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In memorial: e-Patients Have Lost an Important Leader

by | May 30, 2008

On Sunday, May 25, 2008, The Sojourner died. She was perhaps one of the most active and loved e-Patient users of the virtual world Second Life. In the real world she was Karen Gans, a stroke survivor, mother and wife. She was 57. I came to know her through my work...

Two Views on e-Patients, and the Doctors who See Them

by | Jan 15, 2008

In November 2007, Scott Haig, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and medical columnist for TIME, wrote an article for the magazine called “When the Patient is a Googler”. He described a patient of his he called Susan, whom he felt was emblematic of patients who research...

Google Health’s Adam Bosworth Leaves

by | Sep 12, 2007

In a surprising move that caught many in the industry off-guard, titan Google announced that the leader of its stagnant online health initiative has left the company. You can read the full story over at Reuters Bosworth, better known for his software engineering...

My Idea of Great: Health Data Geeks Convention

by | May 22, 2007

I was lucky enough to be invited to a “Data Users Conference” sponsored by the Health Information National Trends Survey/National Cancer Institute, which really should have been called Health Data Geeks Unite! If you have a moment, I highly recommend...

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