Taking Back Your Health: Patient Advocacy in a Corporate Healthcare World
Today, I have another truly impactful guest joining me. Dr. Nikki Johnson is not only a physician with years of experience in pediatric critical care, but she’s also become a fierce advocate for patients navigating the modern healthcare system.
Dr. Nikki has seen firsthand how the doctor-patient relationship is often overshadowed by corporate healthcare interests and insurance demands. We’re diving deep today into some of the major challenges she’s witnessed – like how insurance companies and government policies are increasingly influencing which treatments patients receive. Dr. Nikki argues that these outside forces are eroding the core of patient care, where the focus should be on that personal bond between doctor and patient.
As the Interim Director of FAIR In Medicine, she’s leading efforts to educate and empower patients so they can take back control of their healthcare choices. We’ll be talking about her involvement with grassroots organizations like Free2Care and what it means for physicians and patients to unite against a system that can feel impersonal and, at times, restrictive. Through her work, Dr. Nikki is helping more people understand their rights and advocate for the quality, transparency, and choice that everyone deserves in their healthcare.
So, whether you've felt frustrated by healthcare decisions being made without you or just want to know more about reclaiming your power in medical care, stick around. This conversation with Dr. Nikki Johnson will leave you inspired and informed on what’s possible when we demand better from the system!
Takeaways
Dr. Nikki was born and raised in East Cleveland, OH. She lived in Cleveland for over 30 years and now resides in Willoughby Hills with her husband and two daughters.
She received her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University and medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Nikki earned initial board certification in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine from the American Board of Pediatrics and chose recertification with the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons.
Her clinical expertise in pediatric procedural sedation helped earn her division national recognition as a center of excellence in the field.
Dr. Nikki is passionate about reforming healthcare and wishes to see medicine restored to a focus on the individual doctor-patient relationship where the Hippocratic Oath binds physicians and patients have access to affordable evidence-based care, choice, transparency, and excellent health.
She works as an independent consultant with those who help her achieve her mission and has a record of service and advocacy for patients through her work as Interim Director of FAIR In Medicine, Advisory Board Member of Affirming Reality Connect, team member of Urgency of Normal, and Senior Fellow at Restore Childhood.
Dr. Nikki is also a leader in the Free2Care coalition, hosted Free2Care the Podcast, is a contributing author of both of Free2Care’s A Physician-Led Roadmap to Patient-Centered Medical Care and served as President and Co-founder of PHYSICIANS FOR PATIENTS, championing physician-led medical care, seeking to increase the number of practicing physicians, and advocating for credential transparency of health professionals.
She adopted the name Dr. Nikki from social media supporters.
Website: https://nikkimjohnsonmd.com/
Connect on X: @notaproviderMD
LinkedIn: @nikkimjohnsonmddnbpas1
Substack: @drnikkimjohnson
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