e-Patient Dave, Author at SPM Blog

“With this the AHA admits that it does not know what an EHR was and is meant for”

by e-Patient Dave | May 4, 2012

Cross-posted from the ICMCC blog, a post by its chairman, Lodewijk Bos, a Dutch cancer patient who is a great advocate for information, technology, and patient engagement. The ICMCC news feed is a terrific daily compilation of health IT news. A long-time advocate for...

Important ONC/NeHC Webinar, noon ET – the Patient’s Role in EHR Data Quality (SPM speaking)

by e-Patient Dave | May 3, 2012

I should have announced this long ago but I’ve just been too busy for my own good. Go register now! FREE! Attendance is limited to 1,000. (It’ll be archived online of course.) Or click the graphic to register: Why this matters: Data quality is important,...

American Hospital Association declares war on patient empowerment. Please act.

by e-Patient Dave | May 2, 2012

[Reminder: The place to register an official comment to the government is this page on Regulations.gov. Monday May 7 is the last day.] ____________ New, 11pm ET on May 2: See Regina Holliday’s addition at bottom. Evening addition: In a comment below, SPM policy...

AHRQ Cancer Resources to Help Understand Treatment Options

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 25, 2012

From Nadia Dawson at Ogilvy, the PR firm that’s handling AHRQ (the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality) – ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Nadia Dawson Date: Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:34 PM Subject: Cancer...

Applying Tom Gilbert’s performance improvement framework to the “compliance” issue

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 25, 2012

I participated today in a webinar hosted by eHI. My slides arrived (ahem) too late to be broadcast, so I posted them online, with comments, on my site. In case you don’t click through to the whole thing, here’s a quick excerpt: Long ago in another career...