The discussion highlights practical strategies from her book Surviving Your Hospital Stay, including tips on minimizing risks, asking the right questions, and ensuring clear communication with healthcare providers.
As a Leapfrog Certified Coach, Dr. Siemers specializes in guiding patients through the complexities of healthcare, from selecting providers and understanding medical jargon to navigating treatment options, while leveraging her expertise in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
Combining her expertise in healthcare with innovative technology, Dr. Siemers is on a mission to empower both patients and professionals, revolutionizing education and advocacy in the healthcare field.
She highlights the value of empathetic decision-making, servant leadership, soft skills, and continuous self-evaluation, offering actionable insights for improving healthcare leadership and education.
The conversation highlights the importance of understanding healthcare realities and provides expert tips and resources to help individuals confidently navigate hospital stays for themselves or loved ones.
She shares practical tips from her book Surviving Your Hospital Stay to help patients and families stay informed, proactive, and safe during hospital visits, emphasizing advocacy and patient-centered care.
With extensive experience in nursing education, direct patient care, and trauma response, Dr. Siemers highlights key takeaways to enhance clinical practice and create safer hospital environments
Her expertise focuses on critical topics such as medication safety, patient advocacy, post-discharge planning, advanced directives, transparency in medical errors, and systemic improvements in patient safety, aiming to empower patients and healthcare professionals alike.
With over 40 years of nursing experience, Dr. Siemers shares her expertise in patient care, education, and safety, highlighting her work as a patient safety consultant and educator focused on improving healthcare practices and preventing avoidable errors and harm.
Learn how to advocate for loved ones, understand hospital protocols, and ensure a safer hospital stay with key takeaways from her book Surviving Your Hospital Stay.
She discusses the challenges of transitioning from corporate healthcare to business ownership and the importance of empowering patients and families in navigating the healthcare system safely.
Julie emphasizes the importance of patient advocacy, asking questions, bringing a companion to appointments, and speaking up. She warns that staying silent in the face of medical uncertainty could have life-threatening consequences.
The discussion covers hospital safety strategies, pre- and post-surgery holistic recovery methods, rising childhood diseases, unnecessary prescriptions, financial incentives in medicine, and lifestyle changes to prevent illnesses.
Key topics include medication errors, unrecognized patient deterioration, AI in healthcare, patient education, communication breakdowns, and surgical checklists.
Patients and families play a crucial role by staying informed, asking questions, and advocating persistently. Tools like hospital safety grades, strategies like the “3 P’s” (Present, Polite, Persistent), and understanding AI’s limitations in diagnostics help reduce risk and improve outcomes.
Key topics include hospital safety ratings, common medical errors, effective communication with healthcare teams, patient advocacy, patient rights, and using AI to understand medical terms.
In the interview, she discusses her journey from bedside nursing to executive leadership, her bestselling book, and her recent TEDx talk, all focused on transforming healthcare by empowering nurses and patients
She discusses the vital role of nurses, the impact of healthcare hierarchy, and shares practical tips for navigating hospital stays, including handling high-risk medications and using AI tools to support better outcomes.
Facing challenges like financial uncertainty and personal rebranding, Dr. Julie shares how embracing her personal style and executive presence helped her gain confidence and show up powerfully in her new role as a business leader.
The interview covers key strategies to protect your loved ones in hospitals, including the 3 Ps, how to communicate effectively with healthcare teams, using a hospital rating website, understanding the hospital chain of command, and preventing infections and medication errors.
This episode is especially crucial for adults over 50, offering insider advice to reduce the risks of medication errors, miscommunication, and other hospital-related dangers—plus a free patient safety checklist.
Dr. Siemers shares practical tools and insights from her extensive nursing experience and authorship, empowering patients and caregivers to navigate hospital systems safely, especially when caring for aging parents or loved ones with chronic conditions.
As a Leapfrog Certified Coach, Dr. Siemers specializes in guiding patients through the complexities of healthcare, from selecting providers and understanding medical jargon to navigating treatment options, while leveraging her expertise in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
Combining her expertise in healthcare with innovative technology, Dr. Siemers is on a mission to empower both patients and professionals, revolutionizing education and advocacy in the healthcare field.
She highlights the value of empathetic decision-making, servant leadership, soft skills, and continuous self-evaluation, offering actionable insights for improving healthcare leadership and education.
The conversation highlights the importance of understanding healthcare realities and provides expert tips and resources to help individuals confidently navigate hospital stays for themselves or loved ones.
She shares practical tips from her book Surviving Your Hospital Stay to help patients and families stay informed, proactive, and safe during hospital visits, emphasizing advocacy and patient-centered care.
With extensive experience in nursing education, direct patient care, and trauma response, Dr. Siemers highlights key takeaways to enhance clinical practice and create safer hospital environments
Her expertise focuses on critical topics such as medication safety, patient advocacy, post-discharge planning, advanced directives, transparency in medical errors, and systemic improvements in patient safety, aiming to empower patients and healthcare professionals alike.
With over 40 years of nursing experience, Dr. Siemers shares her expertise in patient care, education, and safety, highlighting her work as a patient safety consultant and educator focused on improving healthcare practices and preventing avoidable errors and harm.
Learn how to advocate for loved ones, understand hospital protocols, and ensure a safer hospital stay with key takeaways from her book Surviving Your Hospital Stay.
She discusses the challenges of transitioning from corporate healthcare to business ownership and the importance of empowering patients and families in navigating the healthcare system safely.
Julie emphasizes the importance of patient advocacy, asking questions, bringing a companion to appointments, and speaking up. She warns that staying silent in the face of medical uncertainty could have life-threatening consequences.