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Help Me Choose: Sessions at Medicine 2.0

by | Aug 31, 2011

In 2008, I asked for this community’s help in choosing which sessions to attend at the Chronic Disease Care conference sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation. I loved the input I got and wrote 3 posts on what I learned about spreading improvement in...

Mind the Gap: Peer-to-peer Healthcare

by | Aug 1, 2011

Update: My notes are now online: Mind the Gap: Peer-to-peer HealthCare. The newest material is in the section entitled, “Getting Past the Early-Adopter Stage” — roadblocks, opportunities, and beacons for change (patient leaders, clinician leaders,...

The e-Perspectives of e-Patient Dave

by | Jul 27, 2011

Our own e-Patient Dave is featured in an extensive interview with Kim Chandler McDonald, an Australian journalist who is passionate about what she calls the “meHealth movement.” Part one of their conversation is posted today to coincide with the TED...

What I learned at Health Foo

by | Jul 19, 2011

Just in case anyone is curious: my notes from Health Foo, a meeting held last weekend in Cambridge, MA. It’s long, so skim for the 9 lessons if you want a shortcut. What: Foo Camp is an unconference, constructed on the spot by the people who show up, with just a...

Are patients knights, knaves, or pawns?

by | Jul 15, 2011

Sachin Jain and John Rother’s JAMA commentary, “Are Patients Knights, Knaves, or Pawns?” is an article that begs to be shared.  The first time I read it I had to stand up, I was so excited — how can I design a survey to capture these...

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