2nd Opinion
This is where we hope people can discuss and find out information specific to getting a 2nd opinion including the value of 2nd opinions, patient experiences, etc.
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Foreign-Patient Hospital Care Experience
Important considerations when choosing a hospital overseas for a medical procedure:
Traveling 4 Health & Retirement (THR) advocates a high standard of patient satisfaction with treatment abroad. Patient satisfaction consists of the following factors:
Clinical Experience:
· Was the patient provided a written care plan?
Shai Gold:I recommend Shai Gold's 2nd opinion service
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Articles and member blogs concerning 2nd opinions
Just to start the ball rolling and identify who consumers can turn to for information, the following is a list of authors who blog on 2nd opinions and links to articles concerning expert and patient reviews.
Visit the following expert blogs:
Shai Gold - medical tourism facilitator and provider of the T4H 2nd opinion service available to members. Gold also has a patient/client review of the service as well as an account of a patient who avoided unnecessary heart surgery due to receiving a 2nd opinion. You can find more information about that service under our “2nd Opinion Service” on our home page.
drkumaresh - a physician who has posted an account of a patient who avoided unnecessary surgery because of a 2nd opinion provided by Dr. Kumaresh.
There is also an article on how Michael Douglas would have benefited from a 2nd opinion. Just search for “Michael Douglas” on our home page.
To communicate directly with Dr. Kumaresh or Shai Gold, click on their picture to access their user profile and choose “contact” or “send Private Message” (below their user profile picture).
If you’re passionate about this topic, please add comments of your own; whether you’re a patient, a consumer or a provider.