by Nancy Finn | Mar 13, 2016
Participants: Nick Dawson, Dave DeBronkart, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, Sarah Krug, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Jon Wald, Peggy Zuckerman Minutes Approved Strategic Initiatives 2016 We reviewed the spreadsheet that outlines the areas of focus and team...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
A Global Conversation held on Hangouts discussing the state of Health and Health Care Literacy. Peggy Zuckerman (CA, US), Geri Lynn Baumblat (Chicago, US), Dr. Mayank Agra (New Delhi, India), Dr. Ruslan Savitskij (Stockholm, Sweden) and Dr. Michael Mascia (ME, US)...
by Michael Mascia | Mar 8, 2016
Brenda Dunn’s story by Dr. Michael F. Mascia, MD, MPH Michael: We are honored to have these words from BRENDA Dunn, one of our most experienced and helpful members. She is a wise and experienced mother, grandmother, patient and nurse who openly shares her...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
Matt Ratto of U of T’s iSchool with orthopaedic technologist Joyce Nakibirango at the CoRSU hospital in Uganda. Credit: ginger coons/Critical Making Courtesy of Phys.org. Once confined to the realm of science fiction, 3D printers have become part of the...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
The concepts behind the phrase “internet of things” (IoT) has been around for ten years among information and communication (ICT) professionals. Put very simply it is about assigning any tool, device, machine or building — things — a unique electronic...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
This month’s recommended course to help beginners understanding global health and demographic diversity in the IoT. Understanding challenges and solutions to global health issues from an inter-disciplinary perspective, this course available on www.edx.org What...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
Vanessa Carter is an ePatient from South Africa. Watch her presentation at Doctors 2.0 and You in Paris about how she navigated the internet to reconstruct her face. She was also able to follow medical technology from South Africa and discusses how the internet should...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 8, 2016
Dave deBronkart: (e-Patient Dave) has been a leading international ePatient voice in eHealth see page. Watch his keynote about ePatients, clinical trials and the future of health at Exponential Medicine – Singularity University. You can contact Dave on hiw...
by Nancy Finn | Mar 1, 2016
Participants: , Dave DeBronkart, Kyra Bobineck, Donna Cryer, Nick Dawson, Nancy Finn, Eric Glazer, John Grohol, John Hoben, Sarah Krug ,Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Mark Reifstek, Peggy Zuckerman, Minutes approved Strategic Goals Discussion, Joe Ternullo 1. To...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Mar 1, 2016
Society for Participatory Medicine board member Peggy Zuckerman was on NBC Nightly News discussing diagnostic errors and the need to improve communication throughout the process. You can contact Peggy via Linkedin....
