by Kathleen O'Malley | Jun 16, 2011
The BBC reports the story of Daniel Sencier, a prostate cancer patient who complained about delays in scheduling surgery at Cumberland Infirmary in the UK. Sencier blogged about his experience in the interest of improving care, and for his trouble received a legal...
by Jessie Gruman | Jun 13, 2011
Through Facebook and a Caringbridge blog, twenty-six year old Justin Anderson drew friends, family, and now the public into his experience after being diagnosed with brain cancer. His last post in the article is an update from Mount Everest, his latest feat after...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 4, 2011
John Moore at Chilmark Research has published another of his characteristically useful and insightful updates on health IT as he sees it. It’s here. A word about Chilmark: when I was considering how to make a new career, in healthcare, I noticed a gaping hole in...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 3, 2011
SPM member Sue Woods, of Oregon Health and Science University and the Veterans’ Administration, has posted a terrific response to CNN.com’s “Ten dumb things you do at the doctor’s office” and to our discussion of it here. Titled Dumb...
by e-Patient Dave | May 24, 2011
One of the first posts on this blog that got wider attention was in March 2009: RateMDs.com: Medical Justice’s approach is “repulsive”: …a company called Medical Justice wants to help doctors avoid consumer ratings, by getting patients to sign an agreement...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 27, 2011
My friend Dorron Levy, who lives near Tel Aviv, alerted me to this blog post in Hebrew; Google’s English translation here. It starts with CNN’s Empowered Patient reporter Elizabeth Cohen, and moves on to discuss a recent conference organized by the...
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