by e-Patient Dave | Jun 19, 2018 |
I know there are numerous initiatives along these lines so please circulate this widely. Help publicize and share what others are doing to incorporate patient perspectives in the present and future of healthcare! I’ve received the following request from Luke... 
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 5, 2018 |
This is so exasperating. For years we at the Society for Participatory Medicine have been among the leaders of the movement for patients to have access to their medical records, in EMRs and everywhere. We’ve blogged repeatedly (and advocated in DC) about patient... 
by Danny van Leeuwen | May 6, 2018 |
As you may know from previous posts, I sit as a patient/caregiver stakeholder on a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) technical expert panel (TEP) about Quality Measurement Development: Supporting Efficiency and Innovation in the Process of Developing CMS... 
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 13, 2018 |
Longtime SPM member Danny van Leeuwen (@HealthHats) is seeking nomination and support as a “patient/caregiver stakeholder” seat on the Board of Governors of PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, about which we’ve blogged often... 
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 2, 2018 |
Guest post by SPM member Francie Grace. Here’s a last minute Important item for your Monday To Do list. Spotted in a reminder tweet Friday from former U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil (@dpatil): Hey data scientists, just a few days to give the @NIH... by e-Patient Dave | Apr 1, 2018 |
For years many have argued that it’s wrong for research that’s funded by the government (i.e. taxpayers) to be hidden from the people who paid for it (taxpayers) by hiding the results behind paywalls. This tradition not only makes it harder for... 
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 6, 2018 |
UPDATE FOR ATTENDEES: Try to arrive 10 minutes early — 10:50 am — to get oriented. On arrival a host will scan your badge and point you to the big round “Discovery desk” where we’ll gather. We’ll talk a bit for 10 minutes, then... by e-Patient Dave | Jan 17, 2018 |
This is a long overdue post of the next session from our Society’s first conference on October 25. The first keynote, about OpenNotes, was posted here, including this note: WOW was our Society’s first conference on October 25 a breakthrough event! Titled... 
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 29, 2017 |
I’m way late in blogging this – too much travel and jet lag – but WOW was our Society’s first conference on October 25 a breakthrough event! Titled ““Participatory Medicine: Transforming the Culture of Care” (web page), it produced... 
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 13, 2017 |
What would you think if your fire department had expensive, snazzy fire trucks that failed to show up when needed? What would you think if a neighboring town had less fancy equipment but was incredibly dependable about using what it had? That’s pretty much the...
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