by e-Patient Dave | Jan 20, 2011
Thanks to friends Kavita Patel and Brian Ahier for pointing out this sign of shifting winds, in yesterday’s Time online:Â Googling Symptoms Helps Patients and Doctors. It’s a watershed moment, because the last physician column I saw on this was the...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 18, 2011
There are several stages in becoming an empowered, engaged, activated patient – a capable, responsible partner in getting good care for yourself, your family, whoever you’re caring for. One ingredient is to know what to expect, so you can tell when things...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 12, 2011
From Medscape Medical Ethics: Consequences aside, from a strictly ethical perspective, if a patient doesn’t realize that his physician made a mistake, should the physician fess up?… Before you jump to conclusions (as I did!), look at the article’s...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 12, 2010
All, if you have a story where you were affected by being involved (or not) in a medical decision, please see my request at “Help Me Represent You” below. Same if you have points you want me to bring to this seminar’s attention. I feel extremely fortunate...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 1, 2010
Social media brings unexpected connections, which lets us combine thoughts and forces. This summer we connected with “Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior” Kelly Young (see her great post here, Learning to use my mother-of-a-patient voice), which led to being...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 29, 2010
Ted Eytan drew our attention to a real-time example of participatory thinking, in the case of his friend Matt, an engineer who’s recently been diagnosed with MS. His post This is what $8,000 worth of drugs looks like tells the story, including videos of two...
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