e-Patient Dave, Author at SPM Blog

BMJ seeks more patients to be reviewers on articles about their conditions

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 27, 2015

This is a call for patient participation. We’re especially inviting members of our Society, but it’s open to anyone; feel free to circulate widely, especially to people with the conditions listed below! First, a bit of background, then the request. Regular...

New paper: “The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real: Policy Vehicles and Potholes”

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 17, 2015

SPM Past President Michael Millenson reports that the Urban Institute has published a paper he co-authored with Bob Berenson: The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real: Policy Vehicles and Potholes. Michael writes: This is the most comprehensive look ever at the...

The e-Patient “e”s reach Japan!

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 4, 2015

As a social movement, we like to track the progress of the e-patient concept as it moves around the world. The e-patient message has been presented in at least fourteen countries that I know of. A few hours ago on Twitter, SPM member Matthew Holt, of the famous...

Monthly introduction to e-Patients.net

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 2, 2015

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...

Key legal victory moves medical device patients one small step closer to full access to their data

by e-Patient Dave | Oct 28, 2015

For whose benefit does the healthcare industry exist? For the investors, or the people whose needs are the reason for the industry? Facebook last night was celebrating a small but significant legal victory this week for the “gimme my DaM data” movement (“Data about...