News Room

October 2011

Founder and President Betty Long was named one of the 2011 Women of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Long and 24 fellow honorees will be profiled in the November 25 edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. An event saluting the winners will be held on November 29 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. Click here for more information about the event.

Nurse Advocate Joanne Simone was named the Patient Advocate of the Year by Dorland Health and the Professional Patient Advocate Institute.

Nurse Advocate Joanne Simone was featured in a WHYY Health and Science Desk story about patient advocacy. Click here to read Taunya English’s article or listen to her radio piece.

Founder and President Betty Long was featured on a recent episode of Executive Leaders Radio. Click here to listen to her interview.

May 2011

Guardian Nurses Founder Betty Long was invited by Dr. Mehmet Oz to participate as an expert on the Sharecare website. Sharecare is an interactive social Q&A website created by Dr. Oz and Jeff Arnold. Leading physicians, nurses, hospitals, clinics, authors, healthcare companies and non-profits connect, interact and share their collective expertise encouraging consumers to ask, learn and act upon questions of health.

March 2011

Philadelphia patient advocate Betty Long appeared as a guest on the ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ March 3.

Click here to see a clip of the show.

Click here to see a related article on the Dr.Oz website.

Click here to download a PDF of the press release.

December 2010

Guardian Nurses featured in the Winter Issue of the Jewish Exponent's Inside Magazine

November 2010

Betty Long included in NPR's Marketplace Money November 19th show on health care. Long was included for her pioneering work in the growing field of health advocacy. Here is a photo of Long with host Tess Vigeland at the local WHYY event in Philadelphia.

October 2010

Guardian Nurses celebrates 7 years! Founded in October of 2003, the organization has continued to grow as it has provided compassionate, personal advocacy and care management services to thousands of patients and their families.