by Nick Dawson | Mar 13, 2014
I now ask all my patients, at the end of our visits, “Did I get it? Did I successfully answer your questions and address your fears?” Dr. Marc Katz is a cardiac surgeon in Richmond Virginia. His op-ed, ‘Participatory Medicine’ encourages partnership between patient...
by Casey Quinlan | Feb 26, 2014
Today – February 26, 2014 – the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published the results of a pilot study (note: click the link, and then click the JAMA Reader link button on the right side of the page for the full text) of a volunteer...
by Susan Woods | Feb 23, 2014
What do you think should be included in a course in Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) in a graduate medical informatics program? I know a graduate curriculum begging for input from the most engaged and empowered consumers, patient advocates, and technology and health...
by Nancy Finn | Feb 13, 2014
The ability to write something meaningful in140 characters, including a shortened URL, is the basis of Twitter. Over 500 million tweets go out every day to individuals who enjoy the simplicity, functional design, and speed of delivery that twitter offers, along with...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 1, 2014
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...
by Nancy Finn | Jan 3, 2014
In 2014, the baby boomers (individuals born between 1946 and 1964) will turn 65 at a rate of nearly 10,000, individuals a day. Over the next five years 17 million baby boomers turn 65. That’s a lot of people retiring, joining the Medicare system developing chronic...
by Nick Dawson | Dec 19, 2013
The Society for Participatory Medicine, through its founders and mission, has a strong belief in the expertise of its patient members – many of whom identify as providers or journalists or have expertise in HIT, health economics and other areas. Patients, often...
by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Dec 19, 2013
Go ahead and type in virtually any health or mental health condition into Google. Heck, even try a popular medication or two. Time and time again, you’ll notice a reliable trend — 2 or 3 of the top 10 search results are nearly always going to be WebMD. But...
by Danny Sands, MD | Nov 27, 2013
As we know participatory medicine is based upon mutual respect: the clinician respecting the self-knowledge, experience, and wisdom that the patient brings to the collaboration and the patient respecting the knowledge, clinical experience, wisdom, and technical skills...
by Ileana Balcu | Nov 27, 2013
In this guest blog post, member Beatrice Tiangco describes some of the pain and suffering in the Philippines after the typhoon and expresses her gratitude for the SPM, local community and overall support. Beatrice Tiangco is a practicing Medical Oncologist from the...
by Susan Woods | Nov 12, 2013
Any of us would probably have paid to be at the gathering of over 1000 medical school deans, faculty and residents at last week’s American Association of Medical College’s (AAMC) meeting to hear Anna Quindlen deliver her speech, Healthcare in an Age of...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 8, 2013
Latest update below: 7:39 a.m. ET On my personal site I’m blogging about the second annual Patients In Power conference happening today and tomorrow in Athens, Greece, organized by SPM member Kathi Apostolidis. 7:39 a.m. ET – The European Charter of...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 3, 2013
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...
by Ileana Balcu | Oct 11, 2013
Guest blogger Janice McCallum shared her interview from the StrataRx conference. Janice McCallum is a health data strategist at Health Content Advisors. Her blog and tweets (@janicemccallum) reflect her focus on the value of information to all healthcare stakeholders...
by Ileana Balcu | Oct 9, 2013
Guest blogger Kathy Kastner gives us an overview of the Patients 2.0 session at the Health 2.0 conference. Kathy Kastner is Blogger and Curator for bestendings.com and ability4life.com I was so pleased to have SPM president, Sarah Krug, invite me to present at...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 8, 2013
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 7, 2013
In our society’s work (home page quote: “promoting the concept of participatory medicine”), one thing we do is connect with others in this vast industry. Friendships and alliances are how we spread the word and evangelize our view of the future of...
by Ileana Balcu | Sep 24, 2013
The Society for Participatory Medicine is hiring and looking for an experienced Director of Development. Are you interested or do you know someone in your network who might be? Here’s the information & instructions on how to apply:...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 8, 2013
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...
by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Aug 27, 2013
A few months ago, I complained about the layout of one of my doctor’s offices. There’s a rough layout drawing of the office waiting area to the side there. I’m standing just in front of the number 1, while people are sitting along the wall behind me....
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