by e-Patient Dave | Jan 18, 2013
SPM member Marge Benham-Hutchins (see her December post) spotted this item. It’s a vital point for patient and family awareness, leading to patient engagement – patients as responsible drivers of their health. I added the italics below. From a recent...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 17, 2013
On Twitter @HCI_GPerna just posted that the Dept of Health & Human Services has announced the long-awaited rule changes to HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. These are the changes to implement HITECH, the 2009 stimulus bill...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 17, 2013
It’s less common today but people used to think empowered patients were anti-doctor. One part of our response on this blog was to point out the many clinicians who are e-patients themselves, as in Let’s hear it for the d-patient e-patients (with dozens of...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 14, 2013
The report was issued overnight – see Susannah’s post here about it, media coverage (via Google), and blogs. I’m stealing some Susannah Fox thunder here because I can’t wait, and you should carve out a spot in your calendar...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 8, 2013
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 blog...
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