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The Salzburg Statement on Shared Decision Making

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 22, 2011

This Thursday at the headquarters of the British Medical Journal in London, an important announcement will be made about patients’ rights to be actively involved in decisions about their treatment. Below is the press release about it. The subject is shared...

Too Many Doctors?

by Dan Hoch | Mar 7, 2011

I don’t hide the fact that I am a dyed in the wool liberal. I read, and agree with, pretty much everything Paul Krugman writes. But, it’s rare for me to discover the kind of synergy between my Krugman-inspired ire over economic policy and politics generally and the...

Should More Doctors Participate in Social Media?

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 5, 2011

I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog,...

Putting patients into “meaningful use”

by David Harlow | Feb 23, 2011

The Health Research Institute at PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report today entitled Putting patients into “meaningful use.” It begins with the anecdote I’ve blogged about previously regarding a diagnosis by Facebook in lieu of a PHR, which some...

ABCNews.com: “The Biggest Wasted Resource in Health Care? You.”

by e-Patient Dave | Feb 23, 2011

ABCNews.com has posted a great new piece by Roni Zeiger MD, “The Biggest Wasted Resource in Health Care? You.” Subtitle: How Your Internet Research Can Help Your Relationship With Your Doctor. It’s well reasoned and clearly written, and continues the...

IHI releases video of SPM’s keynote

by e-Patient Dave | Feb 18, 2011

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has generously released the session video of the keynote that SPM president Dr. Danny Sands and I delivered at the IHI’s annual Forum in December. At this event the IHI did two extraordinary patient-oriented things:...