by Nancy Finn | Nov 25, 2015
I recently spoke at the 5th Global Forum on Health Promotion, organized by the Alliance for Health Promotion, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the Global Health Program at the Graduate...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 17, 2015
SPM Past President Michael Millenson reports that the Urban Institute has published a paper he co-authored with Bob Berenson:Â The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real: Policy Vehicles and Potholes. Michael writes: This is the most comprehensive look ever at the...
by Nancy Finn | Nov 4, 2015
According to a report in the BMJ Quality and Safety Journal, each year in the U.S. approximately 12 million adults or 1 out of 20 patients who seek outpatient medical care, are misdiagnosed in a way that could cause severe harm. These alarming statistics are further...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 4, 2015
As a social movement, we like to track the progress of the e-patient concept as it moves around the world. The e-patient message has been presented in at least fourteen countries that I know of. A few hours ago on Twitter, SPM member Matthew Holt, of the famous...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 2, 2015
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, 2015
From the Health 2.0 conference in Silicon Valley yesterday – the best tweet and slides EVER that illuminate the difference between medicine’s view of the problem and patients’ experience. SPM co-founder Susannah Fox took pictures of two excellent...
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