by Jessica Zitter, MD MPH | Aug 10, 2021
I received an uncharacteristically anxious text from my friend Aileen: “I am having an emergency with my Mom. Please call ASAP.” When I last talked to Aileen, her mother’s dementia had been worsening slowly. A little more confusion, a stovetop left burning after...
by Eric Bersh | Aug 2, 2021
Conversations between SPM co-founder and Chief Advocacy Officer, Danny Sands MD and Annie Brewster MD, founder of Health Story Collaborative. Here they discuss the meaning and intent of Participatory Medicine. Did you enjoy this video? Sign the Manifesto and learn...
by Richard G Kahn | Jul 29, 2021
Usually, I write from the perspective of a patient advocate diagnosed with Wolfram-like syndrome, a rare disorder of the endoplasmic reticulum that typically manifests first with optic atrophy, then insulin-dependent diabetes. For the purposes of this blog post,...
by Eric Bersh | Jul 22, 2021
Conversations between SPM co-founder and Chief Advocacy Officer, Danny Sands MD and Annie Brewster MD, founder of the Health Story Collaborative. Here they discuss what it means being a doctor and having to say “I don’t know” to a patient. Did you enjoy this video?...
by Carlos Briceño | Jul 20, 2021
I don’t like having something wrong with my body. I don’t like feeling achy. I can’t stand fevers. I don’t like being sick. When I do get ill, I want whatever healthcare team I deal with to be full of empathy and quick to figure out what ails me. If that sounds a bit...
by Mohammed Mallouh | Jul 14, 2021
In 2013 the Institute of Medicine published a landmark 436 page consensus report, Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. Its summary contains the characteristics of a continuously learning system: Note that the second...
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