By e-Patient Dave | March 31, 2012
When Medicine Really Gets Personal: The DIY Clinical Trial – Health Blog – WSJ... By Jon Lebkowsky | March 29, 2012
Consumer Reports notes that medical devices are rarely tested to determine whether they’re safe. Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project is gathering stories from patients who’ve had a problem with an implant or a medical device. The Project is... By Kathleen O'Malley | March 28, 2012
Guest blogger, e-patient and SPM member Nancy Finn takes on the tough topic of how to reduce the cost of health care delivery. With all the talk this week about Obamacare and whether or not the Supreme Court will declare the law constitutional, partially... By e-Patient Dave | March 27, 2012
SPM member Eve Harris, on her “Healthy Piece of My Mind” blog, has a potent post on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision about the BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents held by a private company. The patents have restricted patients’ and families’ access... By e-Patient Dave | March 26, 2012
Since November I’ve been blogging on my personal site about what happens when a patient tries to help control costs, in my cost cutting edition posts. Most recently I noted that this stuff takes time, especially since our glorious American healthcare system... By e-Patient Dave | March 24, 2012
In the latest post in our Why I Joined SPM series, guest blogger Dr. Nabin Sapkota shares his story of discovering that patients like to be taught what’s going on, and how this replaced what he’d lost when he gave up doing teaching rounds. Every “why... By e-Patient Dave | March 23, 2012
It’s terrific that so many members of the Society for Participatory Medicine are contributing guest posts that share their e-patient story or how they came to know and care about participatory medicine. This one, by Akiva Zablocki (@iPatchMan), is extraordinary,... By e-Patient Dave | March 23, 2012
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is one of my favorite sources for accurate information on the rules about our rights to access our medical records. Their wizard Deven McGraw is widely recognized as one of the best authorities anywhere on HIPAA –... By e-Patient Dave | March 21, 2012
Update 3/23: here’s the transcript of the event. Remember December’s post about the #firstMRI idea, to help poor unsuspecting patients prepare for the “monkeys banging on garbage cans” experience? It’s a project now! Join us for... By e-Patient Dave | March 20, 2012
This is longer than it might be, because this point is essential. If this subject is familiar to you, skip to the heading “Today’s update.” As we said in December, an e-patient essential is sorting out what writings to trust, whether we find them...
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