Mullens Cody L, Nathan Shelby L, Kozak Geoffrey M, Fischer John P, Greco Gregory A, Ueno Cristiane M
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsyl.
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W.V.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2019 May 3;7(5):e2207. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002207. eCollection 2019 May.
Healthcare advocacy is an important tool in the plastic surgeon's arsenal that stands the potential to improve both patient care and the profession. However, many physicians underestimate the importance and influence that healthcare advocacy has on the profession and feel that they lack the leverage and knowledge to advocate on behalf of themselves, their practices, their patients, and their profession, all of which are untrue. Plastic surgeons are uniquely positioned to advocate based on their clinical acumen, personal experiences with patient care, and their position in the healthcare ecosystem value chain. This article aims to equip plastic surgeons with a general framework of knowledge regarding policy and advocacy. Additionally, the article outlines and discusses recent advocacy efforts related to plastic surgery, and efforts that are on the horizon to provide some context to the relevance of advocacy related to plastic surgery. Finally, we aim to empower plastic surgeons to step into the policy advocacy arena for the betterment of our patients and the professional practice of plastic surgery.
医疗倡导是整形外科医生武器库中的一项重要工具，具有改善患者护理和该行业状况的潜力。然而，许多医生低估了医疗倡导对该行业的重要性和影响力，觉得自己缺乏为自己、自己的业务、患者以及整个行业进行倡导的影响力和知识，而这些看法都是不正确的。整形外科医生凭借其临床敏锐度、患者护理的个人经验以及在医疗生态系统价值链中的地位，处于独特的倡导位置。本文旨在为整形外科医生提供一个有关政策和倡导的总体知识框架。此外，本文概述并讨论了与整形外科相关的近期倡导努力，以及即将开展的一些努力，以便为与整形外科相关的倡导工作的相关性提供一些背景信息。最后，我们旨在促使整形外科医生踏入政策倡导领域，以改善我们的患者状况和整形外科的专业实践。
