Latest update below: 7:39 a.m. ET

On my personal site I’m blogging about the second annual Patients In Power conference happening today and tomorrow in Athens, Greece, organized by SPM member Kathi Apostolidis.

7:39 a.m. ET – The European Charter of Patients Rights was described in a stimulating presentation by Mariano Votta, director of the Active Citizenship Network. My post is here. They view being an active empowered patient as just part of a being an active, empowered citizen. How great is that?? (In our view at SPM that’s kind of obvious, but you don’t hear it discussed much, anywhere!)

And naturally, being active and empowered in anything requires access to the relevant information – another them of SPM.

e-Patient Dave

"e-Patient Dave" deBronkart is a co-founder of our Society and past board chair. He survived a near-fatal kidney cancer by being an e-patient long before he'd heard the word. Today he evangelizes participatory medicine, patient empowerment, and patient data access as a keynote speaker and at epatientdave.com.