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(Video) Larry Weed, father of the Problem Oriented Medical Record – Grand Rounds, 1971

by e-Patient Dave | Sep 10, 2014

Students of medicine (surely most MDs) will know the name Larry Weed, but I didn’t until a few years ago on this blog, when I learned that in 1999 our founder “Doc Tom” Ferguson gave Weed an Outstanding Achievement Award. In the late 1960s Dr. Weed...

Request: true stories of where patient engagement in the chart made a difference

by e-Patient Dave | Sep 5, 2014

I’m giving a talk in Vermont next week, to health IT workers, and in talking with the organizers we realized it would be great to give them a vision of WHY we’re doing this – some true stories of where patients benefitted from seeing the data in...

OpenNotes in the news: Now 3 million patients – and mental health, too

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 1, 2014

We’ve often written here about the OpenNotes study (here’s a site search), which documented that when patients can see what their clinicians wrote, the sky doesn’t fall; instead, all kinds of good things happen. This is game-changing, even...

Let’s crowdsource what a “good” medical record tool for patients is (and list some products)

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 27, 2014

Ah, social media. On Facebook a couple of hours ago, Swedish SPM member Sara Riggare posted: Responses were quick and robust: “Web MD has an app that you can download that I use. I find it pretty useful.” – Mark Burek “That’s a sticky...

Wall Street Journal on patient access: “Health-Care Providers Want Patients to Read Medical Records, Spot Errors”

by e-Patient Dave | Jun 10, 2014

Regular readers know that this blog has long advocated for patient access to, and engagement with, the medical record. In the past 2-3 years we’ve especially advocated for OpenNotes, in which patients can see their primary’s actual visit notes. At my...

HIMSS blog: Thought Leadership – The Patient Perspective

by Ileana Balcu | Jun 10, 2014

Interesting blog at HIMSS by Pete Rivera: use the patient to redesign the workflow: Thought Leadership – the Patient Perspective For years, I advocated that health IT does not drive business. I still do. Rethinking your processes to leverage technology is just...