• Attain Better Health Care
• Prevent Medical Errors
• Save Money
• Gain Confidence & Peace of Mind

Discover

Margo's Savvy Patient Health Record System that empowers you to take control of your healthcare.

Using it has proven to:

• Change & Save Lives
• Improve Communication with Doctors
• Increase Chances for Good Outcomes
• Dissolve Stress 
• Resulting in increased Confidence & Peace of Mind… by unlocking & using the information in your personal medical history & partnering with each member of your health care team.

The KEY  

 Learning How To

• Set Up Your Personal Medical History Record (using medical history software to create an digital medical record and/or a paper notebook) in a Way That Gives You fingertips access to details other medical history records don't capture & leave behind. 
• Use your medical history to become an empowered patient with greatly improved doctor patient communication and decreased chances for the wrong diagnosis.

You will have access to training that you:

• Do at home
• On your own schedule
• At your own pace  
• At a DRASTICALLY LOW INTRODUCTORY price

in order to transform the way you use your medical history records & manage your health care needs…

Will you be one of the people who takes advantage of this offer?

If you have cancer, fibromyalgia or any other chronic illness you especially need this simple method to improve your chance for the best health care possible!

From: Margo Corbett, the Savvy Patient Mentor & founder, The Savvy Patient School

December, 2008

Subject: Learn How To Use Your Personal Medical History Record To Obtain the Medical Care, You Need...and Deserve.  

Dear Patient / Caregiver,  

You may know me as the author of Lead Your Way to Better Healthcare and now the 2nd edition, The Savvy Patient's Toolkit. (Not only the most detailed and complete medical history records system available, but the how to be a patient education you never got in school).

But before becoming an author, I worked for many years as a Total Quality & Knowledge Management trainer and consultant in a biotech and then a Fortune 500 company. I taught and coached executives, all layers of management and workers on how to develop visions, develop new processes, improve existing processes and be successful in their work lives.  

I've asked them the same the type of questions I'm about to ask you...  

• Do you desire to obtain the very best health care possible for yourself or a loved one?
• Would you like to get much more out of your short 10 to 15 minute doctor appointments?
• Could your doctor patient communication and relationships be improved?
• Do you want to significantly decrease the chance you will experience a wrong diagnosis or other medical errors?
• Would you like to have more confidence & peace of mind about the decisions you make regarding your health and medical care?   
• Would you like to decrease your health care costs?

If you don't think it's possible and / or if you answered yes to any of these questions, I'd like to challenge you to a new way to think about and manage your medical care...

Starting today…  

I'd like to see you maximize your ability to achieve the best care possible for yourself or for a spouse, friend, child, or as a senior caregiver. Better medical care is attainable. Yet, most people never learned how to manage their care or had the self-empowerment tools that are the basis for successful medical care management.  Studies show that the smart patient - the empowered patient obtains better medical care and has better outcomes than the patient who is not engaged in his own or a loved one's care.

Of course, there are many medical history records on the market -- lists and lists of suggestions and advice that tell you what to do - But, I couldn't find one that gave me fingertip access to those tips and guidelines along with my own medical information at the point of need - doctor appointments, test procedures, emergencies, etc....

As a patient advocate or senior caregiver, your challenge is even greater. It's hard to remember the details of people in your care. You feel you are the only one who can accompany that person for medical care because you are the only one who has knows everything about his or her care / needs. Those days are over! Now with the Savvy Patient Health Record System you can share the responsibilities…

The Savvy Patient School

If you are looking for a new level of success and achievement in the quality of your medical care... I invite you to discover that The Savvy Patient School methods and training is your fastest, easiest and most reliable way to:

