The Book
Raw patient experience. Evidence-based solutions.
Healthcare is a partnership — and both sides have to show up.
For years, Dr. Payne was open about having chronic illness — you can't hide an ICU stay. What she was not yet willing to accept was what it meant. Chronically Unfiltered is the story of what changed when she did.
Part memoir, part clinical deep-dive — this book is for anyone who has ever felt dismissed in a medical setting, and for the providers who genuinely want to do better. It explores what the patient experience looks like from the inside, what the science says about why the encounter so often breaks down, and what becomes possible when both sides finally bring their full selves to it.
Written from both sides of the bed. Because the dual vantage point is the whole point.