Overview

Even the most capable individuals are challenged when confronted with the complexity of the modern hospital experience. The Informed Patient is a guide and a workbook, divided into topical, focused sections with step-by-step instructions, insights, and tips to illustrate what patients and their families can expect during a hospital stay. Anyone who will experience a hospital stay-or friends or family who may be in charge of a patient's care-will find all the help and advice they could need in the detailed sections that cover every aspect of what they can expect. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara Merwin, MPH, offer hands-on advice about how patients, health care providers, and medical staff can work together to achieve good outcomes. Through anecdotes, tips, sidebars, and clinical scenario vignettes, The Informed Patient presents ways to enhance and optimize a hospital stay, from practical advice on obtaining the best care to dealing with the emotional experience of being in the hospital.

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The Informed Patient is a comprehensive encyclopedia used to assure the safe landing of patients and caregivers as they navigate through the complexities of health care encounters. A must for all consumers of the health care industry. -- Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN In this immensely useful and readable volume, Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, demystify the hospital experience and provide patients and families the information they need to navigate the confusing swirl of a hospital stay. Bring this book with you to the hospital-it will make your stay more understandable, it will keep you more engaged, and it might just save your life. -- Robert Wachter, MD, author of <I>The Digital Doctor</I> The Informed Patient is a must-read for anyone ever hospitalized, going to be hospitalized, or caring for a friend or family member who is, was, or will be hospitalized. The reader will be given the skills and confidence to approach a hospitalization in an informed manner, demystifying the experience. -- Nick Fitterman, MD, FACP, SFHM, Northwell Health and Hoftstra Northwell School of Medicine Patients who use this book to guide them through their hospital stay will be well rewarded. These days hospitals want to partner with patients and want them to be informed. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, have written a useful reference book where patients can look up what tests they are about to have and what procedures they are having. The fact that this book walks a patient through their stay and explains why things can take so long is also a strength. -- Leif R. Hass, MD, Alta Bates Medical Center, Oakland, California Dr. Friedman and Ms. Merwin have created a purposive walk through the hospitalization process, from ER all to discharge instructions. The writing is accessible and a must-read for anyone facing hospitalization, and real-life examples make the text that much more meaningful. Well-organized chapters and a thorough glossary and index help the reader find focused information, while educating the layperson on medical terminology-a necessity in this day and age where patients must often advocate for themselves and family members. The book is a delight from start to finish. -- Frances Williams, MD, hospitalist, palliative care director, medical bariatrician, wound care physician

The entire book is devoted to supporting patients.... Every public, high school, community college, and university library should consider adding this book to resource collections. * ARBAonline * If a friend or family member is being admitted to a hospital, here is the book to slip into the bag they will be taking with them.... This is one of, if not the most, comprehensive guide for hospital patients we've run across. * Orthopedics This Week *

