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Resources for health literacy

by Ileana Balcu | Aug 16, 2013

Guest blogger Kathy Kastner gives us an overview of the health literacy resources on the Internet. It is an important topic – how can patients be engaged and participatory if they don’t understand what they are told? Kathy Kastner is Blogger and Curator...

“I’d be 400 years behind” – updated, bigtime

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 6, 2013

One of the most-quoted eye-opening quotes in “Doc Tom” Ferguson’s e-Patient White Paper is this: As Donald Lindberg, director of the National Library of Medicine, explains, “If I read and memorized two medical journal articles every night, by the end...

Ivan Oransky (Reuters, RetractionWatch) joins MedPage Today

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 24, 2013

I’m thrilled to say that Dr. Ivan Oransky is now VP and editorial director of MedPage Today. From the announcement in Crain’s New York: “Dr. Oransky, previously on the editorial staff at Scientific American and The Scientist and most recently...

Crowd trumps credentials: Medpedia’s dead.

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 13, 2013

In medicine, to achieve the best you need the best information. So an essential question is, who gets to say what’s best? That question took a sharp turn this week with the news that Medpedia is dead. Medical librarian Laika Spoetnik has a strong post on the...

The FDA Patient Network Website – Patient-Centeredness that Walks the Walk

by David Harlow | May 12, 2013

The FDA launched an impressive patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the educational mission of the FDA, and promoting opportunities for patient...

How Things Change

by Eve Harris | May 1, 2013

SPM member Jody Schoger’s post “Cancer: Part Two” at her blog Women with Cancer landed with a big thud on April 26. Schoger was recently diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She’s a co-founder of #bcsm (breast cancer social media), one of the highest...