Date: Oct 18, 2019Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Oct182019

Becoming a Confident Patient: 10 Strategies and Insights to Improve Your Healthcare Decision-Making and Outcomes

Fri, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Bryant Park Corporation
General PublicSeniors

Description

Few of us will escape unanticipated healthcare needs – surgery, an accident, a hospital stay, or increased needs due to an illness or disease. Research indicates that the connection you build with your medical team directly correlates with the confidence you have in them, as well as the confidence you have in your own decision-making abilities. As you head into this unfamiliar territory, it suddenly dawns on you: you need help, and you’re not sure where to turn. Or even where to begin.

In their newly released book The Confident Patient, authors Beth Myers and Wendy Benson share stories and experiences dedicated to improving the patient experience. Beth is a registered nurse and founder of 2×2 Health; Wendy is a healthcare executive and occupational therapist. Written in collaboration with the medical community, The Confident Patient is a go-to guide as we navigate the healthcare journey, for both ourselves and our loved ones.

After years of experiences and interviews with medical teams across the country, Beth and Wendy recognized recurring themes: medical teams intuitively want to support their patients, but they don’t always feel they’re on the same page. Ranging from costly medications to online research to second opinions, Wendy and Beth will share strategies and insights on ways to improve your healthcare decision-making and your outcomes.

Note: Entrance to 5 Bryant Park is on 41st Street between 6th and Broadway – NOT on 6th Ave.

Please note that no refunds will be issued.

Bios

Speaker

Wendy K. Benson

Partner at 2x2 Health: Private Health Concierge

Wendy K. Benson is a healthcare executive and occupational therapist and partner at 2×2 Health: Private Health Concierge. The Confident Patient is her first book co-authored with Beth Myers. Wendy views healthcare through a unique lens, combining both her administrative and clinical perspectives. She has managed the day-to-day operations of multiple service lines at a residential neurological center, a level one inner city trauma hospital, and a tertiary care academic medical center. She was also responsible for more than 25 hospital and outpatient-based services and departments, with patients at the forefront each and every time. Wendy enjoys mentoring emerging healthcare leaders and is a faculty member of the Master of Science in Health Systems Management Program at Rush University where she serves on the Admissions Committee and as a Faculty Advisor. She is a member of the Greater National Advocates, Greater Chicago Advocates and is a board member of: The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center, The Center for Law and Social Work, and Friends of Blaine.

Speaker

Elizabeth (Beth) A. Myers

Founder of 2x2 Health: Private Health Concierge

Elizabeth (Beth) A. Myers is a registered nurse and founder of 2×2 Health: Private Health Concierge. Throughout her career, Beth understood the frustration of patients and their families, not knowing where to turn or how to navigate the often tangled web of the healthcare system. Beth spent nearly two decades in clinical, research and patient safety roles, including serving as the past president of nursing staff, transplant coordinator, and outpatient transplant clinical nurse manager. She also served as a pediatric intensive care unit critical care nurse and worked as a bariatric nurse coordinator. Her experiences with the most complex patient cases, and the medical teams behind them, have provided context for The Confident Patient. Beth is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center, the Greater Chicago Advocates and the Greater National Advocates, and serves as a board member of the Center for Law and Social Work.

Date Time

Date: Oct 18, 2019Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Location

Bryant Park Corporation5 Bryant Park (entrance on 41st Street between 6th Ave. & Broadway)
Suite 2400, New York NY
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Price

  • 35 / Non-Members
  • Free / Patron Members
  • 15 / Member/Member Guest (limit one)

Sponsors

Attendees

Todd Benson, Wendy Benson, Anders Brag, Constance Chan, Linda Chen, Daniel Damon, Mark Damon, Emel Dilek, Charlie Donaldson, Elizabeth Fairfax Brown, Amy Giarraputo, Joseph Giarraputo, Linda HARRIS, John Hoey, Jean-Jacques Illi, myung Jeong, Freda Johnson, Marianne Johnson, Margaret Jones, Herbert Kaplan, Ourania Katsapis, Didi Lacher, Carrie Leonard, Douglas Libby, Lois Mander, Frances McLaughlin, John McLaughlin, Beth Myers, Jane Olson, Laura Park, Robert Paulson, Robin Paulson, Stephen Percoco, Max Pine, William Rosser, Martin Smith, Kwame van Leeuwen

Organizer

Herb Kaplan '65

Bryant Park Corporation

5 Bryant Park (entrance on 41st Street between 6th Ave. & Broadway), Suite 2400, New York, NY, 10018