Mel Randle
RN, AGACNP-BC
Lunaris Health PLLC
Mel Randle
RN, AGACNP-BC
Lunaris Health PLLC
Advocate Location
Oak Park , IL 60304
Specialty
Special Care & Aging
Other Services
Medical Guidance
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
*Greater National Advocates Terms of Use Apply
How I Can Help
✅ Care Navigation & Appointment Coordination
I coordinate appointments with multiple specialists, prepare your questions for your visit & close communication gaps—so nothing falls through the cracks and you feel confident about your next steps.
✅ Accompaniment & In-Visit Advocacy
I attend visits virtually or in person ensure all your concerns are addressed, then I help you organize & plan next steps.
✅ Medication Reconciliation & Safety Reviews
I review your bottles to create one accurate “source of truth” list shared across all providers. I identify duplications, interactions, and confirm reason prescribed with your care team. I flag drugs continued unnecessarily are prescribed, and check for missed contraindications & side effects . I also teach proper timing & diet considerations to ensure maximum ethicacy.
✅ Chronic Condition “Best-Practice” Check-Ups
I review treatment plans for conditions against published best-practice guidelines—sharing recommendations with your providers to ensure you receive quality healthcare.
✅ Post-Op & Complex-Care Coordination
After surgery or complex procedures, I monitor recovery, coach on safe practices, and escalate issues early to help prevent complications and emergency room visits.
✅ Hospital-to-Home Transition Coaching (30–90 Days)
Discharge is one of the riskiest points in care. I review your plan, schedule follow-ups, monitor red flags, and arrange & support caregivers & home healthcare —helping prevent avoidable readmissions.
✅ Hospice Support & End-of-Life Advocacy
I facilitate communication, address pain concerns, and keep dignity at the center of care—ensuring families feel supported & informed every step of the way.
✅ Hospital Readmission-Risk Reduction Plans
Patients often return to the hospital because details are missed. I develop personalized follow-up and self-management plans.
✅ Second-Opinion Preparation & Specialist Matching
Some second-opinion providers collaborate with your original doctor, affecting objectivity. I research specialists, prepare records, timelines, and questions.
✅ Advance Care Planning
I guide values-based conversations and help complete essential forms so goals are clear to your care team & family.
✅ Benefits & Logistics Coaching
Healthcare is stressful enough without paperwork. I help with insurance inquiries, transportation, caregiver education, and community resources
✅ Chronic Pain Advocacy & Care Coordination
I advocate for evidence-based pain treatment options that truly address pain—without bias or unsafe shortcuts.
I coordinate appointments with multiple specialists, prepare your questions for your visit & close communication gaps—so nothing falls through the cracks and you feel confident about your next steps.
✅ Accompaniment & In-Visit Advocacy
I attend visits virtually or in person ensure all your concerns are addressed, then I help you organize & plan next steps.
✅ Medication Reconciliation & Safety Reviews
I review your bottles to create one accurate “source of truth” list shared across all providers. I identify duplications, interactions, and confirm reason prescribed with your care team. I flag drugs continued unnecessarily are prescribed, and check for missed contraindications & side effects . I also teach proper timing & diet considerations to ensure maximum ethicacy.
✅ Chronic Condition “Best-Practice” Check-Ups
I review treatment plans for conditions against published best-practice guidelines—sharing recommendations with your providers to ensure you receive quality healthcare.
✅ Post-Op & Complex-Care Coordination
After surgery or complex procedures, I monitor recovery, coach on safe practices, and escalate issues early to help prevent complications and emergency room visits.
✅ Hospital-to-Home Transition Coaching (30–90 Days)
Discharge is one of the riskiest points in care. I review your plan, schedule follow-ups, monitor red flags, and arrange & support caregivers & home healthcare —helping prevent avoidable readmissions.
✅ Hospice Support & End-of-Life Advocacy
I facilitate communication, address pain concerns, and keep dignity at the center of care—ensuring families feel supported & informed every step of the way.
✅ Hospital Readmission-Risk Reduction Plans
Patients often return to the hospital because details are missed. I develop personalized follow-up and self-management plans.
