​Health Navigation is a type of coaching that is designed to help those who are struggling with health issues that impact the quality of life. Health Navigation is offering a helping hand as patient advocate to work with you at personal level for your specific health needs and aging challenges.

Independent Health Navigation/coaching provide patient-centered services, helping navigate through complex health care systems, removing barriers and bridging the gap between medical services. Health Navigator/coach works with you 1:1 to solve specific problems, direct you to reliable resources and research health information without biased motives. 

Why you need independent health navigation/coaching: Health literacy is essential in case-specific navigation, using trustworthy website for information source with precise key words, knowing what to look, where to find, time frame, and how to interpret available data.

• When you have specific health needs, independent health navigation and coaching provide  client-centered and unbiased service for the best of your interest; who listen to your views and concerns
• Find quality health care providers (Doctors, hospitals) with cost effectiveness; help you explore your options and rights without pressuring you
• Understand your diagnosis, treatment plans and what to expect; provide information to help you make informed decisions.
• Help you to find relevant clinical trials, enrollment eligibility, and contact the sponsor on your behalf, if necessary.
• Educating about health care and empower self-care
• Building cognitive and behavioral skills that promote healthy lifestyles and improve health outcomes

 
Client-centered Services may include the following key functions, based on client-specific needs:

Research

• Health providers
• Medical, laboratory, diagnostic imaging facilities
• Diagnoses, test and treatment options
• Clinical trials
• Second opinions
• Disease management for chronic conditions
• Dietary and nutritional support

Advocacy

• Assist in preparing for a medical appointments, including medical history, developing a list of the client’s questions and concerns
• Facilitate informed decision-making and connecting the patient and family to resources as needed
• Help client better understanding of medical bills and dealing with issues from billing or insurance claim process when necessary
• Remove barriers and cultivate behavior changes toward health outcome
• Work with client in developing proactive prevention strategies and practical action plans

Education

• To educate, inform and guide client to improve the consumers’ understanding and reduce consumer frustration of the healthcare maze
• Help client and families to understand medical information, including informed consent, HIPAA, advance directives, or other medical information sheet.
• Working with client to develop personalized self-care plan with follow-up
• Healthcare consumer rights and health literacy
• Coach clients and families in self-care for wellness, based on individual needs

Fees
QLF health navigation coaching offers a free 45 - minute consultation and provides a proposal for work based on the client’s stated needs and desires. QLF Health coach will work with the client to develop a personal plan with structured timeframe. If the client is agreeable to proceed, then a fee structure will be developed accordingly. 

Feel free reaching out to Qualitylifeform@outlook.com for your health needs today; your wellbeing is the top priority.