Kathleen O'Malley, Author at SPM Blog

New SPM Members Bring Magic Levers and Untanglers for Healthcare

by Kathleen O'Malley | Aug 14, 2012

This listserv exchange between new Society for Participatory Medicine members is a nice example of how “newbie” e-patients often come to us with decades of experience and well-honed (and well-blogged) philosophies of what healthcare should be and can be....

Benoit Bisson: Being a patient knows no boundaries

by Kathleen O'Malley | Aug 1, 2012

Guest blogger Benoit Bisson, a kidney cancer patient, journalist and SPM member in Montréal, offers an international perspective on the participatory medicine movement. He’s @Benoit_Bisson on Twitter; his blog is BenoitBisson.com. Guest post submissions are...

Idelle Davidson: “ASCO, Where Have You Been?”

by Kathleen O'Malley | Jul 5, 2012

This guest post by Idelle Davidson originally appeared in the Huffington Post as “ASCO, Where Have You Been? The organization that sets standards for cancer care does not include cognitive issues in their patient consent document.” Last month, I was in Arlington, Va....

Mayo Clinic Scholarship Contest for e-Patients

by Kathleen O'Malley | Jun 27, 2012

This post originally appeared at http://socialmedia.mayoclinic.org/2012/06/20/2012-patient-caregiver-scholarship-contest-for-social-media-summit/. The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is offering an opportunity for patient advocates to attend its Social Media...

Nancy Finn: Are You Getting What You Paid For and Is It Worth the Money?

by Kathleen O'Malley | Jun 1, 2012

SPM member Nancy B. Finn shares some recent research findings that confirm what many of us suspected about the value patients get out of health care in the U.S. When we go to the supermarket or the store to make a purchase, most of us are concerned about getting what...