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Connect with others and get your questions answered from experts on a variety of topics related to living with a chronic illness. Here’s how you can participate:

  • Complete the registration form to be added to our email invitation list for the teleforums.
  • IG Living will send you invitations to let you know when the two-per-month, hosted, toll-free teleforums will be held, as well as what topic relevant to the IG community will be discussed.
  • The moderated, hour-long calls will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis and will be limited to 15 readers.

The next Reader’s Teleform will take place on
Wednesday, April 13th, 4 pm - 5 pm PST

Topic: Learning how to effectively communicate with healthcare providers.
Guest Speaker: Annette Zampelli, MSN, CRNP
Highlights: How to make the most of each doctor visit. Learn how to communicate with healthcare providers from someone who is both an IG patient and an IG healthcare provider.

A Sampling of Previous Teleforums:

March 2011

Topic: Making your pharmacist a valuable member of your healthcare team.
Guest Speaker: Amy Ehlers, PharmD, BCPS and pharmacist-in-charge for NuFACTOR
Highlights: What role does the pharmacist play for those with a chronic illness? How can patients better utilize the talents and knowledge of a pharmacist?

February 2011

Topic: Open Forum for readers to discuss topics of interest for 2011
Guest Speaker: None
Highlights: What issues are important to you?

October 2010

Topic: Reimbursement issues, health reform changes and Medicare
Guest Speaker: Rick Ford
Highlights: How does health reform affect you? Will my Medicare be affected? How do I get help for immune globulin reimbursement issues?

August 2010

Topic: Issues of reimbursement and how to know if a case manager is right for you.
Guest Speaker: Lynne Szott
Highlights: What does a case manager do? How can having a case manager help me?