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Trisha Torrey Healthy Living Professional

New York
Blog: http://everypatientsadvocate.com/blog
I'm a patient empowerment expert who writes a newspaper column, hosts a radio show, speaks across... Full Bio
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Mom – Free of Her Alzheimer’s Prison by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment My mother, Betty Louise (Stetson) Torrey, died this week. I’m sad, mourning our loss, and grieving, of course.But I also rejoice! Because more than a decade of Alzheim ... Read on »
H1N1 Swine Flu Rears It’s Ugly Head – Time for Help and Truth by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment There’s so little I can say about swine flu that hasn’t already been said. And to that point, I’ve already said plenty!In fact, I’ve said it all on my ... Read on »
Quick Action Needed! To Get Your Medical Test Results… by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Have you ever been frustrated trying to get copies of your medical test results? It may be because there is an existing law that says you can only get them from the doctor or ... Read on »
AdvoConnection Gets Ready to Launch – Outreach to Patients by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Hard at work we’ve been! And AdvoConnection, a dream of mine for several years, is getting ready to launch.Since beginning my advocacy work almost five years ago, and b ... Read on »
Autism and MMR Link, Parents Fooled, Follow the Money, Then LISTEN by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment I’ll begin this post by saying that I understand the basics — that many parents of children with autism believe that autism was brought on by vaccines. And that s ... Read on »
The AMA, Healthcare Reform – And a Good Chuckle by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Forwarded to me by a dear friend (thanks Dot!)… so I share it with you. Wish I could attribute it, but I have no idea where it came from. If you know, let me know, to ... Read on »
Healthcare Reform: Which Comes First – Lives or Money? by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment As Congress continues to struggle with healthcare reform, I suggest that there is one way to look at it that might make the arguments simpler than they currently are. I see o ... Read on »
Healthcare Reform “Senior Death Warrant” Email Should Be Put to Death Itself by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment As predicted, the fearmongering, half truths and out-and-out lies about healthcare reform have begun in earnest. I received an email from a dear and respected friend yesterda ... Read on »
Your Health Information - But Not Your Right to See? by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Please note the launch of this blog post — Monday, June 22, 2009 at 9 PM Eastern time… this blog post is part of an effort being launched across the country to ma ... Read on »
Women Who Know Their Place by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment This story was sent to me by my friend Debi. It’s not a story about the healthcare system, but it most certainly teaches us a lesson that we can apply:Barbara Walters, ... Read on »
Sorry Oprah. Signing Jenny McCarthy? You’ve Lost This Fan by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment I’ve always admired Oprah. To me she has been the perfect example of the American dream, while retaining her moral compass and behaving ethically. Until recently, she ... Read on »
Why Twitter Doesn’t Work by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment .. at least not for you.Because it works great for me. And has helped me learn as much about patient empowerment issues in the past few months than ever I could have learned ... Read on »
Swine Flu and Chicken Little - Too Much Hype? by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment After a week of hearing that the sky is falling because swine flu was going to take us all down, there’s a lot of second guessing about whether government(s) and the med ... Read on »
Swine Flu Myths - From Celebrities to Conspiracy Theories by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment It didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists and the rumor mills to get going over swine flu, did it?Let’s see: do Madonna or Salma Hayak already have swine f ... Read on »
Swine Flu - But What About Bacon and Eggs? by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment While the professionals provide us with statistics about Mexico, Texas, California or other places where patients have contracted swine flu, I actually find I have different q ... Read on »
Doctors “Fire” Patients - and Patients Respond by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Many of you, my readers, have had complaints about the healthcare system, including the relationship you have (or don’t have) with a doctor. And I hear you — I&rsq ... Read on »
Advocating - What’s “Friendly” Got to Do With It? by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment It’s a simple question, but it has stirred some controversy. It’s the word “friendly.”Colleague and fellow passionate advocate Bart Windrum got (as my ... Read on »
We’re Looking for You! by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment Paying for healthcare is getting more and more difficult, whether it’s affording insurance premiums, paying for expensive drug prescriptions or managing without coverage ... Read on »
Hospital Gets a Plus, Communication a Minus by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment It’s been awhile since I posted — but you’ll understand why.My father suffered a mild heart attack a few days ago, and (thanks for asking) is doing as well a ... Read on »
A Doctor’s God Complex, a Life Nearly Lost by Trisha Torrey Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Patient Empowerment A friend and colleague, Franny, shared her story with me and caused my jaw to drop. Then, I realized it didn’t really surprise me at all.Having suffered months and month ... Read on »
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