e-Patient Dave, Author at SPM Blog

Hugo Campos at TEDx Cambridge: “Gimme My Damn Data,” Defibrillator Edition

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 20, 2012

We often say here “Gimme my damn data,” referring to our sentiment that data about our health is our data, about us, created for our well-being. And as the saying goes, “Nothing about me without me.” And where, we might ask, is that more vital...

Scrubs N Suits posts a good intro to SPM and e-patients

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 19, 2012

Thanks to Ellen Khalifa at Scrubs and Suits for a nice introduction to SPM, “A Chance to Get behind the Wheel: the Society for Participatory Medicine.” http://bit.ly/wFd9Ep “For decades baby boomers have been associated with movements advocating...

e-Patient hits the mass media: WBZ Radio and Angie’s List magazine

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 19, 2012

It’s one thing when we “talk amongst ourselves” in our own circles; it’s a whole different thing when the message starts popping up in *mass media*, where it reaches people who had no idea. So it’s big news that we’ve had TWO...

OpenNotes helps me prep for a visit

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 18, 2012

My annual physical is this Friday. Since my doctor and I were among the guinea pigs participants in the OpenNotes project, I just got this reminder email: Message Date/Time: 1/17/2012 10:00:06 AM Read Date/Time: 1/18/2012 7:19:08 AM From: OpenNotes, Study...

MIT Media Lab’s Health & Wellness 2012: ten day innovation fest, six us-centered projects

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 17, 2012

Updated 9:38pm ET – fixed many broken links :-/ I’m spending today (ONLY today, unfortunately) at the MIT Media Lab’s third annual Health & Wellness Innovation event. It’s a two week competition – six teams pursuing some terrific...