✅ Second-Opinion Preparation & Specialist Matching
Some second-opinion providers collaborate with your original doctor, affecting objectivity. I research specialists, prepare records, timelines, and questions.
✅ Advance Care Planning
I guide values-based conversations and help complete essential forms so goals are clear to your care team & family.
✅ Benefits & Logistics Coaching
Healthcare is stressful enough without paperwork. I help with insurance inquiries, transportation, caregiver education, and community resources
✅ Chronic Pain Advocacy & Care Coordination
I advocate for evidence-based pain treatment options that truly address pain—without bias or unsafe shortcuts.
Important Information About Me
- I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
- I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
- I am insured
- My geographical area of practice is Chicago and surrounding suburbs (Oak Park, Evanston, Naperville, La Grange, Joliet, Schaumburg etc.) Nationwide telehealth available. In-person services available by request.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
My 16-year-old daughter nearly died after hip surgery at a top-rated “safe” hospital with a world-renowned surgeon.
I’m a board-certified nurse practitioner with over 20 years in critical care—yet that day, my pleas were dismissed as overbearing. I watched her unstable vital signs deteriorate while she lost more than half her blood volume. 12 hours later, she began crashing, & the nurse was forced to call a rapid response. Labs and imaging were finally done, and she was given emergency transfusions to stabilize her.
She survived—but that day broke me. It took what little faith I had left in the system.
As a baby and child, the many visits I took her on for symptoms of hip pain were dismissed until she developed tears in her hips, leading to the surgery that nearly took her life 15 years later.
If I hadn’t been there—keeping her flat in bed & refusing their routine activities & physical therapy—she would have died.
That was just one of many experiences. Years of ignored symptoms of choking & vomiting were eventually diagnosed as eosinophilic esophagitis (EOE) at age 10, and her “executive dysfunction” was finally recognized as ADHD at 15.
My own health symptoms were dismissed all my life— leading to adult ADHD diagnosis, endometriosis, chronic anemia, and and undiagnosed adenomyosis. I still can't believe my chronic pain & excessive bleeding were ignored by my OB-GYN throughout my life until I finally chose to have a hysterectomy.
These lived experiences—both personally and others through caring for my patients— proved that many negative outcomes could be avoided if more patients had clinically informed advocates. That's why now I work for you!
My dual expertise allows me to guide patients and families through nearly any situation. I find know how to find the resources you need, navigate insurance, and I communicate with confidence using regulations, evidence-based practice and the latest clinical guidelines—ensuring no bias, no oversight, & that every patient is heard, respected, & safe.
I’m a board-certified nurse practitioner with over 20 years in critical care—yet that day, my pleas were dismissed as overbearing. I watched her unstable vital signs deteriorate while she lost more than half her blood volume. 12 hours later, she began crashing, & the nurse was forced to call a rapid response. Labs and imaging were finally done, and she was given emergency transfusions to stabilize her.
She survived—but that day broke me. It took what little faith I had left in the system.
As a baby and child, the many visits I took her on for symptoms of hip pain were dismissed until she developed tears in her hips, leading to the surgery that nearly took her life 15 years later.
If I hadn’t been there—keeping her flat in bed & refusing their routine activities & physical therapy—she would have died.
That was just one of many experiences. Years of ignored symptoms of choking & vomiting were eventually diagnosed as eosinophilic esophagitis (EOE) at age 10, and her “executive dysfunction” was finally recognized as ADHD at 15.
My own health symptoms were dismissed all my life— leading to adult ADHD diagnosis, endometriosis, chronic anemia, and and undiagnosed adenomyosis. I still can't believe my chronic pain & excessive bleeding were ignored by my OB-GYN throughout my life until I finally chose to have a hysterectomy.
These lived experiences—both personally and others through caring for my patients— proved that many negative outcomes could be avoided if more patients had clinically informed advocates. That's why now I work for you!
My dual expertise allows me to guide patients and families through nearly any situation. I find know how to find the resources you need, navigate insurance, and I communicate with confidence using regulations, evidence-based practice and the latest clinical guidelines—ensuring no bias, no oversight, & that every patient is heard, respected, & safe.
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