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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>Sometimes It&#8217;s Better to Just Say No</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/05/03/sometimes-its-better-to-just-say-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story One: When I was a child (and we&#8217;re talking a lo-o-o-ng time ago &#8211; when doctors made house calls)&#8230; if I got an earache, I would suffer.  REALLY suffer. Mom would drip some warm oil into my ear, and then stuff some cotton in behind it. She&#8217;d give me an orange flavored baby aspirin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True Confessions &#8211; My Take on Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/04/04/true-confessions-my-take-on-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we watched (or more likely heard summaries during newscasts of) the Supreme Court&#8217;s (SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States) hearings on American healthcare reform (AKA The ACA, Affordable Care Act.)  For those of us engaged in health-related issues every day, it was fascinating to watch the transition, and the voices of pundits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tutor Who Tooted the Flute&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/03/14/a-tutor-who-tooted-the-flute/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/03/14/a-tutor-who-tooted-the-flute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a conversation with a friend the other day, I was explaining the need for patient advocates (which she got immediately) &#8211; and the &#8220;tutor tongue-twister&#8221; came to mind.  Do you know it? A tutor who tooted the flute, Tried to tutor two tooters to toot, Said the two to the tutor, &#8220;It&#8217;s tougher to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Really a Patient? Skewed Opinions Result from Inside Information</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/02/26/who-really-is-a-patient-skewed-opinions-result-from-inside-information/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/02/26/who-really-is-a-patient-skewed-opinions-result-from-inside-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Ideas in Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Medicine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That seems like a fairly simple question, don&#8217;t you think?  Who really is a patient? But the answer is actually more complex than you might realize. Among the possibilities: 1.  anyone who has ever accessed medical care is a patient &#8211; which includes everyone, no matter what their relationship is to the healthcare system (so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Rob a Bank When You Can Make More Money by Counterfeiting Drugs?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/02/16/why-rob-a-bank-when-you-can-make-more-money-by-counterfeiting-drugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to make millions of dollars quickly while risking only a few months in prison if (and that&#8217;s a big IF) you&#8217;re caught?  It&#8217;s not difficult at all. Just set yourself up as a distributor of counterfeit drugs in the United States. This week&#8217;s announcement by the FDA that a counterfeit version of Avastin, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Gift – Organ Donation</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/22/the-ultimate-gift-organ-donation/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/22/the-ultimate-gift-organ-donation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard December 20, 2011 &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; I live in Central New York State, where we are grieving the loss of 17-year-old Taylor Fleming who died in a car accident last week. In the face of their unimaginable heartbreak and pain, Taylor’s parents decided to donate her organs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out Those Health Charities Before You Donate</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/08/check-out-those-health-charities-before-you-donate/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/08/check-out-those-health-charities-before-you-donate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard December 6, 2011 It’s that time of year again.  The holidays, of course. But also the end of the tax year, when charities, including groups like cancer societies or hospital foundations, are pleading for donations. Each year in December my husband and I make contributions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Travel Tips for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/23/healthy-travel-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/23/healthy-travel-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intuition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Errors / Mistakes / Misdiagnosis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard November 22, 2011 ……………………………….. You may be among the millions of Americans who will travel during the upcoming holidays. Travel takes you out of your normal environment and disturbs your routine. If you have health issues, like a chronic disease, an injury, or even a short-term [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
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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>Don’t Let Your Medical Test Results Fall Through the Cracks</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/01/don%e2%80%99t-let-your-medical-test-results-fall-through-the-cracks/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/01/don%e2%80%99t-let-your-medical-test-results-fall-through-the-cracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard August 30, 2011) A few years ago, I changed primary care doctors. The one I left had good credentials. Over the span of a few years and several visits, she had seemed competent and was friendly. But on my final visit, there had been a change that caused [...]]]></description>
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