by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Sep 18, 2009
I hear it time and time again in the e-health industry: “If only we had everyone on an electronic medical record, all of our security and privacy issues would be solved!” Really? Perhaps I should introduce you to a little something psychologists like to...
by Susannah Fox | Aug 27, 2009
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen makes a compelling case in her column today: How to get Kennedy-esque health care on your budget. Anyone with internet access can gather the information they need to make better health decisions, as e-Patient Dave and Karen Parles did, and...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 14, 2009
Important update: it turns out the writer did get it right, and this was an editing error at the Boston Globe. See my comment August 17. —– As empowered, engaged patients we have a responsibility to evaluate the articles we read. A case in point is this...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 28, 2009
After hearing about 800 million mentions of “healthcare reform” in the past couple of months, this weekend I visited my normal (not-HC-geek) family in Maryland for Mom’s 80th birthday. (Woohoo! Large clan descends, six siblings and most of the...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 15, 2009
Important addition 7/16/09Â 6:40 pm EDT: Be sure to read the HIPAA clarification by commenter “SLC” below, and any subsequent discussion. Dorothy Tillman was requesting her aunt’s records, not her own. This doesn’t change the need (IMO), but it...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 23, 2009
Aliya Sternstein writes for NextGov, a site devoted to “technology and the business of government.” We spoke last week for her piece about the White House’s use of social media. There are some people who, when you speak with them, the conversation...
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