by Eric Bersh | Aug 7, 2024
Over the past several months, SPM’s board has engaged in a planning effort, as it approaches the fifteenth anniversary of its creation. Our goal is to assess the state of the Participatory Medicine movement and discern where SPM could have its greatest impact in...
by Danny Sands, MD | May 6, 2024
I care for a diverse population of individuals in my primary care practice. It’s hard enough to motivate behavior change in people who have little motivation, but it’s even more challenging when it’s hard to connect with them because of cultural disparities....
by Brenda Merriweather | Apr 26, 2024
During my doctoral study in nursing practice a couple of years ago, I learned about a champion of nursing informatics, Dr. Nancy Staggers. Dr. Staggers assisted in developing the American Nursing Association’s Scopes and Standards of Practice. She also contributed to...
by Eric Bersh | Apr 6, 2024
To implement successful change you must, unequivocally, understand the culture of the environment you are looking to change. Culture and change management are inextricably connected. Culture is a made up of a series of repeated, engrained, and expected behaviors and,...
by Eric Bersh | Mar 28, 2024
I have a confession to make: I’m not always an effective advocate for my own care. It’s probably helpful for me to put this into context. I have been working in and around healthcare organizations for more than 25 years. I’m a researcher by trade, and worked with...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 20, 2023
I’m working on lots of things about generative AI in healthcare, because among other things, “GenAI” is incredibly empowering and liberating for e-patients. For kicks I decided to ask GPT-4 what it thinks participatory medicine is. Here’s its...
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