All Dressed Up With Big Places to Go
(Update: December 2017? This post was written in 2014 (see the URL in your browser bar) when we launched the “new” directory – pictured below. Since then, our even newer directory was launched in Fall...
View ArticleThrills – and Some Frustration – as We Recognize Private Professional Patient...
This year, March 3 to 9th, marks our Fourth Annual Private Professional Patient Advocates Week – capping the 5th year of existence of AdvoConnection and the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates....
View ArticleOh, It Was Nothing, Really
As advocates working for clients with grave medical problems, or clients who battle their insurance companies to get what they need for their care, or could lose their entire financial foundations due...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Us! AdvoConnection Turns 5
Dateline: September 1, 2009 The AdvoConnection membership organization was launched on this date in an effort to find people who could help patients navigate their medical journeys. Happy Birthday to...
View ArticleHead to Head, Toe to Toe – And Who Are the Big Winners?
Updated 2/10/2020 Like Jeopardy, I’m going to start by giving you the answer: Patients and Caregivers Smart Health and Patient Advocates So what’s the question> That would be: Who are the biggest...
View ArticleCelebrating the 5th Annual Private Professional Patient Advocates Week
Our Fifth Annual Private Professional Patient Advocates Week ? is this week – March 16 to 22 -and I’m here to share tales of the growth of our profession. Can it be that patient advocacy as a...
View ArticleAnd the First AdvoConnection Spotlight is on…
It’s been in the works for a little while, and today we’re happy to announce a new way for some APHA members to promote their capabilities… the AdvoConnection Advocate Spotlight! Why the Spotlight?...
View Article8 End-of-the-Year Tasks for Smart Care Professionals
You may be in the process of making up your holiday shopping and to-do lists… So while you are at it, here’s another important list to make – this one for your advocacy practice. When if you complete...
View Article2016 State of Patient Advocacy and the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
Greetings in this new year 2016! I invite you to sit back, and picture yourself in that audience above as I provide you with a status report of sorts on the growth of the profession of patient advocacy...
View ArticleHow to Overcome the Biggest Challenge in Patient Advocacy Today
A few weeks ago at the WASHAA Annual Meeting (Washington State Health Advocacy Association) I was asked my opinion on the biggest challenges in patient advocacy as we turn the corner to 2016. I didn’t...
View ArticleWhat the Presidential Election Results Mean for Patient Advocates
When President Barack Obama ran for office in 2008, healthcare reform was already an enormous and contentious topic. In those days, I was invited to speak to dozens of groups of patients and caregivers...
View Article2017 State of Patient Advocacy and the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
As we kick off 2017, let’s look at the past year in review. What is the status of this profession of health and patient advocacy> How well is APHA serving the needs of patient-clients and its...
View ArticleHey Little Girls: Yes, Women Can Be Brilliant!
(To my gentleman readers – please pardon this week’s post. You are more than welcome to read it, of course, and there will be advantages to doing so, but it’s really aimed at the females among us. That...
View ArticleDirect to Patients: Frank, Honest, and Motivational
In Marketing 101, we learn that we learn that it is imperative to accurately identify our target audiences, then , then develop motivational messages for them about the benefits of working with us....
View ArticleSave Money and Time with These End of the Year Tasks
How is it possible we’ve reached the end of 2017 already? Why does it seem like the years zoom past us faster than the previous ones did? As we marvel at how quickly time passes, we, as small business...
View ArticleChanneling Oliver Twist and the Two Steps of MORE
This past week, for the first time, AdvoConnection Directory-listed APHA members were able to access their statistics (analytics) for their AdvoConnection profiles. How many visitors found the...
View ArticleAnnouncing: A Big Change for Admission to the AdvoConnection Directory
Many readers of this blog are familiar with, or are already listed in the AdvoConnection Directory. It’s THE place to be for private, professional, independent advocates who want to be found and hired...
View ArticleThe Rest of the Story X 4
Channeling Paul Harvey today…. (Don’t know who Paul Harvey is> Maybe you’re too young, or you never spent much time listening to Talk Radio… Paul Harvey was famous for his radio broadcasts called...
View ArticlePowerful, Useful, and Beneficial — From HBO’s Vice Media: Patient Advocates...
In April of this year, patient advocates convened in San Diego for the APHA Summits to mix and mingle, learn, and talk shop… Joining us was the video crew from HBO’s Vice News, led by producer Amanda...
View ArticleWhen Is an Advocate Not an Advocate?
Twice in the past week, I heard from people whose APHA memberships expired, explaining why they didn’t renew. In both cases excuses in the form of complaints about their memberships were made. A little...
View ArticleHappy 10th Anniversary to AdvoConnection! Gifts for You, and a Challenge, Too
They have been the fastest, most exhausting, most rewarding, and most humbling years of my life… And they result in a story in which the universe has played quite a large role. On September 18, 2009 –...
View ArticleAre You the Chicken? or the Pig?
If you consider a bacon-and-egg breakfast, what is the difference between the chicken and the pig? It’s a question that determines commitment. While the chicken can produce many eggs over a lifetime,...
View ArticleWhat Exactly is Independent Patient Advocacy? (Curious Minds Want to Know!)
This post will be short(er) and sweet(er)than usual – because your time will be better spent reading something else – linked below. And here’s why: You may be familiar with CSA: The Society of...
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