by e-Patient Dave | Sep 1, 2011
Big news from Down Under: the Sydney Morning Herald reports that a group of fifty consumer health advocates has unanimously backed an “opt-out” process for enrollment in electronic health records, reversing their previous position. The issue is whether by...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 9, 2011
I’m at the second face-to-face meeting of the Consumer Consortium of the National eHealth Collaborative, a gathering of 180+ stakeholder groups working on the consumer engagement aspect of health IT. Everyone talks about PHRs as Personal Health Records, but one...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 2, 2011
The Society for Participatory Medicine  recently named three new board members. They’ve been introduced to the members on our private listserve, and we’ve been thinking about introducing the new leadership to the public here. One is Sue Woods MD MPH, a...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 21, 2011
Update: The idea has advanced in the comments – be sure to read them. There’s a Twitter discussion bubbling right now about a “Green Button” idea that was proposed informally last year at HealthCamp SFBay. Here’s a link to our comments...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 19, 2011
Just in case anyone is curious: my notes from Health Foo, a meeting held last weekend in Cambridge, MA. It’s long, so skim for the 9 lessons if you want a shortcut. What: Foo Camp is an unconference, constructed on the spot by the people who show up, with just a...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 11, 2011
I’m short on time so I haven’t scoured this paper in the Journal of Participatory Medicine, but even from a skim I’ll say it’s important news from the front lines. Implementing an Interoperable Personal Health Record in Pediatrics: Lessons...
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