Navigating the Healthcare System

It’s critical to make sure your electronic medical record (EMR) is accurate before surgery.  This is your list of medications and doses. Here’s our story of what could happen when the EMR is not up to date.   New York City— Monday rush hour in Manhattan. I trudge up the steep stairs from the subway…

As human beings, we often underestimate the power of denial. Denial is a human truth and one that is hard to fight when the circumstances seem to feed it. Who wants to believe that their 2-year-old son is seriously ill? With no alarm bells from the healthcare providers closest to them, when the wait to…

I don’t have children, so I can only imagine the anguish and the sharp pain of uncertainty that Jenn must have experienced as a young first-time-mom navigating the US Healthcare System on behalf of her son, Matteo. A 2-year old with migraines? Have you ever pondered or considered this as a possibility? Learning to say…