Dr. Friedman and Ms. Merwin have created a purposive walk through the hospitalization process, from ER all to discharge instructions. The writing is accessible and a must-read for anyone facing hospitalization, and real-life examples make the text that much more meaningful. Well-organized chapters and a thorough glossary and index help the reader find focused information, while educating the layperson on medical terminology--a necessity in this day and age where patients must often advocate for themselves and family members. The book is a delight from start to finish. --Frances Williams, MD, hospitalist, palliative care director, medical bariatrician, wound care physician Patients who use this book to guide them through their hospital stay will be well rewarded. These days hospitals want to partner with patients and want them to be informed. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, have written a useful reference book where patients can look up what tests they are about to have and what procedures they are having. The fact that this book walks a patient through their stay and explains why things can take so long is also a strength. --Leif R. Hass, MD, Alta Bates Medical Center, Oakland, California The Informed Patient is a must-read for anyone ever hospitalized, going to be hospitalized, or caring for a friend or family member who is, was, or will be hospitalized. The reader will be given the skills and confidence to approach a hospitalization in an informed manner, demystifying the experience. --Nick Fitterman, MD, FACP, SFHM, Northwell Health and Hoftstra Northwell School of Medicine In this immensely useful and readable volume, Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, demystify the hospital experience and provide patients and families the information they need to navigate the confusing swirl of a hospital stay. Bring this book with you to the hospital--it will make your stay more understandable, it will keep you more engaged, and it might just save your life. --Robert Wachter, MD, author of The Digital Doctor The Informed Patient is a comprehensive encyclopedia used to assure the safe landing of patients and caregivers as they navigate through the complexities of health care encounters. A must for all consumers of the health care industry. --Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dr. Friedman and Ms. Merwin have created a purposive walk through the hospitalization process, from ER all to discharge instructions. The writing is accessible and a must-read for anyone facing hospitalization, and real-life examples make the text that much more meaningful. Well-organized chapters and a thorough glossary and index help the reader find focused information, while educating the layperson on medical terminology-a necessity in this day and age where patients must often advocate for themselves and family members. The book is a delight from start to finish. -- Frances Williams, MD, hospitalist, palliative care director, medical bariatrician, wound care physician Patients who use this book to guide them through their hospital stay will be well rewarded. These days hospitals want to partner with patients and want them to be informed. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, have written a useful reference book where patients can look up what tests they are about to have and what procedures they are having. The fact that this book walks a patient through their stay and explains why things can take so long is also a strength. -- Leif R. Hass, MD, Alta Bates Medical Center, Oakland, California The Informed Patient is a must-read for anyone ever hospitalized, going to be hospitalized, or caring for a friend or family member who is, was, or will be hospitalized. The reader will be given the skills and confidence to approach a hospitalization in an informed manner, demystifying the experience. -- Nick Fitterman, MD, FACP, SFHM, Northwell Health and Hoftstra Northwell School of Medicine The Informed Patient is a comprehensive encyclopedia used to assure the safe landing of patients and caregivers as they navigate through the complexities of health care encounters. A must for all consumers of the health care industry. -- Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN In this immensely useful and readable volume, Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, demystify the hospital experience and provide patients and families the information they need to navigate the confusing swirl of a hospital stay. Bring this book with you to the hospital-it will make your stay more understandable, it will keep you more engaged, and it might just save your life. -- Robert Wachter, MD, author of <I>The Digital Doctor</I>

Dr. Friedman and Ms. Merwin have created a purposive walk through the hospitalization process, from ER all to discharge instructions. The writing is accessible and a must-read for anyone facing hospitalization, and real-life examples make the text that much more meaningful. Well-organized chapters and a thorough glossary and index help the reader find focused information, while educating the layperson on medical terminology-a necessity in this day and age where patients must often advocate for themselves and family members. The book is a delight from start to finish. -- Frances Williams, MD, hospitalist, palliative care director, medical bariatrician, wound care physician Patients who use this book to guide them through their hospital stay will be well rewarded. These days hospitals want to partner with patients and want them to be informed. Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, have written a useful reference book where patients can look up what tests they are about to have and what procedures they are having. The fact that this book walks a patient through their stay and explains why things can take so long is also a strength. -- Leif R. Hass, MD, Alta Bates Medical Center, Oakland, California The Informed Patient is a must-read for anyone ever hospitalized, going to be hospitalized, or caring for a friend or family member who is, was, or will be hospitalized. The reader will be given the skills and confidence to approach a hospitalization in an informed manner, demystifying the experience. -- Nick Fitterman, MD, FACP, SFHM, Northwell Health and Hoftstra Northwell School of Medicine The Informed Patient is a comprehensive encyclopedia used to assure the safe landing of patients and caregivers as they navigate through the complexities of health care encounters. A must for all consumers of the health care industry. -- Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN In this immensely useful and readable volume, Karen A. Friedman, MD, and Sara L. Merwin, MPH, demystify the hospital experience and provide patients and families the information they need to navigate the confusing swirl of a hospital stay. Bring this book with you to the hospital-it will make your stay more understandable, it will keep you more engaged, and it might just save your life. -- Robert Wachter, MD, author of <I>The Digital Doctor</I> If a friend or family member is being admitted to a hospital, here is the book to slip into the bag they will be taking with them.... This is one of, if not the most, comprehensive guide for hospital patients we've run across. * Orthopedics This Week * The entire book is devoted to supporting patients.... Every public, high school, community college, and university library should consider adding this book to resource collections. * ARBAonline *

Author Information

Sara Merwin, MPH, is Director of Clinical Research and Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Karen A. Friedman, MD, is Vice Chair for Education, Residency Program Director, and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

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