Medical Mistakes: Get a Patient Advocate | Healthy Living | Health.com Blog

Medical Mistakes: Get a Patient Advocate | Healthy Living | Health.com Blog: "One simple way to lower your risk of turning into a statistic is to bring a family member or friend to act as your advocate. “When my mother goes into the hospital, I’m petrified, so I watch things quite closely,” says Peter Pronovost, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore."