By Narinder Singh | July 19, 2019
This is Part 4 of a four part series, introduced Monday, based on my family’s experience with our mother’s unexpected and dramatic ICU stay and bilateral lung transplant. [ Go to Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ] [Download the Complete Family’s Guide as a PDF]... By Narinder Singh | July 18, 2019
This is Part 3 of a four part series, introduced Monday, based on my family’s experience with our mother’s unexpected and dramatic ICU stay and bilateral lung transplant. [Go to Part 1 | Part 2 ] [Download the Complete Family’s Guide as a PDF] If... By Narinder Singh | July 17, 2019
This is Part 2 of a four part series, introduced Monday, based on my family’s experience with our mother’s unexpected and dramatic ICU stay and bilateral lung transplant. [Go to Part 1]. [Download the Complete Family’s Guide as a PDF] After the... 
By e-Patient Dave | June 1, 2019
On June 4, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, giving women equal voting rights. (It was ratified by ¾ of the states, just in time for the 1920 elections.) Activists for patient power (and partnership) have often pointed to parallels of our movement with women... 
By Deb Gordon, Danny Sands, MD and Janice McCallum | May 2, 2019
On Tuesday, April 30, a roomful of health care insiders enjoyed a series of rapid-fire, TED-esque talks, interviews, and panels by leading health care voices at The Atlantic Summit on Health Care (#AtlanticPulse). Several SPM members attended the forum, and we... 
By Sarah Krüg | March 12, 2019
“Vague but exciting…,” was the response Sir Tim Berners-Lee received when he submitted a proposal for an information management system (aka the world wide web) to his supervisor in March of 1989. Three decades later, we have hit a key milestone, and approximately half... 
By e-Patient Dave | February 21, 2019
The famous TED Talks site TED.com is the holy grail of many evangelists. Aside from the extraordinary visibility it gives your message, and aside from the validation of your message (the site’s tagline is “Ideas worth spreading”), it means... 
By e-Patient Dave | January 31, 2019
Sara RIggare, one of the earliest members of our Society, has just received a great honor: Fokus magazine (“Sweden’s Time”) has named her “Swede of the Year” in medicine. In the photo from the award ceremony she seems appropriately... 
By Geri Baumblatt | December 5, 2018
In Chicago, SPM members have been getting together for regular meetups. It’s been fun and exciting, and lots of us think it would be great to offer the idea to other areas. Here’s how we started and how we do it – take it on and make it your own! This time... 
By e-Patient Dave | December 4, 2018
Our Society for Participatory Medicine is growing in membership and in projects and teams. If you’re a member, have you considered leading a team? If you’re not, have you considered joining? The message below was posted last weekend by co-founder and...
Call to action! Second annual Doc Tom award nominations now being accepted!September 9, 2019
A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 4: The Human Aspect of CareJuly 19, 2019
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