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How to Improve Communication with Your Healthcare Team and Make Informed Decisions as a Lymphoma Patient

Nov 19, 2024
05:00PM - 06:00PM EST
Online Event
Overview

Join us for an empowering webinar focused on enhancing communication between patients and healthcare teams. We will explore strategies to help you advocate for yourself, ask the right questions, and take an active role in your healthcare decisions. Whether you're navigating a new diagnosis or managing ongoing treatment, this session will provide practical tips to ensure your voice is heard and respected in your care journey.

 

Agenda
5:00 PM
Introduction
Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cynthia introduces the agenda and our featured speaker Anni McKinnon

5:05 PM
Presentation
Anni McKinnon

Anni McKinnon explores strategies to help you advocate for yourself, ask the right questions, and take an active role in your healthcare decisions.

5:35 PM
Q&A Session
Audience

Come with your questions and we will answer them! 

Speakers & Moderators
Healthtree contact Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cynthia is a newborn ICU nurse by trade that has spent the last six years in the medical device industry educating nurses and doctors about devices that are new to their facility. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, traveling the world with her family, and creating Halloween animatronics for her annual front yard display. She has a passion for life-long learning and enjoys sharing what she learns with the people around her.
Healthtree contact Anni McKinnon

Anni McKinnon

Anni McKinnon, Ph.D., is the chair of the Utah Health Literacy Coalition chair and the Salt Lake County Health Department Health Literacy Program manager. She has over 20 years of experience in the health industry, all reliant on getting clear health information to the end-user so they could make well-informed health decisions. Dr. McKinnon works on both sides of health literacy, organizational and personal, to improve how information is provided and received.