Kathleen O'Malley, Author at SPM Blog

Health Affairs: An Evidence-Based Approach To Communicating Health Care Evidence To Patients

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 27, 2012

This blogpost by Chuck Alston and Patrick McCabe originally appeared on the Health Affairs blog. Many thanks to SPM member Michael Millenson for alerting e-Patients.net to this piece. It has been 22 years since David M. Eddy — the heart surgeon turned...

Marya Zilberberg: ACOG’s dysmenorrhea FAQs: Evidence of propaganda?

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 26, 2012

Guest blogger Marya Zilberberg is the author of Between the Lines: Finding the Truth in Medical Literature. She originally posted this piece on her blog Healthcare, etc. I have been looking up information on endometriosis for a friend of mine, and came upon this from...

Neel Shah: Costs of Care Essay Contest 2012 for Patients and their Caregivers to Improve Healthcare Value

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 18, 2012

Guest blogger Neel Shah, MD is the Executive Director of Costs of Care and a chief resident in obstetrics and gynecology based at Harvard Medical School. As a presidential election looms and the American economy struggles to recover, the spiraling costs of healthcare...

Susan Mende: Making Health Care Decisions Easier — and Reliable

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 14, 2012

Guest blogger Susan R. Mende, BSN, is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. She is engaged in the Foundation’s efforts to help consumers take an active role in...

Nancy Finn: How Do Patients Make Good Choices?

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 13, 2012

Guest blogger Nancy B. Finn is a writer and thought leader on the impact of digital communication on organizational behavior, health care, and patient care. When you go to the supermarket, it is fairly easy to make good choices about which cereal or fruit to purchase....