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Consumers talk back to CNN’s Empowered Patient

by | May 19, 2008

For several informative empowered patient stories, see the Comments at bottom of this post. CNN’s Empowered Patient column, by medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, contains good, if not groundbreaking, advice, plus the occasional exaggeration or misconception. For...

Sheryl Stein’s info hunt: an e-patient odyssey

by | May 6, 2008

Sheryl Stein’s e-patient interview was great in its own right, but she struck bonus paydirt when she responded to this question:You say “So I began to research ITP and CVID, and I came to find out that people with CVID often *do* end up…” Where...

E-patient Interview: Sheryl Stein

by | May 1, 2008

Sheryl Stein, known to many as “wrekehavoc,” dispenses her wisdom and humor on a 6,000-member online community of parents (using good old listserve technology) and on her blog. In this third edition of our e-patient interviews, Sheryl talks about the power of...

E-patient Interview: Amy Tenderich

by | Apr 18, 2008

Amy Tenderich is the engine behind DiabetesMine, “a gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes.” Hearing her speak at Health 2.0 was a highlight of the conference for me and she just co-authored a book, so I wanted to...

E-patient Interview: Stirrup Queen

by | Apr 16, 2008

Cheryl Miller has written an excellent article, “Blogging Infertility,” in The New Atlantis. She brings up a lot of themes that have been echoing throughout my other reading: a once-silent group newly empowered by the internet; teaming patients with...

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