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Dell Medical School and the Future of Care

by Jon Lebkowsky | Feb 20, 2017

In 2009, along with several physicians, patients and health activists, I helped form the Society for Participatory Medicine, a nonprofit promoting “a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in...

Diabetes patient leaders: apply by 2/15 for fully funded #MasterLab Leadership Institute

by e-Patient Dave | Feb 9, 2017

Now THIS is what we call #PatientsIncluded. Twenty patient leaders will be fully funded to attend a new “MasterLab Leadership Institute” in the San Francisco bay area March 31-April 2. Click here (or the graphic above) to learn more and apply by next...

Apply by 1/23: PCORI grant to fund e-patients at palliative care summit!

by Liz Salmi | Jan 11, 2017

Intro note by e-Patient Dave: What a great development! CCCC is an organizational member of our Society, and last year we blogged CCCC conference announces inaugural class of palliative care e-patients, and now, even better news: e-patient participation is getting...

The S’mores Circle

by Sarah Krüg | Dec 30, 2016

This time of the year is often filled with reflection and a retrospective review of our lives with a focus on lifestyle changes we hope to attain in the New Year. It’s a time where regrets can be erased by future aspirations. Many of us set resolutions, which I...

Participatory Medicine Learning Exchange: How Are We Moving the Needle?

by Sarah Krüg | Nov 7, 2016

We are each individually advancing the participatory medicine movement in our day-to-day lives and interfaces with healthcare and/or our work. Understanding the work we are conducting within our individual silos can help us learn from one another, allow us to build...

Why We Are Losing the Battle Against Infectious Disease

by Nancy Finn | Nov 2, 2016

Antibiotics and similar drugs, called antimicrobial agents, have been used successfully for the last 70 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases. However, these drugs have been used so widely and for so long, that the infectious organisms the antibiotics...