She believes in family support and being a patient advocate.

Another threat to the bill comes around the issue of the patient advocates.

The most important job of any nurse is to be a patient advocate.

Clearly, that is what patient advocates are hoping as well.

After that, she worked for two years as a nurse and patient advocate with St.

"I just think that she was the ultimate patient advocate."

Now, however, the standards face criticism from patient advocate groups.

Patient advocates may be available to assist in this process as required.

'There may well be a place for patient advocates within the health system.

The panel is also expected to hear from patient advocates and industry representatives.

The conference is open to researchers, health care practitioners, patient advocates, and the public.

But some patient advocates on the board said they wanted to be directly involved in developing the strategic plan.

If they had a "medical home," a general practice doctor would take on the role of patient advocate and care coordinator.

The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization, often, though not always, concerned with one specific group of disorders.

The rules have been awaited since the 2008 law by patient advocate groups.

If your bill is large or you're having a hard time making headway, patient advocates can help sort things out.

We are asking all patient advocates to come out and attend a protest.

But patient advocates and lawyers have ­accused medical boards of being too soft.

Inspections are another major point of contention among states, patient advocates and the industry.

But crazy hospital charges often can be negotiated lower by patients or patient advocates.

Husbands, doctors and some patient advocates also spoke in favor.

Six months later, he left for a position as a patient advocate at a New York hospital.

Hospitals may be the next target for protests by patient advocates.

But doctors and patient advocates agree that in most cases, when patients lie, they're pretty much asking for trouble.

Experts estimated that less than 5 percent of the boards included patient advocates.