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	<title>Every Patient&#039;s Advocate &#187; Healthcare Reform</title>
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	<description>A blog about patient empowerment, advocacy, safety, consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care.</description>
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		<title>The 2012 Elections and the Issue of Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/19/2012-elections-issue-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 17, 2012 During both the 2008 and 2010 elections, the issue of reforming the American healthcare system was the focus of overwhelming amounts of misinformation and disinformation. Remember the email about Senior Death Panels?  It explained that the healthcare reform bill would allow Medicare to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Most Important Health Resolution for 2012</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/05/your-most-important-health-resolution-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 3, 2012 When considering health-related resolutions, you probably expect me to wax poetic on the virtue of losing weight or quitting smoking.  But no, this resolution actually trumps them both. Perhaps the most important health resolution you can make for 2012 is to establish a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing a Safer Hospital</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/29/choosing-a-safer-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that this column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard on September 27, 2011 &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. In my last column I shared an open letter to our local hospitals which resulted from my review of their most recent “report cards.”  These report cards score hospitals on their quality of service and safety records. Despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Business&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/01/24/back-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When last I wrote, I&#8217;d been catching up after a whirlwind Fall travel season.  And here I find myself catching up after another crazy six weeks&#8230; I don&#8217;t just bow out completely, even if it seems so.  I&#8217;m blogging in other places, like About.com and the AdvoConnection blog, plus I have been promoting my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Up &#8211; You Bet Your Life!</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/04/05/catching-up-you-bet-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been remiss&#8230; not posting for two months&#8230; and plead the fact that there just are not enough hours in the day! Of course, I&#8217;ve kept up with blog posts at About.com - all the commentary about healthcare reform, new hiccups in the system we patients must deal with and more. But yes, this, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Healthcare Reform &#8211; Is Patient Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/02/06/the-new-healthcare-reform-is-patient-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/02/06/the-new-healthcare-reform-is-patient-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Congress continues its monkey shines, American patients are continuing to get substandard, too-expensive healthcare, or no healthcare at all.  We are getting sicker, and dying, because we can&#8217;t get decent care. However, if you think this post is going to be a call to action for Congress &#8211; think again.  While I am a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The AMA, Healthcare Reform &#8211; And a Good Chuckle</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/07/the-ama-healthcare-reform-and-a-good-chuckle/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/07/the-ama-healthcare-reform-and-a-good-chuckle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forwarded to me by a dear friend (thanks Dot!)&#8230; so I share it with you. Wish I could attribute it, but I have no idea where it came from. If you know, let me know, too. Credit where credit is due. The American Medical Association Weighs in on Healthcare Reform The Allergists voted to scratch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform: Which Comes First &#8211; Lives or Money?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congress continues to struggle with healthcare reform, I suggest that there is one way to look at it that might make the arguments simpler than they currently are. I see only two points of view. No matter who you are or what your interest in reform is, you fall into one of these categories: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform &#8220;Senior Death Warrants&#8221; Email Should Be Put to Death Itself</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the fearmongering, half truths and out-and-out lies about healthcare reform have begun in earnest.  I received an email from a dear and respected friend yesterday and was appalled at the dis-information it contained. So I&#8217;ve decided to share the email with you and show you where it is wrong and why you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snooping &#8211; Medical Records Access Made Easy</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/12/snooping-medical-records-access-made-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/12/snooping-medical-records-access-made-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I exchange thoughts with healthcare IT people on a daily basis over at Twitter.  So many of them seem perplexed at why we patients look at putting our medical records on the internet with trepidation. Then along comes this video from Elizabeth Cohen at CNN.  In a matter of minutes, she was able to pull [...]]]></description>
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