by e-Patient Dave | Jul 9, 2011
Awesome short post by Twitter buddy AnneMarie Cunningham (Twitter @AMCunningham), a GP in Cardiff, UK. The post starts like this: “On Sunday afternoon I spotted Atul Gawande tweeting whilst watching the Wimbledon final… I thought I would let him know that...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 2, 2011
For those who like to look deep into the structure and causes of change, something fun is in process: an interview with Vint Cerf, with an explicit e-patient component. Cerf is acknowledged as one of the fathers of the internet. In my lifetime few people, if any, have...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 30, 2011
Strictly speaking this isn’t about participatory medicine, but it is about being an empowered consumer of care. There are several dimensions to empowerment, including (but not limited to): Knowing what you want Recognizing whether you’re getting it When...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 24, 2011
On this blog we try to understand and explain how the world has changed and is changing, with the goal of helping everyone – policy people, patients, clinicians, administrators, businesses – optimize for the world as it changes. Nowhere is that more...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 23, 2011
This is a cross-post, plus commentary at end, starting with an item today by SPM member Alexandra Albin (@MsAxolotl, a frequent patient herself), from her blog: My life in the Bush of Doctors. It arose from a boiling discussion on the SPM member listserv. To...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 18, 2011
Engaged patients and families, alert: the NY Times reports (here) on a form of unwarranted practice variation that has been exposing elders to excess radiation. Many smaller hospitals have been needlessly exposing their Medicare patients to double CT scans on the same...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 17, 2011
Thanks to SPM member Janice McCallum for this tweet: “Required reading for all HC & doc rating sites: RT @infocommerce: Rating the BBB.” Good, concise depiction of the perils of creating an evaluation system.
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 7, 2011
This guest post by SPM member Peter Schmidt is long overdue. I asked him to write it months ago after discussion on our post Tips for Understanding Studies (Health News Review). Apologies for the delay. If you’d like to submit a guest post, see our guidelines. I...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 4, 2011
John Moore at Chilmark Research has published another of his characteristically useful and insightful updates on health IT as he sees it. It’s here. A word about Chilmark: when I was considering how to make a new career, in healthcare, I noticed a gaping hole in...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 3, 2011
On the evening of June 7th, SPM member and extraordinary painter Regina Holliday is leading a “Walking Gallery” in Washington, in which dozens of us will wear jackets on which she’s painted one of her visual allegories about healthcare today. She...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 3, 2011
SPM member Sue Woods, of Oregon Health and Science University and the Veterans’ Administration, has posted a terrific response to CNN.com’s “Ten dumb things you do at the doctor’s office” and to our discussion of it here. Titled Dumb...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 1, 2011
Ten days ago a post here mentioned the 14th ICSI / IHI Colloquium. I said the Society for Participatory Medicine was well represented, including: Jessie Gruman, four time cancer patient and founding co-editor of our journal, gave an important breakout session, about...
by e-Patient Dave | May 29, 2011
Additions late 5/30/11: First, once again the comment discussion has colored some people’s view, including mine, of this discussion. That’s good. Second, in response to comments, I made a couple of edits, striking through the old text, and tonight I...
by e-Patient Dave | May 24, 2011
This isn’t directly involved with participatory medicine, unless you believe that a responsible patient wants to know the best way to do participatory health, and thus avoid the need for health care. Lower costs and keep your family out of the hospital –...
by e-Patient Dave | May 24, 2011
One of the first posts on this blog that got wider attention was in March 2009: RateMDs.com: Medical Justice’s approach is “repulsive”: …a company called Medical Justice wants to help doctors avoid consumer ratings, by getting patients to sign an agreement...
by e-Patient Dave | May 22, 2011
The Society for Participatory Medicine was well represented last week at the 14th ICSI/IHI Colloquium. (ICSI is the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a small midwestern think tank that’s way too poorly known.) SPM members who presented: Jane...
by e-Patient Dave | May 6, 2011
Guest post by medical transcriptionist Kathy Nicholls, member of the Society for Participatory Medicine. This idea grew out of a discussion on the SPM members listserv. To join, see instructions at bottom. The world of health care is filled with abbreviations....
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 30, 2011
A vital aspect of participatory medicine is helping patients learn how to participate. This week I saw a great example of someone who’s doing it right. Here’s the story, including the patient aid for download. We hear a lot about...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 27, 2011
My friend Dorron Levy, who lives near Tel Aviv, alerted me to this blog post in Hebrew; Google’s English translation here. It starts with CNN’s Empowered Patient reporter Elizabeth Cohen, and moves on to discuss a recent conference organized by the...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 27, 2011
Credit where credit is due. The Danish Medical Association’s annual meeting is coming up in a few days. For the event’s blog, they requested a post about patient engagement! I wrote about the pioneers at my hospital who for many years have been saying that...
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