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Trisha Torrey, Every Patient's Advocate, an expert in
patient empowerment and patient advocacy is involved in the following activities:
 
 
• Book Author You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Health Care You Deserve) (February 2010 from Langdon Street Press)
 
• Book Author:  The Health Advocate's Marketing Handbook
(2011 from DiagKNOWsis Media)
     
• Book Author:  The Health Advocate's Start and Grow Your Own Practice Handbook
(2012 from DiagKNOWsis Media)
     
• About.com:  Guide to Patient Empowerment
     
• Newspaper Columnist:

Syracuse Post Standard (2006-2012)

    Knoxville News Sentinel (2008-2009)
     
• Radio Talk Show Host: HealthLink on Air (WSYR, Clear Channel Radio, 2006 - 2010)
   
• Founder:

AdvoConnection.com 
AdvoConnection is a directory of patient advocates, insurance and billing assistance - patients and caregivers search for the help they need for free.

The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
The Alliance membership site provides business support (legal, insurance, marketing and more) to private health advocates and provides advocate listings to AdvoConnection.com.

     
• Web Host/Creator: www.EveryPatientsAdvocate.com
    www.HealthcareSpeaker.org
    www.DiagKNOWsis.org
    www.YouBetYourLifeBooks.com
     
    HealthAdvocatePractice.com
    HealthAdvocateMarketing.com
    HealthAdvocatePrograms.com
    AskaHealthAdvocate.com
   
• Consultant / Partner  CarePlanners
     
• Consultant / Faculty QuantiaMD.com Physician Community - Ask a Patient Expert
     
• Blogger:  Personal Blog:  Every Patient's Advocate
    About.com blog:  Patient Empowerment
More Than Grand Rounds (for providers)
    APHA blog (for advocates)
   
• Contributor: Our Bodies, Ourselves, 40th Anniversary Edition (2011)
Contributed to chapters on navigating the healthcare system, and finding credible health information online.
   
• Featured Blogger:    Wellsphere.com - Empowered Patient Community
    KevinMD
   
• Medical Journal Perspectives in Clinical Research (January 2011)
  Mentions Patient advocacy groups: Need and opportunity in India
    (Kunal Shah and Sunil Garg)
     
    Journal of Clinical Oncology (April 2011)
  Centralized Review Offers Promise for the Clinician, the Pathologist, and the Patient With Newly Diagnosed Lymphoma (Elaine S. Jaffe, MD)
 
    Journal of Patient Safety (August 2011)
    The Partnership With Patients: A Call to Action for Leaders
(Charles R. Denham, MD)
     
• Speaker / Presenter/  To: professional, patient, industry, civic and interest groups
Workshop Teacher: Calendar of Speaking Events
Testimonials and more speaking information
    Workshops on Patient Empowerment, Patient Advocacy and
Patient Experience and Satisfaction Topics -- see Speaking
   
• Expert:    Interviewed and quoted by CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, Forbes, O Magazine, NPR, USA Today, Bottom Line Publications, Angie's List and more.
     
   
• Honor: Named CNN's Hero of Patient Empowerment (2008)
   
• Organizations / Memberships: 
• The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
• Society of Participatory Medicine
(Journal of Participatory Medicine Editorial Board)
• Disruptive Women in Healthcare
• National Patient Advocate Foundation
• PULSE America (Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors - patient safety org.)
• CAPS:  Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
 
 

Contact Trisha Torrey
You are welcome to contact
 Trisha by postal mail or email. 

With apologies,
I cannot offer telephone support to patients. I will not
return your call.

contact (at) EPAdvocate.com
or
Trisha Torrey
PO Box 53
Baldwinsville, NY  13027

1-888-478-6588
(This phone number is for
speaking and media inquiries
only. 
Individual patients
cannot be helped by phone.
See note above.)

Media Contact Information

 
Trisha Torrey has been quoted by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, MSNBC, O Magazine and more.

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You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes 

Trisha's book:
You Bet Your Life!
The 10 Mistakes
Every Patient Makes

(How to Fix Them to Get the
Health Care You Deserve)





Trisha is the
About.com Patient Empowerment link
Guide to
Patient Empowerment

 
Participatory Patient
 

Prior to beginning her patient empowerment and advocacy work in 2004, Trisha was owner of IntegriMark Communications, LLC, a marketing consultancy that focused on moving small businesses to the Web. She began her marketing career in 1985 after an eight year teaching career.

Trisha holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bucknell University (Pennsylvania) and a Master of Science degree from Elmira College (New York), both in education.

Her misdiagnosis, the impetus for her patient advocacy work, draws curiosity from her readers and listeners.  It is described in depth here.


Media Information

Trisha can provide a unique and thoughtful perspective to health-related news, headlines and feature stories. Her point of view is representative of patients, but with an understanding of the perspectives of all other participants in healthcare: providers, payers and the industry. She has appeared on, and been quoted by CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, O Magazine, USA Today, Woman's Day, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bottom Line publications and other media and can be quickly responsive to your questions.

Copies of her books are available for review. Or, contact her for information about including her columns or articles in your publication.

She can be reached at 1-888-478-6588* or by email at:  contact (at) EPAdvocate.com

Trisha is available to speak at conferences or conduct workshops on a variety of patient and provider communications topics. 
Link here for more speaker information.


*This phone number is for speaking and media inquiries only. 
Individual patients cannot be helped by phone. See note above.

 

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