by e-Patient Dave | Jun 23, 2011
This is a cross-post, plus commentary at end, starting with an item today by SPM member Alexandra Albin (@MsAxolotl, a frequent patient herself), from her blog: My life in the Bush of Doctors. It arose from a boiling discussion on the SPM member listserv. To...
by e-Patient Dave | May 24, 2011
This isn’t directly involved with participatory medicine, unless you believe that a responsible patient wants to know the best way to do participatory health, and thus avoid the need for health care. Lower costs and keep your family out of the hospital –...
by e-Patient Dave | May 22, 2011
The Society for Participatory Medicine was well represented last week at the 14th  ICSI/IHI Colloquium. (ICSI is the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a small midwestern think tank that’s way too poorly known.) SPM members who presented: Jane...
by David Harlow | May 3, 2011
We e-patients are an impatient lot, and therefore we may not be big fans of the Five-Year Plan approach to creating change. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a draft federal health IT strategic plan in late March, via blog post (the plan...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 14, 2011
On April 21 I’ve been invited to testify again on behalf of patients at a meeting organized by the Office of the National Coordinator for health IT. Â As we did here twice last year, let’s discuss what the meeting should here. Here’s the document they...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 6, 2011
The BMJ (British Medical Journal) has posted a three-part downloadable podcast about the Salzburg Statement. Part 1: History and current status of shared decision making. [26:04] Part 2: Vision of the future, and barriers to getting there. [23:31] Part 3: Informed...
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