by e-Patient Dave | Jul 23, 2012
The ever-vigilant Ted Eytan MD writes: I recommend taking a look at this and seeing if the proposed changes are more patient friendly, or if they go far enough to allow patients to see their health data online. At issue is a bill in the California legislature to...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 17, 2012
As Meaningful Use rolls out, and providers are required to share data with us, there are a lot of concerns about whether their lives will spin out of control as patients besiege them with ignorant questions. We’ve discussed this in our many posts about the...
by Ileana Balcu | Jul 17, 2012
If you are in Boston this Friday, you can attend the Social Media Breakfast. The SPM member Alicia Staley will present the progress of the #bcsm (breast cancer social media) community. Other speakers will be there as well and it only costs $8.00. For more details and...
by Ileana Balcu | Jul 13, 2012
Thanks to member Marge Benham-Hutchins RN, PhD for sending us the link to this RWJF initiative http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=74596&cid=XEM_A6199 I especially liked this principle: This relationship [nurse-patient] is grounded in...
by Ileana Balcu | Jul 11, 2012
Thanks to Keith Boone for blogging about this summit and raising the issue of why NeHC members were notified about this meeting with only four days notice! http://motorcycleguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/pushing-patients-around-not.html ...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Jul 5, 2012
This guest post by Idelle Davidson originally appeared in the Huffington Post as “ASCO, Where Have You Been? The organization that sets standards for cancer care does not include cognitive issues in their patient consent document.” Last month, I was in Arlington, Va....
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