Ileana Balcu, Author at SPM Blog

Health Affairs – Narrative Matters: Suzanne Mintz’s article about caring for caregivers

by Ileana Balcu | Sep 10, 2014

Our member Suzanne Mintz, a Family Caregiver Advocate, shares the link to her Narrative Matters article/podcast in the current issue of Health Affairs: The Double Helix: When The System Fails The Intertwined Needs Of Caregiver And Patient...

Guest post by Zack Berger, MD, PhD: The pledge of the patient-centered physician

by Ileana Balcu | Jul 16, 2014

This blog welcomes guest posts from SPM members on relevant topics. Zack Berger of Johns Hopkins (@ZackBergerMDPhD) is highly committed to participatory medicine, and as this post shows, his book Talking To Your Doctor gets right down into the how-to’s. (More on...

From BMJ: The BMJ’s own patient journey – Seeks to promote patient partnership by walking the talk

by Ileana Balcu | Jun 13, 2014

An interesting editorial in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) describes BMJ’s path to including patients in reviewing the articles and research published in the Journal. I hope this initiative will be successful and copied by the healthcare world....

HIMSS blog: Thought Leadership – The Patient Perspective

by Ileana Balcu | Jun 10, 2014

Interesting blog at HIMSS by Pete Rivera: use the patient to redesign the workflow: Thought Leadership – the Patient Perspective For years, I advocated that health IT does not drive business. I still do. Rethinking your processes to leverage technology is just...

Wall Street Journal article on getting patients involved in their healthcare

by Ileana Balcu | Jun 9, 2014

An article published yesterday in Wall Street Journal The Health-Care Industry Is Pushing Patients to Help Themselves – Providers are Using Tech Tools and Personalized Approaches to Get Patients More Engaged...