e-Patient Dave, Author at SPM Blog

The DIY Clinical Trial – Health Blog – WSJ

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 31, 2012

When Medicine Really Gets Personal: The DIY Clinical Trial – Health Blog – WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/03/30/when-medicine-really-gets-personal-the-diy-clinical-trial/

The BRCA patents, the Supreme Court and Empowered Healthcare Consumers

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 27, 2012

SPM member Eve Harris, on her “Healthy Piece of My Mind” blog, has a potent post on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision about the BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents held by a private company. The patents have restricted patients’ and families’ access...

What happens when an engaged consumer tries to help control costs?

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 26, 2012

Since November I’ve been blogging on my personal site about what happens when a patient tries to help control costs, in my cost cutting edition posts. Most recently I noted that this stuff takes time, especially since our glorious American healthcare system...

“People without medical background can understand if you tell it in a language they understand”

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 24, 2012

In the latest post in our Why I Joined SPM series, guest blogger Dr. Nabin Sapkota shares his story of discovering that patients like to be taught what’s going on, and how this replaced what he’d lost when he gave up doing teaching rounds. Every “why...

SPM member Akiva Zablocki: “Step One to an Informed Decision: Convene an Expert Panel”

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 23, 2012

It’s terrific that so many members of the Society for Participatory Medicine are contributing guest posts that share their e-patient story or how they came to know and care about participatory medicine. This one, by Akiva Zablocki (@iPatchMan), is extraordinary,...