The biggest barrier to better health care is poor communication. That’s where I come in. Knowledge is power. I empower my clients to ask the proper questions and understand the answers. I encourage and assist you in becoming an active participant in your health care, not just a passive recipient. Engaged and empowered patients are more likely to have positive health outcomes. It is your health, and you have the right to have your voice heard and to be treated as an individual and not a statistic.

In the last 30 years, I have worked as a medical records reviewer and medical documentation specialist and have read the medical records of tens of thousands of patients in dozens of hospitals and clinics. I have witnessed firsthand how lack of proper communication between patient and physician can adversely affect patient outcomes. I have advocated for friends, family members, and clients for years, through cancer diagnoses and cardiac bypass procedures, diabetes and heart failure and so many things in between, and I know that even for intelligent, well-educated people, navigating the maze of the healthcare system in this country is daunting and stressful.

As a board-certified patient advocate, I use my accumulated knowledge and abilities to help empower people to make informed healthcare decisions and navigate a complex healthcare system. It is my hope that I can help to eliminate as much stress as possible so that my clients can focus on healing and remaining healthy.