Transparency in health care (or lack thereof) has long been a concern for patient advocates like David Wilcox, a doctorate prepared nurse with 28 years in health care.
“As a health care professional, I am amazed by the lack of proactive patient-teaching information available to the general public,” he said.
To educate the average American and possibly save some lives, Dr. Wilcox wrote the new book, How to Avoid Being a Victim of the American Healthcare System: A Patient’s Handbook for Survival. In it, Dr. Wilcox provides clear, detailed information about our healthcare system and insider tips that can help patients and family members navigate through the morass.
Of note, he encourages consumers to research doctors and hospitals, and gain an understanding of the risks and benefits of any recommended procedure. Dr. Wilcox also explores what to do if you have to go to a hospital, how to handle a denied insurance claim, how to find alternatives to high-priced prescriptions and why the current pay-for-fee system is inadequate. Readers will also discover the direction the healthcare system needs to move in, to holistically care for patients — information that he says the health care entities would prefer you didn’t know.
His goal in writing this book, he said, was to level the playing field, enabling consumers of health care to understand how to avoid getting caught in the systemic net.
“Entering the American healthcare system, one has to have a basic knowledge of it to be safe,” he said. “Not being prepared and knowledgeable means you will have little control over the health care you receive.”
Dr. David Wilcox is an Amazon international bestselling author and health care professional who believes proactive patient education enables those accessing the healthcare system to be better partners in their health care. He also believes that everyone has the right to access the American Healthcare System safely. A Doctorate-prepared nurse who also holds a Master’s in Health Administration and is Board Certified in Nursing Informatics, Dr. Wilcox has nearly three decades of health care experience as a bedside nurse, hospital administrator and in health care information technology, which has helped him to develop his unique perspective on the American Healthcare System. For more information, please visithttps://drdavidwilcox.com/.
How to Avoid Being a Victim of the American Healthcare System: A Patient’s Handbook for Survival
Publisher: Here for You Publishing
ISBN-10: 0578878364
ISBN-13: 978-0578878362
Available now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/