Preferred Care protects you and your loved ones in the unfortunate but common occurence of a life-threatening illness. The statistics are sobering: cardiovascular disease and cancer are leading causes of death globally, exceeding by far the likelihood of fatal accidents.
You may have concerns over important issues in the case that critical illness should strike:
Can you think of anything more critical?
While local care may be excellent for less serious conditions, treating a critical illness successfully requires the global best – in medical practice and quality control – and a patient-centered approach designed to tackle serious issues like misdiagnosis, medical mistakes, delays and sub-optimal treatments, while financing it all.
The all too common mistakes that lead to needless death or disability.
Fatal Error | Preferred Care Solution |
Wrong diagnosis, poor treatment planning and/or incorrect treatment. | The Diagnosis Verification and Treatment Plan evaluates the diagnosis and treatment plan, confirms accuracy or recommends alternative treatment. |
Breakdown in communication between specialists, sporadic quality control and no one responsible for the entire process. | The Personal Care Manager oversees the entire process and makes sure all care providers are on the same page. |
Lack of patient involvement. | The Care Management team empowers the patient and supports informed decision-making. |
Best treatment unavailable locally. | Preferred Care bridges the gap between local and global treatment. |
Inexperienced treatment teams. | PGH members are treated at high-volume hospitals by experienced, high-volume specialists. |
PGH's Preferred Care program ensures that effective teaming between you, the hospital and your own PGH Care Management team produces the best outcome and maintains the highest quality throughout the process.
Preferred Care is about getting the best treatment and outcome. Our world-class support system provides preeminent medical expertise for local treatment and in those cases where local care cannot provide the expertise or critical mass necessary, we orchestrate and finance the global best medical practice to maximize your likelihood of survival. The US is where we have the evidence to support our best practice approach. Click here to find out why.
We work with and for you to ensure the consistent application of best practice from the moment you're diagnosed until your complete recovery.
This matters.