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The Wisdom of Patients Report

by | Apr 28, 2008

The California HealthCare Foundation published a report the other day entitled The Wisdom of Patients: Health Care Meets Online Social Media (PDF) which is a nice overview of the current state of Health 2.0. The report is four chapters long: Social Networks Come to...

E-patients Unite To Document Problems with Generic Drug

by | Apr 23, 2008

For over 30 years at The People’s Pharmacy, we have been guided by a respect for people’s ability to make informed decisions about their health. We have always welcomed input from consumers, but we had viewed our website as an information dissemination...

NON-Practicing Patients

by | Mar 28, 2008

It took me a few days to digest what was troubling me with the New York Times Magazine article. The efficacy of the ACOR groups is based in part on the dual fact that patients and caregivers members of the online communities NEVER behave like they are replacing their...

“Succeeding in online health” lunch meeting

by | Mar 5, 2008

Today outside Boston I attended a “lunch-n-learn” session of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, titled “Patient, Heal Thyself: How to Succeed with Online Consumer Health Sites.” At first I thought it was going to be about creating...

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