by Mayank Agarwal | Jul 31, 2016
On July 13th 2013 at 7:15 pm I was sitting in a Wegman’s café eating dinner with two startup founders I was mentoring when I received a phone call from a dermatologist. He had removed a mole from my 10-year-old daughter’s arm a week earlier. My daughter and my...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Jul 29, 2016
The past two weeks I conducted an unscientific survey. I asked random strangers what they first thought of when they heard the word “Rare.” I got the following answers: Automobiles Gemstones Jewelry Books Mummies found in peat Animals Manuscripts Records Rugs...
by Mayank Agarwal | Jul 14, 2016
Participatory patients live with day-to-day ‘engagement’ but end-of-life is an oft-missed opportunity for participation that can result in more ‘control’ than any other time in life. End of life planning is also an opportunity for a deeper understanding of what makes...
by Mayank Agarwal | Jun 20, 2016
In one sense, the movement for Patient Engagement has been tremendously successful. Key elements like shared decision making, co-production of care, and patient data portals are almost ubiquitous. Clinicians increasingly seem to value patient engagement, healthcare...
by Society for Participatory Medicine Volunteers | Apr 10, 2016
It is an exciting time within the Society for Participatory Medicine (S4PM)! The New Year for the organization began with renewed energy for advancing the work of the Society, which in part is to bring engaged patients and engaged providers together in collaboration...
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...
