by Gilles Frydman | Mar 23, 2009
This is the third post in the unfortunate series about conflicts of interest. You must be kiddin’! That’s all Scott Reuben, MD, the doctor Scientific American calls “a medical Madoff”, had to say after putting the last two handful of nails into...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 18, 2009
I want you to think about something for a few days. Imagine that for all your life, and your parents’ lives, your money had been managed by other people who had extensive training and licensing. Imagine that all your records were in their possession, and you...
by Sarah Greene | Mar 15, 2009
The wonderfully helpful NYTimes series Patient Money reported Friday on the topic of Opaque Inc., as posted recently here by Gilles. The article, Bargaining Down the Medical Bills, gives practical advice about how to negotiate your doctor, lab, and hospital fees. The...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 12, 2009
We’ve been known to have our minds blown, but this one started as an eye-popper and got better. A friend writes: “Even the DoD is getting in the act: Patients urged to take charge of their care.” But holy cow, there was a LOT more behind that...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 4, 2009
At the Connected Health conference in Boston last year, where I spoke with my physician Danny Sands, I heard the visionary Clay Shirky speak. He gets it in spades about patient empowerment. In passing, he cited one of the most absurd ideas I’ve ever heard :–)...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 27, 2009
Update January 2011: Be sure to read the comments, which have links to many valuable resources. This item today, from MedPage, underscores the importance of having our eyes open about the human frailties in the research process that our lives can depend on. ORLANDO,...
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