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Interactive timeline of EHR history

Katie Matlack at SoftwareAdvice.com has posted an interactive timeline of EHR history. Interesting to see how things unfolded long ago.  Note, too, two long-ago pivotal moments: The late 1960s introduction of Larry Weed, MD’s Problem-Oriented Medical Record,...

.5 x .5: Deconstructing Margolis

As often happens, a Susannah Fox post has led to lingering questions. This time I’ve figured out what I want to say.:-) Last week, in a side note on her World AIDS Day post, she inserted this: … Let’s review the basic math of health services delivery in...

Monthly introduction for new subscribers

We’re taking a page from our good friend @Berci, whose ScienceRoll blog has won numerous awards. He frequently runs an introduction post for new subscribers, to show them around the place and let them know all the things he’s up to. We’re stealing...

How Doctors Die

If you’re interested in a responsible approach to one’s own death, you’ll want to read How Doctors Die, on the Zocalo Public Square blog. It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s...

@AfternoonNapper on two Stanford medicine blogs

New SPM member @AfternoonNapper Sarah Kucharski was just featured on the Stanford School of Medicine blog, for a conversation she had on their Medicine X blog (emerging technologies) about how web-savvy patients are changing what’s acceptable in medicine. Well...

In memoriam: Monique Doyle Spencer

Cross-posted from my own site. Last night a dear and inspiring friend breathed her last. Monique Doyle Spencer, metastatic breast cancer patient, died at home as she wished. All knew the end was near. A couple of weeks ago she happily attended her daughter’s...

This year it’s … Occupy With Grace

As in 2009 and 2010, this year too we donate our top post at Thanksgiving to the Engage With Grace movement, encouraging people to participate in this very important discussion, at the time of year when we’re most likely to be together with families. Because it...

Libro Blanco de los e-Pacientes en Español

To read this post in English, click here. Hacía tiempo que teníamos en mente la posibilidad de llevar a cabo la traducción del Libro Blanco de los e-Pacientes al Español, ya que con más de 420 millones de hispanoparlantes en todo el planeta, nuestro idioma es ya la...

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