by e-Patient Dave | Nov 28, 2011
The excellent ICMCC daily newsletter just alerted me to this item from Permanente Journal:Â Interview with Lawrence Weed, MD —Â The Father of the Problem-Oriented Medical Record Looks Ahead. I hope to absorb it in the next day or two, and I invite people who know...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Nov 11, 2011
This guest post by Kari Ulrich, RN, originally appeared in a fibromuscular dysplasia e-patients’ blog. The November 2011 issue of Reader’s Digest reads in big, bold print, “50 Secrets Nurses Won’t Tell You.” Articles like this create fear...
by e-Patient Dave | Nov 2, 2011
Science seeks certainty. The problem in medicine is, the body is complex and our knowledge is incomplete. People who want certainty – physicians or patients – are kidding themselves. And if we expect docs to be perfect, it’s a setup for dysfunction....
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 23, 2011
In the past year I’ve come to see medical decision making as one of the key crucibles in which participatory medicine plays out. We’ve blogged several times about shared decision making (SDM), and by its nature it requires participatory thinking. A new...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 9, 2011
Jonena Relth submitted this guest post to share her very positive experience with her surgeon. I was being prepped for surgery last week and my surgeon, Dr. Davies, came in to discuss the procedure. He explained to me that he had reviewed my file several times and...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 23, 2011
Stop what you’re doing, as soon as possible, and spend 20 minutes watching this. It’s the most powerful short talk I’ve ever seen about health care. Our e-patient white paper is titled “e-Patients: How they can help heal healthcare.” In...
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