by Danny van Leeuwen | Feb 1, 2018
SPM and Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) now co-publish the Journal of Participatory Medicine (http://jopm.jmir.org). The Editorial Board seeks patient advocates, academic researchers and educators to help usher research and essays through the review...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Feb 1, 2018
Greetings post holidays. The newsletter team is back with this labor of love to keep us all informed of our doings and foster connection. It’s hard to keep up with SPM. Read on. We welcome and solicit your feedback at newsletter@participatorymedicine.org. Please put...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 11, 2018
Our Society was featured on WBUR Radio (90.9)’s “Radio Boston” program on January 11, 2018. Two of SPM’s thirteen founders, chairman Danny Sands MD MPH and his patient (and chair emeritus) e-Patient Dave spoke about the participatory medicine...
by Nancy Finn | Dec 4, 2017
Participants: Alex Albin, Dave DeBronkart, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, Terry Graedon, John Grohol, Sarah Krug, Burt Rosen, Vera Rulon Danny Sands, Linda Stotsky, Joe Ternullo, Jon Wald Minutes approved Introductions of new board member Burt Rosen, marketing department...
by Nanette Mattox | Nov 13, 2017
Nineteen SPM members and Board members spent an entire Saturday in late October reviewing the impressive list of successes SPM has had in 2017 and the partial successes to build on. We began work on plans for the challenges we face. Reflecting on our many important...
by Nanette Mattox | Nov 13, 2017
On October 25, 2017, the Society for Participatory Medicine held its inaugural meeting, Transforming the Culture of Care, at Boston Seaport World Trade Center. The atmosphere crackled with the passion for actionable improvement to the delivery, outcomes, experience,...
by Nanette Mattox | Nov 13, 2017
Please alert us to  open access references we can share with members.  Include a citation and/or a link that anyone can access. Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department: Observational Study, Stevenson et al Little is known...
by Nanette Mattox | Nov 13, 2017
Please alert us to articles published by SPM members recently or not so recently. Include a citation and a link anyone can access. If the article is behind a paywall, please note that. Seven Elements of Effective Clinical Communication by Liz Boehm. Contributions by...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Nov 13, 2017
The Open forum topic with the most posts explored the connection between inflammation and nutrition and offered research resources. Engagement Education and Training Team: For work on creating a scalable model for training patients and caregivers in engagement...
by Nanette Mattox | Nov 13, 2017
NEW MEMBERS: Fall ‘17 Brief bios/plugs for new members (extracted from the Introduce Yourself Connect Community) When Mary Mack’s heart health declined she quickly learned to become a strong advocate for herself. Mary believes a radical change in medical student...
