by e-Patient Dave | Jan 7, 2012
We often note here that quality improvement in hospitals seems excruciatingly slow to happen, and engaged patients and families need to keep their eyes wide open, because sometimes a fix doesn’t require being a genius. For instance, see the cartoon at right...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 7, 2012
From SPM member Ileana Balcu – A post that might be of interest to our group – about the importance of diagnosis – from a former president of Society of General Internal Medicine, Robert Centor. A personal reflection on 2011 – the importance of diagnosis...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 5, 2012
SPM member Fred Trotter is a member of the open source / innovator community that knows “hacker” as a noble word – people who disregard how something was intended to be used (by its designers) and rearrange the parts to suit their needs. Today on the...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 3, 2012
Followers of our “gimme my data” series will get a rough-edged refresher about current reality by the well-written and raw story of @WilliamDale_MD’s Sunday post Medical Health Record: A Personal Journey Down the Rabbit Hole. A great narrative by a...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 3, 2012
As we work to re-engineer both the culture and the structure of healthcare, one question that constantly faces e-patients with uncommon or difficult conditions is: Where do I turn, to find genuine value? The traditional answer is “ask your doctor,” and...
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