Health Power 101: the Complete Guide to Patient Empowerment

Health Power 101 is a personal health guide written to empower patients to take charge of their health. The book s main focus is on teaching people how to avoid becoming one of the estimated 99,000 deaths in the U.S. every year due to medical errors; how to survive a hospital stay; how to save money on prescription medications; how to manage or care for someone with a chronic illness; and much more.

Basically Health Power 101 is written to help you navigate through the maze of modern health care. By reading this book you will: Get organized. Organize and secure all your personal health information in one location. Gain insights. Gain medical insights that aid in making crucial medical decisions. Recall details. Have a simple way to accurately recall the details of your medical history when asked by a health care provider or insurance company. Be more involved. Learn how to effectively handle chronic illness by following simple-to-understand, nationally recognized protocols. Give better care. Learn how to be a better caregiver to a loved one with a chronic illness. Be well prepared.Have your health history communicated clearly if you re not able to speak in an emergency. Stay safe. Learn how to avoid becoming a victim of medical error or misdiagnosis.

Jeffrey Brown, M.D., is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and licensed in the state of Maryland. As a physician, author, and professional speaker his central goal is to help bridge the gap between what doctors know and what patients understand.

Since the beginning of his residency training at the Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital Program, and throughout his years working in emergency rooms, hospital wards, and in clinic settings from Johns Hopkins Hospital to Harvard s Mass General, Dr. Brown has encountered thousands of patients who have little knowledge of their personal health history and chronic illnesses. These findings continue to concern Dr. Brown, because it is precisely this lack of knowledge that increases a person s risk of suffering from avoidable complications of disease, medical errors, and medical mismanagement.

As a result, he has been on a path to fill the knowledge gap that exists between physicians and their patients. Dr. Brown is always amazed and troubled when he talks to patients who have had a chronic illness for ten, twenty, or even thirty years but don't know the very basics about their illness and how to better manage it. Dr. Brown often finds himself spending much-needed time with patients explaining their health problems in simple, plain language.

In addition to authoring Health Power 101: the Complete Guide to Patient Empowerment, Dr. Brown is also the founder and president of Health Power 101 Seminars, LLC, which has been created to empower patients, caregivers, and health-conscious individuals to take charge of their health.

The gift of teaching is independent from the gift of practicing medicine. A brilliant doctor may be clueless on how to communicate effectively with patients. Dr. Brown believes that this disconnect between a doctor s knowledge and the ability to relate to patients is the central reason so many people are un-empowered to better manage their health.

Dr. Brown hopes to empower patients and their loved ones with his books, seminars, and workshops. He believes that a key part of his life s work is to help others realize their best health potential.