Kathleen O'Malley, Author at SPM Blog

Is “gimme my damn data” damning to patients?

by Kathleen O'Malley | May 7, 2012

E-Patient Hugo Campos, whose quest to obtain his medical data has been followed by the media (including this blog) over the past several months, appears in a new interview in SFGate.com. He discusses a common fear of e-patients — that he may be perceived by...

Making Sense of “Patient-Centered Care”

by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 30, 2012

The Journal of Participatory Medicine received a nice recommendation from Paul Levy, former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in his blogpost on where to find reliable information about patient-centered medicine. Levy also recommends a new non-profit site...

Let’s Get Medical Info as Good as Our Pets Get! — A Petition

by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 26, 2012

SPM member Ken Farbstein sent us this invitation to help persuade the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to include printed summaries of doctor visits in the ONC’s definition of meaningful use. After our pets go to the...

Technology Enables Collaborative Doctor-Patient Relationships

by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 24, 2012

SPM member and Bay Area writer Eve Harris looks at information technology’s role in promoting participatory medicine on KQED’s State of Health blog. Harris discusses tools familiar to most e-patients, but what’s really noteworthy here is the evidence...

Gangadhar Sulkunte: TEDMED 2012 Highlights

by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 24, 2012

For those who didn’t make it to TEDMED 2012, here’s a brief overview of sessions of interest to e-patients, from SPM member Gangadhar Sulkunte. This originally appeared on his blog. Also noteworthy was TEDMED’s acceptance of “The Role of the...