We are sharing Health Body Herald by Karen Mercereau, a tool Karen publishes to address the high level of health illiteracy. It’s current science written in lay language with live links for those who may wish to read further.

Table of Contents

1. List of fruits and vegetables that you don’t have to buy
organic! They have very few pesticides o…[Read more]

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be speaking at the upcoming Healthcare Advocate Summit being held September 3 – 6 in Las Vegas! APHA has been selected for to speak or facilitate three sessions:

How to Make a Living as an Independent Advocate, featuring APHA member Stephanie Schulz
Every Vet Has a Story: How to Effectively Advocate for Vet…[Read more]

Everywhere you look, people are using generative AI (ChatGPT, etc.) to write emails, summarize complex information, and brainstorm new ideas. Healthcare organizations use it to streamline operations, improve diagnostics, and summarize clinical encounters. We want to learn if and how YOU might be using AI today, and how you might want to use it in…[Read more]

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone today. I live in PA and have worked in medicine for 35 years. My background encompasses critical care, home care, staff development, and ER as an RN. For the last 24 years, I’ve worked as a board-certified Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner specializing in Gastroenterology. I became interested in advocacy…[Read more]

My name is Hyacinth Kwaku! Registered nurse in North Carolina. I have experience in maternity care and sexual education (general but especially for teens and adolescents). Most of my experience has been in the clinical side of public health. I’m in the process of obtaining my SANE (sexual assault nurse advocate) certification and just LLC’ed my…[Read more]

My name is Michelle. I am a RN as well as an Independent Workers’ Compensation Nurse Case Manager. In other words, I work for myself since 2016. I love it. I want to expand my advocacy and that is why I chose to join this class. I cannot wait to learn something new!

A student who is a senior majoring in computer science and biomedical engineering at Boston University is working on a design project for an innovative health information access platform. He and his team are working on a solution to design a personalized medical information platform that optimizes medical resources and brings patients closer to…[Read more]

To my dearest first cohort, Winter/Spring 2024!

I hope that you are all doing well and have been able to move forward on getting your business up and running! You will forever be in my heart 🙂

A few things:
1. I am still waiting to hear back from PACBoard about exam date(s). I will send an email out as soon as I find out the details.

2. Bonus…[Read more]

Cleveland State University has a teaching opportunity available in the online Patient Advocate Certification Program. You can read more about the online program here. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to:
J. Noëlle Muscatello
j.n.muscatello@csuohio.edu
Continuing Education Program Coordinator
Cleveland State University…[Read more]

We’re excited to join forces with other leaders in the Patient Advocacy community, including the Patient Advocate Certification Board and others, to move our profession forward, but we need your help! We hope you will consider volunteering to participate in a vital survey about patient advocacy work. Read on for the background and how to raise y…[Read more]