Castle Connolly to Offer Free Healthcare ChoiceGuides and Healthcare Advocate Columns
The publisher of America's Top Doctors® is providing free, downloadable consumer health guides and topic-specific Q&A columns addressing common health concerns.
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 16, 2007 -- Finding top health or medical services can be challenging without the proper knowledge. Healthcare consumers need a guide to help steer them in the right direction. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a leading healthcare research and publishing company, announced today that it is now offering two sets of free, downloadable consumer health guides on its website, www.castleconnolly.com -- Healthcare ChoiceGuides and The Healthcare Advocate. Both are designed to provide user-friendly information to healthcare consumers on common topics, issues and questions.
"Most people have virtually no idea how to identify the best healthcare providers," said John J. Connolly, Ed.D., President & CEO of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The Healthcare ChoiceGuides offer simple, easy-to-understand guidance to these critical choices.
The Healthcare ChoiceGuides (www.castleconnolly.com/choiceguides) are designed to help people choose specific types of health and medical care services, and are conveniently divided into two sections. The first includes guides for the "General Adult" population such as Choosing a Hospital, Choosing a Primary Care Doctor, Working With Your Doctor, Your Rights as a Patient and many more. The second section is focused on "Seniors and/or their Family Caregivers," where some of the guide topics include Choosing an Assisted Living Facility, Choosing a Nursing Home and Choosing Eldercare Advisors.
The Healthcare Advocate (www.castleconnolly.com/healthcare/advocate) is a "question and answer" column written by John J.Connolly, Ed.D, dealing with common healthcare questions and concerns. The columns are listed alphabetically by topic -- Hospital Errors, Hospitalization, Hospitals and HMO Report Cards -- but the guides may also be searched by keywords, as a vehicle to enable consumers to find the column that best addresses their specific concerns. Some other topics adressed in the column include breast cancer, organ donation and board-certified plastic surgeons.
"Consumers have many questions on how our healthcare system operates. It's really not a system at all and it's confusing to most of us," said John J. Connolly, Ed.D. "This column gives precise answers to these and other perplexing questions."
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is America's trusted source for identifying top doctors. The mission of Castle Connolly is to help consumers find the best healthcare. Castle Connolly publishes the acclaimed America's Top Doctors®, America's Top Doctors® for Cancer and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. The physicians listed in the guides and website, www.castleconnolly.com, are nominated by their peers in an extensive survey process of thousands of physicians each year. These nominations are screened by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team. The physicians -- among the very best in their specialties and in their communities -- are then selected for inclusion. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be included in any Castle Connolly guide or lists.
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