves Your Healthcare

Did you know?

• * 250,000 people in the United States die every year because of medical errors. (John Hopkins)
• * One of the primary causes of errors is communication failure between team members. (John Hopkins)
• * Currently 5 – 10% of hospitalized patients acquire infections in the hospital. (CDC)
• * Healthcare fraud costs the United States 68 billion annually. (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• *Medical error rate in hospital billing is 80-90% (Medical Billing Advocates of America-2017)
  

Benefits of Patient Advocacy

~Having a Patient Advocate can help the patient demand quality…
~Partnering with a Patient Advocate can help family members stay informed, demand transparency, and assure safe and accountable care…
~Physicians appreciate Patient Advocates because they can assist in communication between ~Physicians and other team members which then helps the patient and family understand the care they are receiving.
~The Patient Advocate works for the patient and loved ones.

Wiseman Patient Advocacy

Wilmington, North Carolina