The term Patient Advocate is corrupted, it means other things, in some States. While in OR, I went to 2 ER's with racing heart and pain all over. The second time it was GI stuff. I ended up hemorrhaging at home, in the hours just after they kicked me back out, again. I'd even come in to them in an ambulance, unable to get up off the bathroom floor. So, I'd begun asking for a Patient Advocate the 2nd out of 3 times. Turns out, there's a 24 minimum delay between asking for one, and getting one. Then, it turned out, their idea of a Patient Advocate was someone who looked out for the hospitals interests. I only went back to that ER the 3rd time because my new PCP (I'd fired my original ones) ordered me back there, when I told them I was bleeding. Sure nuff, I was admitted. Then, two nurses fussed over me, while an Aide went in the bathroom and flushed all the evidence. But they did treat me, IV antibiotics etc. and almost got away with discharging me 1 day too soon but I caught them at it, so I was allowed to stay 1 more day. Don't assume that titles mean what they appear to be in American medicine.