Christine Bechtel

Christine Bechtel is a patient advocate.

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Conditions and diseases

Living at the top of our humanity: a patient’s plea

Christine Bechtel

March 22, 2020Mar 22, 20202

I often hear professionals talking about “working at the top of their license” – contributing their highest skills according to their training. To overcome this pandemic, now more than ever, every single one of us will need to work and live at the top of our humanity. Patients, families, nurses, doctors, front desk staff, administrators, lab techs, health plan executives – everyone – must find even small ways to create …

Patient voices

As a patient, I never understood the heartbreakingly human toll our system takes on clinicians

Christine Bechtel

August 13, 2019Aug 13, 201910

Let’s get right to it: This is an apology letter to frontline clinicians. And a call to action. I’m a patient advocate, and I’ve spent most of the last 20 years fighting for patient- and family-centered care in national laws…

Let’s get right to it: This is an apology letter to frontline clinicians. And a call to action.

I’m a patient advocate, and I’ve spent most of the last 20 years fighting for patient- and family-centered care in national laws and regulations, and in local practice. Prioritizing the needs of patients and families above all else. It is meaningful work to which I feel deeply called, and it is hard work …