MEDIA KIT FOR NEED TO KNOW BY DARWIN HALE
TITLE
Need to Know: How to Arm Yourself
and Survive on the Healthcare Battlefield
by Dr. Darwin Hale
(Published June 11, 2018)
MEDIA CONTACT
Katie Stanley
katie.stanley@advocatehealthllc.com
352.461.6479
WHY DOES NEED TO KNOW MATTER?
Illness, disease, and aging aren't the only things attacking your wellness. The US healthcare system has failed to evolve like other industries, remaining fragmented and inefficient, unable to keep up with the changing needs of citizens, particularly those of Medicare age and veterans. But there is hope, and the best time to prepare is now.
In Need to Know, Dr. Darwin Hale, a decorated retired military officer with more than twenty years in the healthcare arena, presents practical and objective strategies for managing the system’s flaws based on military lessons learned. These solutions include how to: navigate a system that can cure or kill you, use wellness to fight disease, prepare for the future of personalized medicine, and how to arm yourself with a battle plan.
You don’t have to fight alone. Need to Know cuts through the red tape so you can get the care you deserve.
Interesting Need to Know Facts:
Health Care is a national security crisis. As a country, we spent $1.6 Trillion over 10 years in Iraq. Each year, we spend over $1 Trillion in waste in the health care industry.
Under 1% of the population consumes over 30% of all health care resources.
Life expectancy varies dramatically depending where in the country you're from. There are cities with a life expectancy of 86 years, while areas in the country have a life expectancy of only 66 years. This is a crisis.
Each year, over 250,000 people die from medical errors.
Historically, humans had a healthy lifestyle and quick death, so medicine consisted of episodic care. Now, in a world full of chemicals and sedentary lifestyles, most illness is chronic. Over 80% of Americans over 65 have a chronic condition.
In summary: We're at war with the healthcare system, and the best defense is a healthy nation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, DARWIN HALE
Dr. Hale is the CEO of Advocate Health Advisors, a company he founded to help people make the best decisions about their healthcare. A decorated officer, Dr. Hale served thirty years in the military, ranging from peacekeeping operations to combat with US Special Operations Command in support of the Global War on Terror. Concurrently, in the world of business, he worked with some of the top companies in the fields of healthcare services, information technologies, telecommunications, and personnel management. Need to Know reflects a lifetime of learning what works (and what doesn’t) inside some of the most successful organizations in the world.
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