About the Savvy Patient Toolkit

“All of us have experienced the fragmentation and depersonalization that characterize medicine in 21st century America.  This flawed system has hurt Margo Corbett more than once.  However, rather than curse the darkness, she has lit a bright candle.  Applying her business expertise in systems and procedures to her own bad experiences with medicine, she has developed a system to help the average person avoid medical errors and misdiagnosis, and instead get the best possible medical care.  I hope that all of my patients learn and use her system.” - Steven L. Brown, MD, PhD, cardiologist & associate professor internal medicine Texas Tech University & author of Navigating the Medical Maze

“Ms. Corbett has the wisdom and training in Total Quality Management (T.Q.M.) to write this valuable guide, I endorse that we all need to read it and follow it verbatim and literatim (word-for-word & letter-for-letter). Truly this text should be required reading for all of our medical students at our Colleges of Medicine and our nursing students at our Colleges of Nursing. Further, our patients will be expected to benefit if five copies are placed in any and all of our City and County Public Libraries moreover in the waiting room areas of the offices of our chosen allied healthcare providers.” - Joshua Grossman, Col.(r), U.S. Army Medical Corp, M.D., F.A.C.P.

“Margo Corbett presents us with a manual for effective patient doctor communication. Health care providers as well as patients should be interested in this volume since most malpractice suits result from poor communication rather than poor practice. Furthermore, she gives due deference to the role of spiritual care in restoring health.” -DIANE M. KOMP, M. D. Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Hematology-Oncology) Yale University School of Medicine & Author of The Healer’s Heart.

“Finally, a resource book that can improve patient doctor communication and helps patients direct their medical care. Applying the principles in this book and school will help you partner with your doctor to maximize your health.” - JOSEPH D. GRANT, M.D. Orthopedic Surgeon

“This is the most comprehensive book I’ve ever seen to help healthcare professionals help you. It will save time, trouble and maybe even a life.” – LYNN EIB, Oncology Patient Advocate, Author, Finding the Light in Cancer’s Shadow & When God and Cancer Meet

“The Savvy Patient’s Toolkit” just may be the best healthcare guide of the decade! Not only does Margo Corbett’s volume empower patients to become actively engaged in their own healthcare as partners with their healthcare team, it gives the patient the know-how to lead the partnership with confidence and trust. And, at the heart of this powerful relationship between patient and family caregivers is the stories they share. The outcome can only be better health.” – JIMMY NEAL SMITH, Founder and President International Storytelling Center

“Margo Corbett has set the stage for a revolution in the way we see ourselves and our care. The paradigm shift she has created is the missing piece. While healthcare professionals are scrambling to tackle the problem, the system will remain broken until they are met as equal partners by the patients they serve. Margo eloquently makes the case for how we must embrace our care with responsibility and commitment, giving heart to all of us who desire to see a transformation in our relationship with ourselves, our stories, our bodies, and with those who are trained to facilitate and manage our care.” – RICHARD STONE, Author of  The Healing Art of Storytelling

“This is a valuable book for anyone who encounters the current complex system. The personal medical historyforms and encouragement to take charge are exactly what one should do.” - DAN FRANCIS, CEO, My Private Doctor, Inc.