Category: Relationship with your Doctor

Take Control of Your Healthcare Experiences

posted May 2019 by Dianne Savastano

Twice during the past two months, I delivered a presentation titled, “Navigating the changing healthcare system.” Once in the form of a webinar and once in front of a live audience. Within it, I share several strategies, one of which is to prepare and use a Personal Healthcare File that includes a document titled, “Medical… Read on…

Uncoordinated Care — Tips for Managing When Healthcare Systems Don’t “Talk” to One Another

posted February 2019 by Dianne Savastano

Over the past few weeks, two of our clients have run into difficulties coordinating care across multiple healthcare systems and providers. One client receives some care from Boston Medical Center and additional specialist care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Recently, he decided to see a specialist associated with North Shore Medical Center (Northern Division… Read on…

Creating the “Perfect Patient Experience”

posted November 2018 by Dianne Savastano

Recently, I attended a program at Simmons titled, “Is Bigger Better in Health Care? As mergers increase, how should we respond?” A panel of three economists discussed topics such as horizontal and vertical integration, the role of competition, anti-trust issues and value-based contracting. It was a great discussion, but one that approached healthcare solely from… Read on…

Cancer Made Me Nice

posted September 2018 by Dianne Savastano

My friend Karen was interviewed in Forbes Magazine in 2012 because she had a unique perspective: She had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and she was a cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon who performed breast reconstruction surgery for many women with the disease. Karen wrote a blog throughout her treatment, all with the intent of informing… Read on…

How to Become a Leader of Your Own Healthcare

posted June 2018 by Dianne Savastano

During my graduate program in the spring of 1999, I conducted a research project. In doing so, I used the work of Kouzes and Posner and their Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to analyze interviews I conducted with 13 women in senior management positions. The behaviors demonstrated by these women (all in Jacksonville Florida, where… Read on…

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Take Control of Your Healthcare Experiences
What Young People Need to Know About Insurance Coverage
Lessons From The Front Line: Common Health Care Questions and Answers
Uncoordinated Care — Tips for Managing When Healthcare Systems Don’t “Talk” to One Another
Recommendations for Managing Your Insurance Company