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…

Mothers, Daughters, and Our Changing Relationships

posted May 2018 by Dianne Savastano

If you are among the one in five baby boomer women managing multiple roles of working professional, mother, wife, daughter, and caregiver, today’s newsletter is for and about you. Men, please take note. This impacts you too! Caregiving One definition of a caregiver is, “An unpaid person attending to the needs of a dependent adult,… Read on…

Four Common Medicare Questions Answered

posted April 2018 by Dianne Savastano

Whether you’ve been enrolled in Medicare previously, or are about to participate for the first time, we know, it can be confusing! With that in mind, today’s newsletter tackles four common questions related to this valuable, but often complicated, benefit. Question #1: I’ve heard that Medicare will be issuing new ID cards. Why is this… Read on…

Three Suggestions for Improving the Coordination of Care Between Specialists

posted March 2018 by Dianne Savastano

For several weeks, our client Melissa was becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned. Not only was she planning for major heart surgery, she was also gaining weight, having trouble breathing and feeling “tired all the time.” On top of all that, she felt that her doctors weren’t listening to her and were not even communicating well… Read on…

Common Themes In Healthcare Today

posted February 2018 by Dianne Savastano

Today’s healthcare system can be both frustrating and confusing. I know this through firsthand experience since wherever I go, as soon as people learn of my profession, they follow-up with a list (sometimes quite a long list!) of questions. I resist providing too much specific advice – there is quite a bit of “it depends”… Read on…

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