This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn.  Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate.

Our publications:

• This blog is e-patients.net. Subscribe via RSS.
• Our open-access journal is the Journal of Participatory Medicine (Twitter: @JourPM)

“Participatory Medicine is a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in which providers encourage and value them as full partners.”

Additional resources:

• Our manifesto: the e-Patient White Paper (PDF), in English and Spanish
• The Society’s board and officers, and (members only) member list and member listserv archives
• The SPM community guidelines
• Our founders
• Guidelines for submitting guest posts about participatory medicine, for this blog
• Author guidelines for submissions to the Journal of Participatory Medicine
• Wikipedia pages for participatory medicine and e-patient

Contact us:

• Volunteering: volunteer@participatorymedicine.org
• Blog: blog@participatorymedicine.org
  • As a Society blog, we do not accept unsolicited guest posts from non-members. See our Guest Posts page.
• General information: info@participatorymedicine.org

Welcome!