by Anne Llewellyn | Aug 6, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Recently, I visited a long-time friend, Kathy, who was having a party for her husband, John, who recently retired from the U.S. Air Force. We have known each other since the early 1980’s when we both worked in the Respiratory ICU in Philadelphia. We have...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 31, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
In this week’s post, I would like to recognize caregivers. These are the people who provide care for their parents, their spouses, their children, and their neighbors. According to the Family Care Giver Alliance, an estimated 44 million Americans age 18 and older...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 9, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Being diagnosed with a life changing illness or experiencing a catastrophic injury changes your outlook on life. My experience began on November 24, 2014 when I was diagnosed with a central nervous system lymphoma (Brain Tumor). Yet, it was not until recently that I...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jun 11, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
I open this post by saying that we all need to remember that healthcare is delivered by human beings, and humans make mistakes. Today there is an intense focus on working to find ways to identify, address, correct and prevent medical errors in every sector of the...
by Anne Llewellyn | May 30, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Today, consumers are expected to be active participants in their health and healthcare. This is easy to say but very hard to do especially when you are sick, weak and scared. Also, most people have no or limited exposure to the healthcare system other than going...
