e-Patient Dave, Author at SPM Blog

Aging & e-Patients: Challenges and Opportunities in Geriatrics

by e-Patient Dave | May 4, 2014

Guest post by SPM member Leslie Kernisan, whose words first appeared here in a September interview at Medicine X: “Leslie Kernisan (Twitter @GeriTechBlog), a geriatrician who’s deeply interested in and committed to enabling elders and caregivers through patient...

SPM loves Flip The Clinic – we’re an “ally”

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 27, 2014

The Society for Participatory Medicine enthusiastically supports this new, transformational initiative from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Flip the Clinic. (Don’t you love the logo? Turning the clinic on its ear?) It’s utterly engaging and empowering...

An angry veterinarian says “I don’t understand…” (Reprise five years later)

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 26, 2014

It’s five years since the ARRA/HITECH legislation was passed that pretty much mandates that American medicine has to computerize. Policies created since then have been enormously effective at moving adoption forward. We still need vast improvements of the user...

Erin Moore: “Your message did not fall on deaf ears.”

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 26, 2014

Last week SPM member Erin Moore (see her previous posts) handled an opportunity in Washington really effectively, and she got heard. Here’s a cross-post of her news, with permission, from her blog 66 Roses. ______________ Last week I traveled to Washington, DC...

“Imagine someone had been managing your money and you thought you weren’t qualified.” (Reprise five years later)

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 25, 2014

Five years ago last week, I posted this. A lot has changed since then. Next week I’ll be re-posting what happened next, back then. The subject is still just as valid, so do think about it. Here’s a “reprint”: _________________ I want you to...