by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 5, 2011
I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog,...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 12, 2011
From Medscape Medical Ethics: Consequences aside, from a strictly ethical perspective, if a patient doesn’t realize that his physician made a mistake, should the physician fess up?… Before you jump to conclusions (as I did!), look at the article’s...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 15, 2009
Ten years ago this week, 11/18/99, Linda Kenney was scheduled for ankle replacement surgery. She woke up three days later in the ICU. Her chest had been cut open. She was in the hospital ten days. And nobody talked about what had happened. What had happened is that...
by Gilles Frydman | Jun 7, 2009
In the last few days the announcement of a proposed NJ state law has made the Internet rounds. “· On or after January 1, 2011, no person or entity is permitted to sell, offer for sale, give, furnish, or otherwise distribute to any person or entity in this State a...
by Gilles Frydman | Jun 4, 2009
“Statistics should be the intellectual sidewalks of a society, and people should be able to build businesses and operate on the side of them” This quote from Hans Rosling is part of a speech where he presented the following: Database-hugging disorder (Dbhd): A...
by e-Patient Dave | May 28, 2009
As soon as you can, stop what you’re doing and devote 20-30 minutes to reading Atul Gawande’s important new article in the June 1 New Yorker, The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care. I don’t claim to be an expert about...
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