1. Transition from the methods that used to work when seeking medical care to those required in today's health care environment. (What does it take to navigate the medical system? How do I need to communicate? Where do I start?).  
2. Shift the way you think about your role when you become a patient or caregiver. (The old way of thinking doesn't work anymore  -  you will learn the roles you and your providers need to play  -  changing the way you interact and empowering you in ways you never imagined)
3.  Discover why it is so important to keep your own personal medical history records. (Better yet, the hard work has been done for you - the processes and forms are ready to use & you will know how to use them and do it with ease!).
4.   Break through Resistance and Overcome Blocks to getting started. (You keep hearing about what you need to do and you know you need to do it. In this patient education, you'll discover how all the pieces fit together).
5. Set up your personal Savvy Patient Health Record. (Finish school with your personal health record notebook set up and ready to use - You will have fingertip access to your detailed medical information and to the questions you need to ask in critical situations).
6. Improve your ability to communicate effectively with all clinicians. (If you think you know how to tell your story when you seek care, chances are you haven't thought about it quite this way - but during class you will learn not only how to tell your story, but what questions to ask and when, and how to help your clinicians think! Studies show that 80% of the time clinicians reach a diagnosis in the first 15 - 20 seconds of your appointment and fail to consider other alternatives unless given a reason). Improving doctor / patient communication is key to successful medical care.
7. Implement steps to more effective doctor appointments. (Have your clinicians in awe of your preparation, efficiency and ability to get the most out of your doctor appointments).
8. Discover how you can prevent medical errors. (You may not even know how you contribute to them yourself).

Who is Margo Corbett?

Margo Corbett is uniquely qualified to teach you How To Be A Savvy Patient. All of her education, professional and personal experiences have blended together in her books and in the Savvy Patient School in preparation for this life mission - "Helping you become a savvy empowered patient".

Margo is the author of Lead Your Way to Better Healthcare and the secular 2^nd edition The Savvy Patient's Toolkit.

She has appeared on radio and spoken to a variety of groups and at regional & national conferences throughout the US.

She has a BS in Medical Technology and Masters in Storytelling with extensive training in Total Quality Management, Knowledge Management and Systems Thinking.

Personal experiences include surviving cancer and three life-threatening medical errors. She has been a patient advocate for her husband since his crisis in 2003 - the day that he was told he might not life through the night because he was in kidney failure -- that inspired the first edition of her book Lead Your Way to Better Healthcare.

She continues as a patient advocate for her husband, friends and family. While doing so, all of the medical history forms in her books were created at the point of need and from a patient's perspective because she quickly realized people need more than a medical history record or forms to use; they need to know how to use the information compiled in them to obtain better medical care and prevent wrong diagnosis and other medical errors.

Recently, she has volunteered for CareSpark, a non-profit organization in NE Tennessee & SW Virginia. CareSpark is building one of the nation's premier Electronic Medical Record Systems to link and make patient records available at all times to all providers. She is also an observer / advisor to the Consumer Perspective Workgroup of the National Health Information Network (NHIN), which is building the system to link medical records nationally. She spoke at the ARC National Convention in Albuquerque, NM in November 2008.

 Margo is married with seven children and nine grandchildren with another on the way.

From Here to There

I never dreamt I'd work in industry, I never dreamt I'd write a book, I never dreamt I'd start a school, I never dreamt my book would be used as a textbook in a Nursing Curriculum (which it is!). But life's twists and turns have taken me on an exciting journey.

I've always been a continual learner. If I'm not learning something new, I'm bored. When new opportunities are either there for the taking or thrust on me, I usually take the challenge and go for it. After my third brush with death from the last medical error, I knew God wanted me alive for a reason. I firmly belief The Savvy Patient Toolkit & School are that reason.

The point is not to talk about me, but to let you know how passionate I am about what I am doing. An unknown writer doesn't make much money selling books unless they are fortunate enough to make "the right connection". I haven't done that YET. So far, I have spent money - more than my husband dreamt I would or wanted me to - to bring my message to people. That's how passionate I am about it!

The Power of Being A Savvy Patient

I realized how powerful my forms and the system I developed are when I prevented my husband from receiving an antibiotic that would have destroyed the rest of his kidney function. I also realized how powerful it is when I drove five hours to accompany my son and his family to my grandson's appointment to see a specialist after being on life support for 10 days, only to get there and find they had no information whatsoever about him. However, because I had transferred my grandson's hospital record to a Savvy Patient Health Record, the doctor had ever detail of his hospital stay in a format that enabled her to easily access his situation and proceed.

I love to teach and help people. I want to be able to reach people everywhere in a way that is convenient and cost effective for everyone. Therefore, I have taken my successful in-person school and converted it into a self-directed or do-at-your-own-time-and-pace format - so I can reach people like you.

The "Queen" of One-Pagers

When I was in industry, I became know as the "Queen" of One-Pagers, which means I have the ability to take a large body of information and condense it to a one-page format with the information arranged in boxes that show how the pieces of information relate to each other.

