by Dan Hoch | May 30, 2008 |
On Sunday, May 25, 2008, The Sojourner died. She was perhaps one of the most active and loved e-Patient users of the virtual world Second Life. In the real world she was Karen Gans, a stroke survivor, mother and wife. She was 57. I came to know her through my work...
by Dan Hoch | Jan 31, 2008 |
All this talk about Health 2.0/ Web 2.0 and the wisdom of crowds has got me noticing things I probably would not have noticed before. For that reason I am directing readers to the following article by Craig Morris at truthout...
by Dan Hoch | Sep 11, 2007 |
A post many weeks ago by Andrew Leonard in his blog “How the World Works” mused about the significance of the declining number of publications from “top” academic economists. It was July 26, so the original post is in the archives here. (a day...
by Dan Hoch | Jun 19, 2007 |
In a post a couple of weeks ago (Part I), I talked about the participatory nature of the internet and related platforms. OK, I agree that “Web 2.0″ is already becoming a somewhat empty concept, as some of my colleagues have noted on this very site. No matter...
by Dan Hoch | Jun 5, 2007 |
I’ve recently been attending some very excellent conferences that I will describe in more detail over several future posts. What follows here will, I hope, set the stage. As most people reading this blog are well aware, the World Wide Web and the Internet itself are...
by Dan Hoch | May 7, 2007 |
I have been struggling with what kind of post should go into the “found on the net” column, but finally discovered something that must certainly qualify. Granted, I’m a little late in drawing attention to it, but better late than never. About two...
by Dan Hoch | Apr 23, 2007 |
If you’re like me and wonder why- oh- why our medical education system is not embracing the information age more quickly, then an editorial recently written by Dr. Joe Martin at the Boston Globe is for you. Dr. Martin is the retiring Dean of Harvard Medical...
#BMJDebate tweetchat: “terms of engagement” for patient voices, noon Thursday ETJuly 12, 2017
Millenson in BMJ: When “patient centred” is no longer enough: the challenge of collaborative healthJuly 7, 2017
Webinar today, 11am ET: Increasing patient involvement in assessing new treatmentsJuly 5, 2017
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