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Eric Topol at Rock Health

by | Jan 25, 2013

Thanks to Carla Berg for sharing this: Eric Topol was on Rock Center tonight. He talked about the patient empowerment and give us our data themes he brings up towards the end, he did everything but mention #gmdd and patients in the drivers seat explicitly. The key to...

HIMSS blog featured e-Patient Dave

by | Jan 25, 2013

The HIMSS blog features e-Patient Dave, the 5 Es of e-Patients and how social media can help. http://blog.himss.org/2013/01/25/part-1-value-of-social-media-in-healthcare-is-already-outlined-just-not-realized/ For whatever reason – whether it’s budget, time, buy-in or...
Medical Errors: Will We Act Up, Fight Back?

Medical Errors: Will We Act Up, Fight Back?

by | Jan 17, 2013

(Originally published on the CFAH Prepared Patient Forum January 16, 2013) Sometimes, angry patients and dissident doctors and nurses warn us about the impending patient revolution – how health care is so unsafe, of such poor quality and so expensive for us patients...

The Waiting Room

by | Dec 1, 2012

Check out the documentary film, The Waiting Room, set in the emergency department of Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. I wrote a post about a screening and discussion in DC last night and I’m hoping to get a report from tonight’s Cambridge, MA, event. If...

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