Review of Surviving the Business of Healthcare
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Review of Surviving the Business of Healthcare
[Following is a volunteer review of "Surviving the Business of Healthcare" by Barbara Galutia Regis PA-C.]
This is a review of Surviving the “Business” of Healthcare-Knowledge is Power! by Barbara Galutia Regis M.S. PA-C. The author is a Physician Assistant (PA) who wrote this book as a way to help and encourage others in understanding the healthcare system and of how to advocate for themselves. She does this by giving examples of various scenarios along with courses of action taken for each. She highly recommends getting a second opinion concerning diagnosis and treatment. During the process of writing this book, she became a cancer patient herself. Because of this, she needed to advocate for herself and was then better able to understand the needs and feelings of patients. Her book discusses health insurance and health savings account plans. It also discusses her journey as a Physician Assistant and gives tips for anyone interested in pursuing the same field. She shares interesting patient stories and also recounts stories from her childhood which led up to and cemented her love for the field of medicine. She also offers her thoughts and advice on how to be a caring PA who truly listens to patients. This book also contains some interesting history on medical insurance over the past century.
Regis has been a Physician Assistant for over twenty years. Having been modeled the profession by others within her own family, she knew she was called into the same career. Regis exhibits a great deal of compassion for patients in her writing and appears to be in the healthcare field to help people rather than for the purpose of simply making money. The book was an interesting read which flowed well and mostly kept me interested. Her passion for the vocation has given her a strong desire to share what she has learned with others so that they can learn to make wise decisions within their own healthcare journeys. Her personal experience has given her an impetus to help patients receive the greatest healthcare possible. There are several different topics discussed and expanded on for assuring one is receiving proper care. Many of these are easily overlooked by most so it is nice to have them all in this book. Each chapter is a bite-sized invaluable piece of advice or information which makes the book itself very easy to navigate if you are just wanting to know about a specific topic regarding the subject or system of healthcare.
Throughout the book, the reader is given meanings of abbreviations used throughout the text which they need to recall in order to fully comprehend what is being relayed in their further reading. A glossary at the end of the book would have been a helpful aid in this for those who do not have good short-term memory recall.
I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. It contains invaluable information for anyone living in America who may now, or one day, be needing to use the healthcare system to aid their physical health. Regis explains things that may have been overlooked in one's own planning. These are things that can be accomplished or planned ahead of time which can save much stress and headache in the future when needing to concentrate on one's own physical health and getting better, rather than worrying about what should have been figured out or thought through beforehand in regards to the quality of care one receives. Regis understands the inner workings of the healthcare system from all angles. Due to her unique perspective as a healthcare provider, she is able to relate valuable information to patients and anyone reading this book who may be a patient in the future. I did not give this book 4 stars simply because I prefer a different genre.
Anyone interested in learning tips into receiving the best healthcare service possible for themselves and their loved ones will find this book a valuable source of information. If you want to learn certain things to do and not do, this book will offer invaluable insight to help make one’s healthcare journey much smoother and worry-free while possibly even saving them money. If you are not interested in the medicine and hospital system because you choose an alternative route for your healthcare, you may not be interested in this book. I would, however, recommend it anyway because it is a quick and fairly easy read which may cause you to reconsider your need for its information by so doing. At the very least, the information this book contains would be good for anyone to have in their arsenal of knowledge.
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Surviving the Business of Healthcare
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This is a review of Surviving the “Business” of Healthcare-Knowledge is Power! by Barbara Galutia Regis M.S. PA-C. The author is a Physician Assistant (PA) who wrote this book as a way to help and encourage others in understanding the healthcare system and of how to advocate for themselves. She does this by giving examples of various scenarios along with courses of action taken for each. She highly recommends getting a second opinion concerning diagnosis and treatment. During the process of writing this book, she became a cancer patient herself. Because of this, she needed to advocate for herself and was then better able to understand the needs and feelings of patients. Her book discusses health insurance and health savings account plans. It also discusses her journey as a Physician Assistant and gives tips for anyone interested in pursuing the same field. She shares interesting patient stories and also recounts stories from her childhood which led up to and cemented her love for the field of medicine. She also offers her thoughts and advice on how to be a caring PA who truly listens to patients. This book also contains some interesting history on medical insurance over the past century.
Regis has been a Physician Assistant for over twenty years. Having been modeled the profession by others within her own family, she knew she was called into the same career. Regis exhibits a great deal of compassion for patients in her writing and appears to be in the healthcare field to help people rather than for the purpose of simply making money. The book was an interesting read which flowed well and mostly kept me interested. Her passion for the vocation has given her a strong desire to share what she has learned with others so that they can learn to make wise decisions within their own healthcare journeys. Her personal experience has given her an impetus to help patients receive the greatest healthcare possible. There are several different topics discussed and expanded on for assuring one is receiving proper care. Many of these are easily overlooked by most so it is nice to have them all in this book. Each chapter is a bite-sized invaluable piece of advice or information which makes the book itself very easy to navigate if you are just wanting to know about a specific topic regarding the subject or system of healthcare.
Throughout the book, the reader is given meanings of abbreviations used throughout the text which they need to recall in order to fully comprehend what is being relayed in their further reading. A glossary at the end of the book would have been a helpful aid in this for those who do not have good short-term memory recall.
I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. It contains invaluable information for anyone living in America who may now, or one day, be needing to use the healthcare system to aid their physical health. Regis explains things that may have been overlooked in one's own planning. These are things that can be accomplished or planned ahead of time which can save much stress and headache in the future when needing to concentrate on one's own physical health and getting better, rather than worrying about what should have been figured out or thought through beforehand in regards to the quality of care one receives. Regis understands the inner workings of the healthcare system from all angles. Due to her unique perspective as a healthcare provider, she is able to relate valuable information to patients and anyone reading this book who may be a patient in the future. I did not give this book 4 stars simply because I prefer a different genre.
Anyone interested in learning tips into receiving the best healthcare service possible for themselves and their loved ones will find this book a valuable source of information. If you want to learn certain things to do and not do, this book will offer invaluable insight to help make one’s healthcare journey much smoother and worry-free while possibly even saving them money. If you are not interested in the medicine and hospital system because you choose an alternative route for your healthcare, you may not be interested in this book. I would, however, recommend it anyway because it is a quick and fairly easy read which may cause you to reconsider your need for its information by so doing. At the very least, the information this book contains would be good for anyone to have in their arsenal of knowledge.
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Surviving the Business of Healthcare
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