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A Farewell to Richard Rockefeller, e-Health Visionary

by Michael Millenson | Jun 16, 2014

The founders of SPM were saddened this weekend to learn of the death, in a private plane crash, of Richard Rockefeller, longtime friend of “Doc Tom” Ferguson. Rockefeller was credited in Ferguson’s white paper as “a White Paper Advisor.”...

Uri Goren TedxHIT video: Patients are Not Empty Carriages

by Ileana Balcu | May 15, 2014

Uri Goren is the General Manager of e-Pochonderiac a blog about healthcare and digital technology and also a digital health consultancy and agency working in Israel to support digital health in the local health and pharmaceutical industry and to promote the roll of...

Via @Cancer101: 10 things every patient needs to know

by Ileana Balcu | May 13, 2014

A handy one page chart from our Past President Sarah Krug through Cancer101 summarizes the best way to become an e-patient: Click to access top-10.pdf Here are a few points: You have a story to tell. Don’t be afraid to tell it. Make sure to write down and ask...

Surgeon: “Participatory Medicine encourages partnership between patient and provider”

by Nick Dawson | Mar 13, 2014

I now ask all my patients, at the end of our visits, “Did I get it? Did I successfully answer your questions and address your fears?” Dr. Marc Katz is a cardiac surgeon in Richmond Virginia. His op-ed, ‘Participatory Medicine’ encourages partnership between patient...

e-Patient Lisa Adams

by Ileana Balcu | Jan 14, 2014

In this guest blog post, member Carly Medosch describes Lisa Adams whom she knows from social media. Lisa Adams was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and documented her journey in social media. In another post below we describe the media firestorm that was caused...

Thanks from the Philippines

by Ileana Balcu | Nov 27, 2013

In this guest blog post, member Beatrice Tiangco describes some of the pain and suffering in the Philippines after the typhoon and expresses her gratitude for the SPM, local community and overall support. Beatrice Tiangco is a practicing Medical Oncologist from the...