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“The Office” Takes on Primary Care

by | Aug 25, 2011

Not really, but check out this new campaign by the Puget Sound Health Alliance aimed at getting the employees of their purchaser members (businesses and labor union trusts) to make better use of primary care.  These videos* will make you chuckle / guffaw / giggle even...

“The Participation Hypothesis”

by | Aug 24, 2011

Found in the August 24/31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association: A quote from Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001): “Significant changes in human behavior can be brought about rapidly only if the persons who are expected to change participate in...

JoPM recommendation: “Team Up for Health”

by | Aug 22, 2011

The Journal of Participatory Medicine has just published a Media Watch piece about a new initiative from the California HealthCare Foundation called Team Up for Health. This website is a good example of an online tool that helps primary care providers support patients...

A “shopping for healthcare” blog

by | Aug 17, 2011

Anytime Susannah Fox tweets “I am fascinated by…,” I stop what I’m doing and click. Today it’s this: “I am fascinated by this healthcare costs blog: healthcaresavvy.wbur.org Thanks @agropper @WBUR @stephenjdowns.” It’s...

JoPM book review: “Out of Her Mind”

by | Aug 16, 2011

The Journal of Participatory Medicine has just published a review of “Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness.” Writer Meredith Linden, who lives with bipolar disorder, describes how the selections in this book can help validate people struggling with...

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