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		<title>Everyone Needs a Healthcare Advocate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took me a few moments to realize what was happening in the first floor bathroom of the Children’s’ Hospital.  A very exasperated Mother was having a one-way conversation with her son who was behind a locked stall door.  She was pleading with him to come out so he would not be late for his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/11/18/everyone-needs-a-healthcare-advocate/</link>
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		<title>A New Twist on Advance Directives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard a story the other day from a colleague about a situation that is occurring more frequently as the population ages, and some people are trying to manage living alone and staying in their own homes. In this particular case, an elderly woman, who lived alone and had no living family members caring for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/08/25/a-new-twist-on-advance-directives/</link>
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		<title>Insights on Pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a post at the Center for Advancing Health (www.cfah.org) on Chronic Pain that a colleague had posted on LinkedIn.  Because chronic pain is a frequent reason that clients contact Healthcare Liaison, I read with special interest a quote from  Dr. Paul Christo, director of the multidisciplinary pain fellowship program at Johns Hopkins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/07/26/insights-on-pain/</link>
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		<title>Summer News from Healthcare Liaison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many exciting things happening at Healthcare Liaison, even in the midst of summer! We are pleased to announce the sale of our Workshop CD on the HCL website.  If you haven’t yet taken the workshop “Becoming a Healthcare Advocate:  11 Steps to a New Career in Healthcare” or if you would like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/07/18/summer-news-from-healthcare-liaison/</link>
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		<title>Announcing a New Program from HCL!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you interested in being credentialed as a healthcare advocate?  Healthcare Liaison has the oldest healthcare advocacy training program in the country for people who are already medically trained, and we are now expanding our training program!  In july we will begin our first cycle of the Credentialing Program for people who have extensive experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/06/01/announcing-a-new-program-from-hcl/</link>
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		<title>When Health System Fails You, Advocates Can Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Bob Whitlow, a long-time paraplegic, faced a recent health crisis, he hired a private health advocate to help. Given the increasingly complex health-care system, it&#8217;s a path more patients may start taking, says MarketWatch&#8217;s Kristen Gerencher]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/05/17/when-health-system-fails-you-advocates-can-help-2/</link>
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		<title>Hospital Mysteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The father on the phone was obviously in distress.  His daughter, now 15 months old, had spent the major part of the last year in a pediatric hospital.  His child, he said, had trouble breathing and needed suctioning every 15 minutes, but the hospital was saying she was ready to be discharged.  “How can this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/05/10/hospital-mysteries/</link>
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		<title>The Right NOT to Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard from a colleague the other day about a healthcare advocate who had been advised that she had a legal and ethical responsibility to tell a client information, such as a diagnosis, even if the client or the client’s family did not want that to happen.  The question was, did I feel this was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/03/21/the-right-not-to-know/</link>
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		<title>Enhancing Your Skills:  A Day in Irvine, CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare Liaison  and Affiliates is expanding its offering of workshops in the field of Healthcare Advocacy!  We are pleased to offer a one-day workshop in Irvine, CA on April 16th at The Beckman Center, Irvine, CA (near the UC/Irvine campus).  Co-presenters will be Joanna Smith, LCSW, MPH and Maggie Radany, RN, MPP. This day will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/03/09/enhancing-your-skills-a-day-in-irvine-ca/</link>
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		<title>Advocacy for Everyone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare Liaison has a training and Credentialing Program specifically for medical professionals who want to be certified as healthcare advocates.  A class of seven just passed their certification exams, and they are now running their own businesses as Certified Healthcare Advocates.  You can see them&#8211;and see if one of them is in your area&#8211;by going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthcareliaison.com/blog/2011/01/25/advocacy-for-everyone/</link>
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