Trisha Torrey

Trisha is known as Every Patient's Advocate. She teaches patients how to navigate the unwieldy and dysfunctional health care system and teaches health and patient advocates how to help those patients professionally. She has appeared on or been quoted by the NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Fox News, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, Bottom Line and other media.

Learn more about Trisha Torrey's work at

- www.TrishaTorrey.com

- www.DiagKNOWsisMedia.com

Her first book, written to empower patients, teaching them to stick up for their rights and take responsibility for their medical care to improve their chances for a good medical outcome, and is titled You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Health Care You Deserve).

The second of the You Bet Your Life! books is The Top 10 Reasons You Need a Professional Patient Advocate by Your Side - written to help patients and their caregivers understand why they need the help of an independent advocate to get what they need from the healthcare system.

Trisha has also written a series of books to support the growing profession of health and patient advocacy:

- So You Want to Be a Patient Advocate? Choosing a Career in Health or Patient Advocacy

- The Health Advocate's Start and Grow Your Own Practice Handbook

- The Health Advocate's Basic Marketing Handbook

- The Health Advocate's Advanced Marketing Handbook