Hospital Survival Guide - The Patient Handbook to Getting Better and Getting Out

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE AN OPERATION IN JULY AND OTHER LIFESAVING ADVICE!

"This book offers practical advice about how to keep yourself free from harm and error in hospitals, and how to assert yourself in cases such as getting stuck with a bad roommate or a rude doctor. Includes chapters on taking children to the hospital and how to be prepared before an emergency." — The Wall Street Journal

Hospital Survival Guide: The Patient Handbook to Getting Better and Getting Out is the essential patient handbook to ensure that you and your family emerge from hospital visits healthier than before checking-in and without having to endure excessive stays, pain or indignities. Includes practical tips, warnings and surprising information you doctor might not tell you, such as the fact that July, when the new interns start, is the most dangerous month to have a procedure done at a teaching hospital; EMLA anesthetic cream can be requested to be used on children’s skin, allowing for less painful I.V. starts; and washing off all iodine-based antiseptics thoroughly after surgery can prevent chemical burns. Proven tips for reducing hospital bills are also presented.

Dr Sherer will teach you how to:

• Find the Best Hospital for Your Condition


• Demand & Receive the Best Care


• Avoid Unnecessary Pain & Complications


• Protect Your Health from Human Error


• Navigate Emergency Room Care


• Educate Yourself on Your Condition & Your Rights


• Protect Your Financial Health & Reduce Your Bills


• Choose Between Bundling Services Versus “Fee for Service” – Pricing/Pros & Cons


• Work the System to Get What You Need


• Maximize New and Innovative Ways to Use the Internet for Self-Education


• Deal with the Impact of Pandemic Emergencies, Natural Disasters and the Opioid Crisis on Your Care


• Learn More about Artificial Intelligence, Robotic surgery and Using Big Data


• Decide if “Medicare for All” is Feasible and the Social Determinants on the Allocation of Healthcare


• And Much Much More!

"I recommend this book for everyone, especially people who are undergoing their first operation in a hospital. Being aware of the services offered or not offered in the hospital and learning ways to reduce anxiety can be invaluable throughout one’s hospital stay. For health care providers, the Hospital Survival Guide offers excellent insight into many of the uncertainties that patients face as they enter into the unknown world of the hospital. Even though we hear the alarming statistics every day, the book is a powerful reminder of all of the mistakes that can be made in the course of care and what we all can do to reduce the likelihood of experiencing a medical error ourselves." — P&T® Journal

List of contents

Hospital Survival Guide: The Patient Handbook to Getting Better and Getting Out

Table of Contents

Foreword
How This Book Can Help Make Your Hospital Stay Safe and Comfortable

Chapter 1
Choosing the Best Hospital for Safety and Comfort

Chapter 2
You’ve Just Found Out You Need a Procedure or Surgery—Now What?

Chapter 3
The Pre-surgery Interview: What Every Patient Needs to Know

Chapter 4
Anesthesia and Pain Relief: How to Make Sure Your Doctor Knows What It Takes to Keep You Out of Pain

Chapter 5
Taking Care of Business: Insurance, Advance Heath Care Directives, Wills and Other Matters

Chapter 6
Getting Ready to Go: Packing and Other Practical Details

Chapter 7
In the Hospital

Chapter 8
When Your Child Has to Go to the Hospital

Chapter 9
When You Have No Time to Plan: Advice for Emergency Room Patients

Chapter 10
Working the System to Get What You Need

Chapter 11
Leaving the Hospital … and Beyond

Chapter 12
The Hospital in Times of National Crisis

Afterword:
What Will the Future Look Like for Hospitals and Healthcare? 

Appendices

Appendix A
Sample Emergency Medical ID Card

Appendix B
Common Outpatient (Same Day) Procedures

Appendix C
Hospital Jargon: A Sample Dialog (with Translation)

Appendix D
Useful Web Sites

Appendix E
Glossary of Hospital Terms

About the author

David Sherer, MD (Chevy Chase, MD) is an American physician, author and inventor. He is a member of Leading Physicians of the World, and a multitime winner of HealthTap's leading anesthesiologists award. Dr. Sherer has retired from his clinical anesthesiology practice in the suburbs of Washington, DC, and now focuses on patient education, writing and patient advocacy; including as a medical and health video commentator for Bottom Line Inc.'s WHAT YOUR DOCTOR ISN'T TELLING YOU columns and podcasts. He holds two US patents in the fields of critical care medicine and telecommunications. Appearing in all forms of media, Dr Sherer is a tireless advocate for hospitalized patients, and believes that individual responsibility, and not government intervention, is the key to improving the general health and wellbeing of all Americans.

https://bottomlineinc.com/source/david-sherer

The author lives & works in the Washington DC metro area.

Summary

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE AN OPERATION IN JULY AND OTHER LIFESAVING ADVICE!

