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Imagine if You Could Cut Through the Clutter With a Health GPS

by Sarah Krüg | Oct 21, 2016

Spearheaded by Vice President Joseph Biden, the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force was created to double the rate of progress in cancer research and treatment, striving to accelerate what could be achieved in ten years in just five. Earlier this week, Vice...

We’re partnering to support The Big Heist!

by Sarah Krüg | Oct 11, 2016

The Society of Participatory Medicine (SPM) is excited to announce that we’re partnering with The Big Heist to accelerate building a Health 3.0 world, where patients actively participate and are empowered to control and improve their care. The Big Heist will be...

e-Patient alert: “Are sites like WebMD healthful?” Dive in on NYTimes debate

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 29, 2016

Thanks to @SusanCarr, the highly patient-centered editor of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, for this tipoff this morning. I only have time right now to post this & run out the door. Click the image to visit the piece on the Times site, but first,...

Sips with the Society: SPM Receptions at Health 2.0 and Connected Health Summit

by Susan Woods | Aug 23, 2016

As the sweet days of summer 2016 start to wane, it’s time to make plans to attend key fall conferences. This year, the Society for Participatory Medicine is hosting Sips With The Society – meet and great receptions at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara and the...

OpenNotes hits TEN MILLION patient level

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 9, 2016

As regular readers know, for years we’ve been blogging here about OpenNotes, in which patients and their designated caregivers can read every word their clinicians write, so they can be more informed. The OpenNotes tagline, “Doctors and patients on the...

Cleo Kordomenos: How My Opinion on Online Health Communities Changed

by Ileana Balcu | Aug 1, 2016

This is a guest blog post by Cleo Kordomenos. Cleo was my student in the New Media and Health Communication class I taught at TCNJ. More about the class is shared in this post. Cleo Kordomenos is a Senior Communication Studies student at The College of New Jersey...