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Heart Health and Being a Medical Advocate, with Dr. Howard Elkin
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s the healthcare landscape changes, it's becoming more and more important for patients to become their own healthcare advocates. This week, Dr. Sandi welcomes the Medical Advocate, Dr. Howard Elkin. Trained as a cardiologist, Dr. Elkin worked in healthcare for years before finding himself on the other side of the table. After having a heart attack, despite living a healthy lifestyle and having no family history of cardiovascular disease, he realized that there were serious problems in healthcare.
Known as the Medical Advocate, Dr. Elkin's mission is to help empower patients to embrace their ability to be in charge of their health. He has built a "patient bill of rights" and encourages everyone to be their advocate, be their own first opinion. Dr. Elkin shares his opinions on the importance of building relationships between doctors and patients, the benefits of lifestyle medicine, and how to advocate for heart disease testing.
In This Episode:
- Learn what it takes to be your own health advocate.
- Discover the benefits of building a good patient/doctor relationship.
- Gain insight into how lifestyle medicine can improve heart health.
- Check out Dr. Elkin's YouTube channel for more in-depth conversations about heart health.
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