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Give Me My DaM Data::The Revolution

Give Me My DaM Data::The Revolution

by | Jun 10, 2018

SPM advocates vociferously for patient ownership of their own data. Success would be revolutionary. But revolutions do not suddenly appear. They result from persistent long-term effort, strategy, and tactics. Key milestones often only appear in hindsight. The...
Cinderblocks 2018

Cinderblocks 2018

by | May 27, 2018

Thanks to support from SPM Travel Fund I attended Regina Holliday’s Cinderblocks Conference in Grantsville, MD. Still pound-for-pound the best conference going. Several days of local and national presentations about health, public health, and advocacy.  Small,...
Paying for value. I’m overwhelmed. Please read this.

Paying for value. I’m overwhelmed. Please read this.

by | May 6, 2018

As you may know from previous posts, I sit as a patient/caregiver stakeholder on a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) technical expert panel (TEP) about Quality Measurement Development: Supporting Efficiency and Innovation in the Process of Developing CMS...
Health Partner or Care Partner?

Health Partner or Care Partner?

by | Aug 28, 2017

Two stories for you: More than 20 years ago my oldest son was training to do development aid work in the bush of Zimbabwe. As part of his team training, he invited me to come give a talk about health with his team. I was a nurse and a paramedic at the time. I did the...

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