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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

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And that involvement in social media is intimately woven with Stacy’s patient advocacy journey….for Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. Stacy doubled down on the explanation of being a “healthcare executive” before morphing into patient advocate. for herself and for her son, Emmett.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

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But America’s per capita primary care physician supply fell between 2005 and 2015. Primary care provides patient advocacy in the health care system to accomplish cost-effective care by coordination of health care services.