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@Ahier on Stage 2 Meaningful Use rules

by e-Patient Dave | Aug 30, 2012

SPM member Brian Ahier @Ahier is one of the best known and most respected voices for patient engagement in the “health IT geek” world. He’s Health IT Evangelist for Information Systems at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon, which is a...

ONC Video: It’s time healthcare caught up with the way we live the rest of our lives

by Susan Woods | Aug 8, 2012

I’ve been in healthcare for awhile, yet must admit that a lot of information packaged for patients/consumers is pretty dry and not too creative. Content, often developed by health professionals or educators, can be medical-heavy and design-light. My litmus test when...

Benoit Bisson: Being a patient knows no boundaries

by Kathleen O'Malley | Aug 1, 2012

Guest blogger Benoit Bisson, a kidney cancer patient, journalist and SPM member in Montréal, offers an international perspective on the participatory medicine movement. He’s @Benoit_Bisson on Twitter; his blog is BenoitBisson.com. Guest post submissions are...

“What’s in YOUR record?” Make data quality fun: play along in ONC’s video challenge!

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 24, 2012

Think everything in your medical record is spotless and flawless? Think again: almost everyone I know who’s checked their record has found flaws, omissions, orders that were never carried out. There’s a lot we can do, e-patients, engaged consumers, to...

Ted Eytan: Update on “Gimme My [image] Data” from Group Health

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 17, 2012

As Meaningful Use rolls out, and providers are required to share data with us, there are a lot of concerns about whether their lives will spin out of control as patients besiege them with ignorant questions. We’ve discussed this in our many posts about the...

The government seeks patient voices again – this time about info WE put in the record

by e-Patient Dave | Jun 19, 2012

Shortcut: to respond to this Federal request, go to this post on the government’s blog. Update 9 a.m. 6/19: Josh Seidman, author of this post, says there’s no specific deadline; these comments will feed into HITPC )the Health IT Policy Committee), which...