By Ileana Balcu | June 13, 2014
An interesting editorial in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) describes BMJ’s path to including patients in reviewing the articles and research published in the Journal. I hope this initiative will be successful and copied by the healthcare world.... By Ileana Balcu | June 9, 2014
An article published yesterday in Wall Street Journal The Health-Care Industry Is Pushing Patients to Help Themselves – Providers are Using Tech Tools and Personalized Approaches to Get Patients More Engaged... By Ileana Balcu | May 6, 2014
Thanks to member Marilyn Mann for sharing this free article in JAMA with a suggestion on how to better personalize the patient’s hospital stay – really sensible suggestions. One reads them and wonders why they are not in place already. An excerpt: Stress... By e-Patient Dave | May 4, 2014
Thanks to Twitter friend @CourageSings for this tip. I retweeted it, but I know a lot of readers of this blog will answer “yes” and might not see the tweet: Ever hit a paywall trying to access a scientific paper? For a story, would love examples from... By Ileana Balcu | April 14, 2014
4 minutes video in which Dr. Steven Weinberger describes why it is important to include patients in creating guidelines and decision-making processes. New ACP center will foster physician-patient collaboration : Internal Medicine News. (requires registration. I just... By Ileana Balcu | April 2, 2014
Our Member Beth Nash MD recommends this article: This is an incredible article in BMJ Quality & Safety about how patients, families and professionals can (and need to) work together to improve care (in this case, the care of cystic fibrosis patients). Here’s... By David Harlow | March 27, 2014
A Perspectives piece I wrote was published this week by iHealthBeat – Unlocking the Power of Health Data. In it I argue for patient-controlled sharing of rich data, as opposed to HIPAA-regulated stripping of identifiers in order to eliminate the risk to patient... By Casey Quinlan | March 12, 2014
Glyn Elwyn, a very smart guy/MD who’s currently thinking deep thoughts at Dartmouth, was a participant at the undisclosed location on the undisclosed project I was involved in two weeks ago. He’s posted a real barn-burner on BMJ. Its headline:... By Ileana Balcu | January 14, 2014
Our member Keith Boone with a great explanation of what to do when a provider’s office gives you the “I can’t do this because of HIPAA” about giving you your records:... By Susannah Fox | August 6, 2013
“The most exciting innovation of the connected health era is…people talking with each other.” This is the essential point of a post that is garnering some great comments on my personal blog. I weave together concepts I developed in my work at the Pew...
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