KDM’s Healthcare and Advocacy is dedicated to improving patient outcomes through the promotion of the profession of Healthcare Advocacy through the empowerment of education and collaboration. Educating patients and clients with current resources to obtain the best quality of care to ensure patient safety. We also collaborate with consumers and advocacy groups to expand awareness so that we are continuously improving patient care together.

Good health advocate is someone who understand Medical Humanities and is educated on healthcare services as well as organized, assertive, and comfortable asking questions. The increasing use of digital technologies in healthcare can be a barrier to older adults’ engagement with the healthcare system. A health advocate can help older adults with that burden by logging in to patient portals to review diagnostic test results, scheduling appointments online, and renewing prescriptions.

Access to care is a key area of concern for KDM’s Healthcare Advocacy and Consulting. The factors that inhibit individuals from accessing care include race or ethnicity, age, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic location. Lack of health insurance can mean that people don’t have the safety net to pay for high healthcare costs if they become sick. Structural barriers such as remote geographic locations, lack of access to transportation, or scarce healthcare resources mean people can’t get to healthcare centers, clinics, or hospitals.

Comprehensive Correctional Healthcare provides a wide range of services, including primary, dental, mental health, and urgent care. Chronic disease management, medication management, and specialty services with highly specialized needs addressed through community hospitals. Addressing challenges and considerations such as cost and access. Advising healthcare in correctional facilities including expenses and implementation of cost-cutting measures like co-pays that limit access to care. Addressing Legal and ethical standards: The services are held to similar standards as those in the community, with entities like the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) setting guidelines.