Webinar – The e-Patient Evolution: How Digital Health is Redefining Patient Engagement

October 22, 2025
11:00 am ET

Join Journal of Participatory Medicine and Society for Participatory Medicine for a timely and insightful free webinar exploring the symbiotic evolution of digital health technologies and the empowered e-patient. Drawing on findings from a recent publication in the Journal of Participatory Medicine, we’ll delve into how and why engaged, educated, enlightened, and empowered patients leverage digital tools for self-care and more effective interactions with the healthcare system.

This interactive session features three pioneers of the e-patient movement and co-founders of the Society for Participatory Medicine. They will share their unique perspectives and answer your questions on how digital health is transforming the patient experience. Whether you’re a patient activist, caregiver, healthcare professional, or executive in health systems or digital health, this webinar offers critical insights into the future of healthcare.

The webinar will be held on October 22 at 11 AM ET. Register here.

 

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Our prior events

The MS Patient Journey: From New Diagnosis to Patient Engagement

March 20, 2025 from 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Northeastern Cabral Center, 40 Leon Street, Boston, MA

This interactive conference, produced in collaboration with Northeastern University, will explore the journey of patients, families, and caregivers after a new multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and how healthcare professionals can best support them. Attendees will hear from patients and caregivers sharing their experiences navigating the healthcare system, working with providers, and adjusting to their new reality. Keynote speakers and panels, including physicians, nurses, healthcare informatics specialists, social workers, and mental health professionals, will address topics such as screening, medication compliance, interdisciplinary care, mental well-being, and available resources. Case studies and group discussions will provide diverse perspectives from patients, caregivers, and clinicians. The event highlights a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach, focusing on empowerment, support, and collaborative care.

A summary of the conference is available.

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Northeastern University faculty, clinicians, and experts in health equity as well as patients from Community Health Centers will share with the audience programs and efforts they have undertaken to advance trust, respect and health equity. Conference attendees — including Northeastern students and professors, as well as clinicians, patients, caregivers, and health care professionals — will participate in a lively discussion of how to advance health equity, trust, respect and participatory medicine, at both the individual and institutional levels.

Recommendations will be shared with Northeastern and SPM. We will also summarize those recommendations for our community and use them as a basis for advancing the cause of health equity, trust, and participatory medicine. The recommendations will help inform policy directions we advocate for, articles and blogs we write, and programs we initiate. Your voice will help shape those recommendations, whether you attend in person or online. We look forward to seeing you.