by e-Patient Dave | May 16, 2010
The front page of Friday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune has coverage of the keynote address I was privileged to deliver on May 5 at the 13th Annual Colloquium of ICSI (Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement) and IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement). The...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 28, 2010
The e-Caremanagement blog has released my post that we mentioned last week: “Gimme my damn data!” The stage is being set to enable patient-driven disruptive innovation. It’s part 5 of their excellent series (really, excellent) “Is HITECH working?” As...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 23, 2010
On my personal website I posted a HIPAA clarification flyer that I made up: “It’s your medical record. You have a right to it. It’s the law.” The PDF links to a Seinfeld clip from 1996 – the year HIPAA was passed.
by Gilles Frydman | Mar 25, 2010
Lygeia Riccardi’s post today on The Health Care Blog begins: I recently applied for life insurance. The broker, whom I’ve never met, asked about my health history. “So you’ve just had a baby,” he began. I asked him how he knew. “You’re on Twitter.” Read...
by Susannah Fox | Mar 1, 2010
Erin Turner recently wrote: When I arrived at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota a few weeks ago, I was asked: “Who referred you to us?” My answer was not traditional: “Twitter.” (Read her full story on the SpectrumScience blog. And take...
by Susannah Fox | Feb 3, 2010
Alfred Sommer’s Washington Post column: “Tragedy of individual Haitians risks overshadowing chronic health problems” gets to the heart of the power of public health, communications, and the personal choices which make a difference in our lives....
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