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A Whole-Person Care Plan Starts With a Shared Picture
How to turn separate appointments, personal priorities and daily-life constraints into a more useful care conversation.
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Whole-person care
Preventive care, integrative medicine, primary care, concierge care and the connections between specialties.
Practical guide
Your Medication Review Should Include Supplements
A practical way to bring prescriptions, vitamins and herbal products into one informed conversation.
People & partnerships
Farid Dallal Brings a Personal Approach to His New Role at Hippocrates Wellness
The new Global Brand Ambassador plans to help prospective guests and their families navigate a wellness stay through direct conversation and ongoing support.
Practical guide
Prepare for a Telehealth Visit Before the Camera Turns On
A practical guide to making room for a clear, private conversation with your care team.
Practical guide
Bring Your Priorities to Treatment Decisions
A useful conversation about treatment connects the available evidence with the activities, responsibilities and tradeoffs that matter in your life.
Practical guide
Read Lab Results With the Right Context
Reference ranges, preparation instructions and a clear follow-up plan can make a laboratory report more useful.
Practical guide
Leave the Hospital With a Plan You Can Use
Before discharge, connect the written instructions to the medicines, help, follow-up appointments and questions waiting at home.
Practical guide
Make a Second Medical Opinion Answer Your Questions
Prepare the records, questions and practical details that help another specialist assess a diagnosis or treatment recommendation.
Practical guide
Choose the Person Who Could Speak for Your Health Care
Advance care planning starts with a conversation about your values, the person you trust, and the documents your care team can find.
Research explainer
What Patients Notice When They Read Their Visit Notes
Two studies followed what happened when patients read the account of their own care. Medication lists and medical histories gave them particular grounds to speak up.
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