by e-Patient Dave | Aug 17, 2015
The GetMyHealthData site was taken down at the end of 2022. Updated links here go to the page’s history on Archive.org. Please see my long-overdue post contributing to the @GetOurHealthData movement, on their blog. The more I’ve thought about all the...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 15, 2015
Today (11:59pm ET) is the deadline for public comments on the proposed rollback of “Meaningful Use 2” regulations for patient access to their medical records. SPM feels that this is a major issue for enabling patient-provider partnerships; as SPM co-chair...
by e-Patient Dave | May 28, 2015
A quick first post, copied from Facebook: “Hugest news EVER! Susannah Fox​ is the new Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services​. How amazing is that??” My comment on Susannah’s short post: “This wins my prize as...
by e-Patient Dave | May 12, 2015
The advo-cacy of individual SPM members is gaining increasing visibility in the mainstream media, driving home the human impact of policies that help – or don’t help – patients be active contributors to their families’ health and care. This is...
by Casey Quinlan | Apr 18, 2015
Created using Bitstrips. Text engine: Up Goer Five, “Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words? It’s not very easy.” Bottom line: When you go to the doctor, any doctor, always ask for your...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 18, 2015
It’s often hard for our movement to get major media attention, but it looks like it’s happening: things are heating up on the “empire strikes back” front that we reported on twice this week. Friday’s New York Times, page A30, carried an...
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