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Participants: Ileana Balcu, Carla Berg, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, Sarah Krug, Julia Pagan,  Josh Seidman

Minutes Approved

SPM Role in Upcoming Conferences

HIMSS endorser agreement sent to us needs immediate response.  Julia will handle.

Question was raised as to whether we want to repeat MedX registration sharing for automatic SPM membership. We will ask Nick to check into this.

Relationship Map.

Divided into three tiers:
Top tier, companies and organizations with whom we must engage and partner with
Second tier companies and organizations we should engage in conversations with
Third tier, companies and organization to keep on the long-term radar and explore opportunities.
We should add a category for competitors who compete with us for funding/grants, membership and presence in participatory medicine.

Nominating Committee 

SPM Officers change in September.  Josh will send out a request to the membership asking for nominations for members at large, President Elect and Secretary.  At the end of two weeks nominations will close.  The newly elected officers should be taking over in October.

Suggestions from our Google Brainstorming Document:

Start local/regional chapters
Develop Patient tools that individuals can use to demand more participatory healthcare from their providers.
Book Club of the month (books written by members promoted on our website along with general books and videos on participatory medicine.
Chats with President and Board members
Follow up with other organizations to engage with strategic alliances.