"This book offers practical advice about how to keep yourself free from harm and error in hospitals, and how to assert yourself in cases such as getting stuck with a bad roommate or a rude doctor. Includes chapters on taking children to the hospital and how to be prepared before an emergency." — The Wall Street Journal

Hospital Survival Guide: The Patient Handbook to Getting Better and Getting Out is the essential patient handbook to ensure that you and your family emerge from hospital visits healthier than before checking-in and without having to endure excessive stays, pain or indignities. Includes practical tips, warnings and surprising information you doctor might not tell you, such as the fact that July, when the new interns start, is the most dangerous month to have a procedure done at a teaching hospital; EMLA anesthetic cream can be requested to be used on children’s skin, allowing for less painful I.V. starts; and washing off all iodine-based antiseptics thoroughly after surgery can prevent chemical burns. Proven tips for reducing hospital bills are also presented.

Dr Sherer will teach you how to:

• Find the Best Hospital for Your Condition


• Demand & Receive the Best Care


• Avoid Unnecessary Pain & Complications


• Protect Your Health from Human Error


• Navigate Emergency Room Care


• Educate Yourself on Your Condition & Your Rights


• Protect Your Financial Health & Reduce Your Bills


• Choose Between Bundling Services Versus “Fee for Service” – Pricing/Pros & Cons


• Work the System to Get What You Need


• Maximize New and Innovative Ways to Use the Internet for Self-Education


• Deal with the Impact of Pandemic Emergencies, Natural Disasters and the Opioid Crisis on Your Care


• Learn More about Artificial Intelligence, Robotic surgery and Using Big Data


• Decide if “Medicare for All” is Feasible and the Social Determinants on the Allocation of Healthcare


• And Much Much More!

"I recommend this book for everyone, especially people who are undergoing their first operation in a hospital. Being aware of the services offered or not offered in the hospital and learning ways to reduce anxiety can be invaluable throughout one’s hospital stay. For health care providers, the Hospital Survival Guide offers excellent insight into many of the uncertainties that patients face as they enter into the unknown world of the hospital. Even though we hear the alarming statistics every day, the book is a powerful reminder of all of the mistakes that can be made in the course of care and what we all can do to reduce the likelihood of experiencing a medical error ourselves." — P&T® Journal

Foreword

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Praise for Hospital Survival Guide by Doctor David Sherer:

"This book offers practical advice about how to keep yourself free from harm and error in hospitals, and how to assert yourself in cases such as getting stuck with a bad roommate or a rude doctor. Includes chapters on taking children to the hospital and how to be prepared before an emergency." — The Wall Street Journal

"Dr. Sherer...addresses what to expect and ask for..." — The New York Times

"In his "Survival Guide," (Dr Sherer) maintains that it's patients, not doctors, who are in the best position to make many decisions affecting their health care." — The Washington Post

"Offers Practical Tips for Making Hospital Stays Less Traumatic for Patients." — P&T® Journal

"Dr. David Sherer’s Hospital Survival Guide is an insightful and easy-to-read book on making a hospital stay as safe and relaxed as possible... describe(s) steps patients can take to minimize the risk of medical errors during their hospital stay. The author include(s) more than 100 tips for maximizing the hospital experience; Contains short chapters that focus on key questions that all readers would want answered, such as how to select the appropriate hospital when surgery must be performed, how to go about choosing the surgeon, which documents are needed, and how to get the most benefit from the hospital stay." — P&T® Journal

"I recommend this book for everyone, especially people who are undergoing their first operation in a hospital. Being aware of the services offered or not offered in the hospital and learning ways to reduce anxiety can be invaluable throughout one’s hospital stay. For health care providers, the Hospital Survival Guide offers excellent insight into many of the uncertainties that patients face as they enter into the unknown world of the hospital. Even though we hear the alarming statistics every day, the book is a powerful reminder of all of the mistakes that can be made in the course of care and what we all can do to reduce the likelihood of experiencing a medical error ourselves." — P&T® Journal

"Dr. Sherer's contribution to navigating the hospital maze emphasizes surgical hospitalizations... He notes that July, when the new interns start, is the most dangerous month to have a procedure done at a teaching hospital. He also presents proven tips for reducing hospital bills and offers a range of suggestions for making hospital stays safer and more pleasant." — ElderLawAnswers.com

Product details

• Authors: David Sherer, Sherer David
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 11.08.2020, delayed
• EAN: 9781630061630
• ISBN: 978-1-63006-163-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Guides > Health; MEDICAL / Diagnosis, MEDICAL / Healing, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living, MEDICAL / Diseases, HEALTH & FITNESS / Safety, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Critical Care, MEDICAL / Administration, MEDICAL / Nursing / Critical & Intensive Care, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, MEDICAL / Nursing / Emergency, MEDICAL / Education & Training, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient, HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference, HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid, HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Coding & Billing, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing, MEDICAL / Medicaid & Medicare, MEDICAL / Physicians, MEDICAL / Hospital Administration & Care, MEDICAL / Medical History & Records, MEDICAL / Caregiving