The forms in the Savvy Patient Health Record are created in this format. Medical history information is captured in a way that helps you learn more about your medical conditions and tie the pieces of your health story together for better control over your care and doctor / patient communication.

Through use of the medical history forms, you will become an empowered patient who is able to lead your health care team & coordinate your care in a way no one else can - not even your doctor.

I Will Personally Help You Gain the Ability to Take Charge of Your Medical Care & Obtain Better Care

During the years I worked in industry, I taught all levels of management Total Quality Management and then assisted them in applying what they learned, which lead to improved business success. Teaching in was very gratifying, but no nearly as gratifying as helping someone avoid unnecessary medical tests or save their own or a loved one's life by averting a wrong diagnosis or other medical errors.

I've combined 40 years of education, personal and professional experiences and the knowledge gained writing and rewriting the 2^nd edition my book The Savvy Patient's Toolkit and turned it into a course that is exceptional.

First, I'll challenge the way we think about medical care and surface the beliefs that are holding us back...

Then, step-by-step, we'll piece together how to be transformed into a Savvy Patient who navigates the medical system with confidence and peace of mind. A Savvy Patient after all must be the Smart Patient + a Wise Patient + an Empowered Patient. I'll show you how!

You'll learn how to not only capture your medical history records on specific medical history forms, but how to use the information in them effectively. I'll give you the medical history forms plus additional tools and guidelines to be successful.

Guaranteed.

While that may sound like a bold statement, it's one I'm confident in making. Why? The system and techniques work. You simply have to put them to work.

And I'll show you how - when you join me in at The Savvy Patient School. Just think...

• You don't have to pay for gas to get to class.
• You can do it on YOUR schedule
• You can be in the comfort of your home, in your PJ's and with your favorite cup of coffee!

YOUR "Savvy Patient School"...

 Take Control of Your Medical Care

I'm committed to jamming as much as is humanly possible into every Module!

Look at the goals I'll help you achieve. You will...

• Have a mechanism to easily capture past, present, and on-going detailed medical history-related information for fingertip access in any circumstance - details that are missing in other medical history records as well as missing in your doctor's records. Details that make the difference!
• Become more knowledgeable about your body, your health, and your medical conditions.
• Be more involved: Prepare better and participate more fully (partner) with your health care provider(s) in the recording and detective work required to diagnose and treat your medical condition(s), therefore, decreasing the possibility that you will relinquish total control to your health care provider(s).
• Have discussions with your providers that are more effective and efficient, including better answers to your health care providers' questions.
• Better understand symptom-recognition complexities; learn how to recognize and communicate symptoms more effectively. (Better doctor patient communication)
• Be able to ask better questions. Questions that help your health care provider think and consider alternatives.
• Minimize the time it takes you to fill out medical history forms without forgetting vital information.
• Be able to give providers complete and accurate information - tell a story that helps your doctor help you.
• Recognize the importance of obtaining copies of all test results and how to use the information.
• Increase the likelihood that you will get appropriate tests and decrease the number of tests and / or office visits because, both you and your provider have more and better information.
• Save money - reduce health care costs by reducing duplications, number of appointments, and averting a costly wrong diagnosis and other medical errors.
• Manage hospitalization more effectively and avert certain types of preventable hospital errors.
• Recognize the importance of having or being a patient advocate or caregiver and how to do so.
• Understand medication dangers and how to better manage medication at home and in the hospital.
• Effectively research your medical conditions and options for treatment.
• Make connections among research findings, family medical history, medical conditions, symptoms, and medication effects.
• Use research findings and the guidance and coaching of your provider to make better decisions regarding you treatment options.
• Be the leader and coordinator of your health care team and keep the members informed and connected.

Plus much more that will have an immediate impact on your life!

Taking Concepts and Turning Them Into Action...

