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Low-Tech Models of Participatory Medicine: The Astounding Results of Group Prenatal Care

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 1, 2009

A signal moment in the history of this blog was the arrival in late summer of a new ally, the birthing movement, represented by Amy Romano, the blogger at Science and Sensibility, the Lamaze International blog. Amy gets it: participatory medicine is not just about the...

The internet is changing healthcare – video from Reshape09

by e-Patient Dave | Oct 28, 2009

I wish I could have been at the Reshape2009 conference this month in the Netherlands. The Twitter buzz was stimulating, and the 6 minute opening video caused a lot of buzz. I didn’t get it all because it was in Dutch. Now, thanks to producer Lucien Engelen...

#WhyPM?

by Gilles Frydman | Oct 13, 2009

Note: if you do not use Twitter an explanation of this post’s title may be in order. #WhyPM is the Twitter hashtag we have been using collectively to announce the launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine and to mention topics of interest from the Journal and...

Christensen/Hwang: “Power to the Patients” (The Atlantic)

by e-Patient Dave | Oct 5, 2009

“While other industries take as their focus such shallow concerns as the making of money, the health care profession prides itself on dealing with matters of life and death. But that’s not the only thing distinguishing health care from other industries: it is...

A Lifetime of Participatory Medicine Can Start With Maternity Care

by e-Patient Dave | Sep 30, 2009

As promised yesterday, here is Amy Romano’s guest post for our series leading up to the Oct. 21 launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine. Amy is a nurse-midwife and advocate for mother-friendly maternity care. An expert in research analysis, she manages...