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You or a family member was diagnosed with a serious illness? It does not matter how educated or wealthy one may be when a loved one is in need of serious and intensive medical care. It takes an emotional toll on your career, other family members and your mental and emotional wellbeing. Dealing with the healthcare system can be very confusing and you should have someone by your side. AEGIS Health Advocates’ are licensed physicians with an average 25 years’ experience in the fields of medicine and surgery. We are not tied to any hospital affiliation or physician groups. We are personalized service and not a “hot-line”. We provide a dedicate a single advocate per client to establish trust and a relationship in dealing with sensitive issues. Healthcare Quality is diminishing. In today’s healthcare system, many physicians are responsible to insurance plans or hospitals, not their patients, which causes stress for patients, families and physicians alike. Personal physicians may see 25 to 50 patients per day, and are often pressured to see even more to make up for shrinking Medicare reimbursements. Hospital “ombudsmen” are tasked with protecting patient interests, yet they are financially dependent upon their employer, the hospital. Many physician groups are dropping Medicare and Medicaid, leaving the remaining physician pool hard to access. For decades, diagnostic errors — inaccurate or delayed diagnosis — have represented a blind spot in the delivery of quality health care. Diagnostic errors persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. Patients are seen as statistics, not individuals. AEGIS physicians provide personal assistance through the difficult process of making complex healthcare decisions. We provide our client and their families, including parents, with the medical expertise and emotional objectivity needed to navigate a faceless healthcare system. With an AEGIS advocate at your side, interactions with physicians become meaningful, treatment options are clear and fully explained, and most important, you regain control over your healthcare and improving outcome. Your AEGIS advocate assures quality and continuity of care otherwise unavailable in today’s crowded healthcare system saving time and money in the process.
