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What’s your health care dream?

by Susannah Fox | Feb 3, 2012

#whatifhc in #TheWalkingGallery Note: This is two posts in one — scroll down to read Regina Holliday’s point of view. From Susannah Fox: For me, Twitter is a free-wheeling space where people dance with ideas. Anyone is welcome to jump into...

Medical Devices: Another take on “We want Access to our Damm Data”

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 24, 2012

Another potent guest post by SPM member Alexandra Albin, @MsAxolotl. If this doesn’t give you a sense of who is “the ultimate stakeholder” in health matters, nothing will. Remember, “patient” is not a third person word. Your time will...

Star Tribune: Simple pharmacy change produces major quality improvement

by e-Patient Dave | Jan 7, 2012

We often note here that quality improvement in hospitals seems excruciatingly slow to happen, and engaged patients and families need to keep their eyes wide open, because sometimes a fix doesn’t require being a genius. For instance, see the cartoon at right...

Fred Trotter: Data, damn data, and statistics

by Kathleen O'Malley | Dec 27, 2011

Why does this blog use the word “damn” so often? A search produces a whopping 38 hits, such as: Fools! Damn fools! And Medical Science (Right, Santa??) Atlantic: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science “Gimme my damn data!” The stage is being set to enable...

For some people, it’s still 1994

by Susannah Fox | Dec 8, 2011

Here’s a question which inspired me today, received via email from Christie Silbajoris, director of NC Health Info: My library is rethinking its provision of services to the public. We’ve got a history of going beyond what the average academic health sciences...

Lisa Gualtieri: Must waiting be inherent to medical care?

by Kathleen O'Malley | Oct 28, 2011

This guest post by Lisa Gualtieri originally appeared in the author’s health blog. “By the time you see the doctor, you’re either dead or you’re better,” my mother-in-law told me. She had to have multiple tests, all with long waits to get the appointments and...