Media Information: 7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare by Dr. Ruthann Russo

Media Information

About the Book

About 7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare

Whether you’re healthy or ill, this guidebook will show you how to become a more proactive participant in the management of your healthcare. The book, which weaves together stories of healthcare challenges with lessons learned to help you deal with your own challenges, will:

Teach you to create your own healthcare values, vision, and mission statements
Familiarize you with the information in your medical records so you can read them, understand them, and keep your own records
Recommend strategies for you to improve your communications with your doctors and other healthcare providers
Describe the quality tools that you can use to decide where you want to receive your healthcare
Discuss issues in healthcare ethics that could impact you and your care
Provide a roadmap to the healthcare system so that you will feel more in control of your healthcare and the decisions you make

About the Author

Ruthann Russo, PhD, JD, MPH, RHIT

Dr. Ruthann Russo is a healthcare expert with more than 20 years of experience working in and advising healthcare organizations. She designed the HealthMap™ program to help healthcare consumers create plans for their own health that reflect their personal values, vision and mission. She works with physicians to help improve their documentation in patient medical records and to improve the quality of healthcare. She has personally instructed more than 3,000 physicians in hospitals across the country, including hospitals affiliated with the University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Massachusetts. She is the author of five books on the topics of health information, documenting in patient records, using medical record information, and ensuring medical bills are correct. She is a graduate of Dickinson College, American University’s Washington College of Law, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s program in public health, and Touro University, where she earned her doctoral degree in business administration. She is a Partner with the Bethlehem-based law firm Russo and Russo and a Managing Director with Navigant Consulting. Ruthann and her husband, Joe, an attorney in Pennsylvania and New York, have been married for 25 years. They have two children, Emmalea and John. They live in Center Valley, Pennsylvania and New York City.

Articles & Reviews

Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal (.pdf)

Express-Times (.pdf)

Bethlehem Press (.pdf)

Bucks-Lehigh Magazine (.pdf)

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MyShelf.com

News Releases

Recent News Releases

Spa Gift Certificate Awarded in Ongoing Contest

New Consumer Guide to Healthcare Now Available from Dr. Ruthann Russo

Happy Times in Healthcare Announces 1st Monthly Contest Winner

Parade Magazine Reports How to “Fight for Your Health Care” If You Have an Insurance Claim Rejected…7 Steps Book Provides More Insight

U.S. News Cover Story Reports that “Alternative Medicine Goes Mainstream”…
7 Steps Book Provides More Insight

6 Days at Disney from Happy Times in Healthcare

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Audio Samples

Audio samples of Dr. Russo including an overview of the 7 Steps and sample question/answers.

Audio sample of Dr. Russo being interviewed on a local public radio talk show.
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Audio sample of Dr. Russo being interviewed on a radio morning talk show.
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Audio sample of Dr. Russo discussing the the 7 Steps and how they help you get the best healthcare.
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Audio sample of Dr. Russo answering a question regarding selecting a hospital from a recent audio conference.
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Audio sample of Dr. Russo answering a question regarding how to find a new primary care physician from a recent audio conference.
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Audio sample of Dr. Russo describing the inspiration in writing 7 Steps to Your Best Possible Healthcare.
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Video Samples

Below is a sample from an ongoing video series by Dr. Ruthann Russo

Availability

Dr. Russo has limited availability through the 4th quarter of 2008 for radio or television spots if you are interested in scheduling Dr. Russo for an appearance on your show please email mediacontact@djiber.com.

Dr. Russo is currently available for telephone, podcast or email interviews. To arrange an interview please email mediacontact@djiber.com.

If you are interested in having Dr. Russo write an article for you newspaper, magazine or website please email contactus@djiber.com

Contact Information

610.861.2717 Phone
610.882.3755 Fax

Address:
DJ Iber Publishing
ATT: Ruthann Russo
One Bethlehem Plaza
Suite 1010
Bethlehem, PA 18018

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