Definitions for patient advocacy
pa·tien·t ad·vo·ca·cy

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1. Patient advocacy

   Patient advocacy is an area of lay specialization in health care concerned with patient education about the use of health plans and how to obtain needed care. Patient advocates include government consumer advocacy agencies, which provide services to the public at large, and private sector for-profit and non-profit service providers, which offer services to individual patients. In the United States, most states have established within their government structures an office of patient advocacy or similar function. More broadly, patient advocacy can include groups that develop policies and legislation to improve systems or processes for patients, such as the Alzheimer's Association, the British Diabetic Association, and the American Cancer Society. Such patient advocacy organizations are characteristically non-profit and focus on one aspect of health care or a specific disease, generally also conducting fundraising and awareness campaigns and producing healthcare literature and information services. These organizations normally do not engage in the provision of clinical support or the conduct of liaison between patient and provider. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates providing services that organizations also provide, and to organizations whose functions extend to individual patients. There are also governmental agencies that study and ensure compliance with government regulations including financial aid. Some patient advocates work for the institutions that are directly responsible for the patient’s care.

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1. Patient Advocacy

   Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.

How to pronounce patient advocacy?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient advocacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient advocacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of patient advocacy in a Sentence

1. Steve Brozak:

   When Liisa Bayko have large pharmaceutical companies that aren't already in the orphan sector paying large premiums, it enters into really risky territory, it's going to be problematic for companies and investors that don't understand all the processes of manufacturing, development and patient advocacy.

2. Jaime Imitola:

   We must help educate our patients not only in the clinic setting, but also by working with patient advocacy groups such as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the ALS Association, we all want to end the plight of our patients, and the challenges brought about by stem cell tourism are an opportunity for medical societies such as the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association to advocate against unsafe and unproven practices, and to end the exploitation of therapeutic hope.

3. Paul Roscoe:

   Great clinical care plus a great experience equals patient retention, loyalty and patient advocacy.

4. Ben Wakana:

   A lot of patient advocacy organizations do really good work, but they are not serving their members because they are funded by drug companies.

References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=patient advocacy