Michael A. Weiss, Esq., MBA, at the age of 50, is a “Professional Patient,” having been hospitalized over 200 Times and enduring approximately 20 major surgeries related to his 30-year battle with the chronic, auto-immune and incurable Inflammatory Bowel Disease (“IBD”), “Crohn’s Disease.”
Michael is a Crohn’s Disease patient expert, chronic illness and healthcare commentator/writer, author of the critically-acclaimed book, “Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient”,globally featured medical/healthcare blogger and multi-media journalist, patient advocate, motivational speaker and “Health Care Social Media (“HCSM”) active participant and consultant. He is the founder, main blogger/vlogger, editor-in-chief and producer of the Blog, HospitalPatient.com, and the YouTube channels, “The Medical Minute” and “The Healthcare Interview,” where he opines on cutting-edge topics such as “Deadly Dose,” the 2012 CNN television program hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta regarding the perils of prescription opioid painkillers and interviews people truly making a difference in Healthcare such as Dr. Kevin Pho of KevinMD.com.
Michael is at the forefront of “The Empowered Patient” movement although he believes obtaining the best medical treatment is more accurately defined by being an “Assertive Patient.” He envisions the future of medicine including both a Collaborative Doctor-Patient Relationship and the proliferation of combining traditional healthcare practices with mobile health and electronic health methods to provide optimal and cost-efficient patient care.
Finding Michael A. Weiss:
The Professional Patient Podcast
YouTube.com/ProPatientTV
YouTube.com/HealthCareReality
HospitalPatient.com
Twitter.com/HospitalPatient
MichaelWeiss@HospitalPatient.com
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