• Introduction
• Building Your Health Care Team
  • How To Select Your Health Care Providers
  • Lead, Coordinate, Communicate
  • Roles & Responsibilities - Yours & Your Clinicians
  • Selecting Your Advocate - Roles & Responsibilities
• The Savvy Patient Management System
  • Setting Up Your Savvy Patient Health Record
• Capturing Medical History
  • Details never captured by health professionals & often needed to provide information or answer questions
  • Childhood Records
  • Keeping Records Updated
• The Core of Your Care: Appointments
  • Before, During & After
  • Telling Your Story
• Tracking New Symptoms
  • Telling the Whole Story in the Right Way
• Tracking & Using Test & Procedure Results
  • Routine Tests & Procedures
  • Diagnostic & Monitoring Test & Procedures 
• The Diagnosis - ShortTerm / Chronic Conditions
  • Tracking Chronic Illnesses
  • Managing Chronic Illnesses
  • Telling Your Story Over Time 
• Making Lifestyle Changes
  • Making Connections
• Medications, Supplements, Over-the-Counter Drugs & Medical Equipment Management
  • Management System
  • Error Prevention
• Surgery
  • Important Questions to Ask
• Emergency Room & Hospitalization - Participating Better in Your Medical Care
  • Your Hospital Advocate
  • How to Choose Your Advocate
  • Roles & Responsibilities
• Research - How To Be A Savvy Sleuth
  • Illness & Medical Conditions
  • Treatments & Medication
• Advance Directives
• Financial Stewardship

PLUS – Preventing Medical Errors & the Nine Sets of Questions in the Critical Questions Series incorporated through out - worth the price of the course alone!

PLUS - FREE Support!

In Just 8 hours

We'll Cover Every Major Aspect of Obtaining the Medical Care You Need & Deserve.

Of course, you won't just learn about the Savvy Patient Management System, you'll experience using it, applying it to your health concerns, and finishing with your Savvy Patient Health Record set up and ready to use as a portable electronic medical record and / or paper notebook.

You too, will be a person your health care providers love to have as patients - and you'll have all the tools you need to make it happen when you finish the course.

The Critical Advantage This Training Gives You

This program is accessible...

There is only one other school similar to this one in the United States. To my knowledge, the curriculum is taught twice a year to the residents who live nearby. Consequently, it is not available to many people.

This program is available as a Self-Directed Audio / Internet-based program and In-Person offerings.

There are many Personal Health & Medical History Records springing up on the Internet, on CD's and in book format - This system is NOT JUST ANOTHER Personal Health Record or Medical History Record System - it is more than medical history forms that capture your medical information. You will receive FREE personal medical history software as an attendee.

The software contains >40 forms constructed to help you tie the pieces of your medical story together so you can help doctors and other health care providers help you.

Your Savvy Patient Health Record is set up to provide you with fingertip access to medical history information under any circumstance - be it an emergency or during an appointment - whether it is for yourself or a loved one for whom you are a caregiver or patient advocate.

As a participant, you are provided with the Critical Question Series - sets of questions that you place in your medical history record binder and have fingertip access to at the point of need.

Questions to Ask When:

• A New Medication is Prescribed
• You Are Told You Need to Have Surgery
• You Receive a Diagnosis
• A Medical Test or Procedure is Recommended
• Medical Test Results are Outside the Normal Range

And MORE...

Boost Your Confidence and Sleep Better at Night Knowing You are Making Better Decisions

If you feel intimidated by or don't trust your doctors and lack the confidence to interact as an equal partner, or if you feel inadequate to lead your health care team, you will never have the relationship you need to survive in today's medical environment.

"Margo Corbett has set the stage for a revolution in the way we see ourselves and our care. The paradigm shift she has created is the missing piece. While health care professionals are scrambling to tackle the problem, the system will remain broken until they are met as equal partners by the patients they serve. Margo eloquently makes the case for how we must embrace our care with responsibility and commitment, giving heart to all of us who desire to see a transformation in our relationship with ourselves, our stories, our bodies, and with those who are trained to facilitate and manage our care."

- Richard Stone, storytelling consultant to health organizations & author of The Healing Art of Storytelling

The Savvy Patient School will give you the personal medical record software and other tools you need to make the transition.

I'll see you in class. Until then...

Your Savvy Patient Mentor,

Margo Corbett Founder, The Savvy Patient School Author, The Savvy Patient's Toolkit

P. S. I have a passion for helping others become savvy and empowered patients. My husband and I have become the leaders and coordinators of our health care team and partners with each member of our team by using our Savvy Patient Personal Health Record. I will support you in any way I can so that you, too, will experience the confidence and peace of mind my husband and I presently enjoy.

PLEASE NOTE:

Module Audios will play on your audio software

PDF required to download materials

Forms require Microsoft Word compatibility

If you are undecided, please print this page and Study It.

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