by Ileana Balcu | Aug 2, 2012 |
Another blog post from Eve Harris on KQED describing the use of medical assistant health coaches to help patients make and keep their health care goals. http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/07/26/primary-care-efforts-to-involve-patients-in-decision-making/ Go Eve!...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 19, 2012 |
Thanks to member Eve Harris that pointed our her review of Joe and Teresa Graedon’s 2011 book “Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them”. From Eve: My blogpost ” Better Care, Fewer Worries” links to the SPM monthly intro this...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 15, 2014 |
I’m saddened (really saddened, as I write this) to report that one of the titans of our movement, Jessie Gruman, died unexpectedly yesterday at home in New York. She had long been sick, but the demise was sudden. In addition to the mountain of work she produced...
by David Harlow | May 20, 2013 |
Going public recently with her story of a prophylactic double mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1 (a gene linked to breast cancer) via an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Angelina Jolie is clearly trying to get the message out that radical choices must...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 30, 2012 |
Here’s a video that had me at hello — it leads with data, then follows with insights from people I admire: If you’re intrigued, look for other posts about women in healthcare on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #xxinhealth. And for more wisdom...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 25, 2012 |
On Monday Ileana Balcu posted about a great new article by SPM member Eve Harris, whom we’ve covered before. Eve’s post is a superb depiction of how an empowered patient – someone who knows how to think for themselves and speak up –...
by Ileana Balcu | Jul 24, 2012 |
Member Eve Harris wrote another great blog post for KQED – Public Media for Northern California. It is about one woman’s personal decision on how to treat her breast cancer. A short extract below: Basila is strong evidence that individuals react...
by e-Patient Dave | May 19, 2012 |
KQED blogger and SPM member Eve Harris has written a great brief piece on Hugo’s desire to access the data from his implanted defibrillator, beginning: Hugo Campos was apologetic about postponing a scheduled interview with me two weeks ago. In a midday email he...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 24, 2012 |
SPM member and Bay Area writer Eve Harris looks at information technology’s role in promoting participatory medicine on KQED’s State of Health blog. Harris discusses tools familiar to most e-patients, but what’s really noteworthy here is the evidence...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 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...
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