by Kathleen O'Malley | Oct 25, 2012
Today’s guest blogger, author and SPM Secretary Nancy Finn, originally posted this essay on her personal blog. Care coordination requires that the right information reaches the right people within an optimal time frame, so that a patient’s full information...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 27, 2012
This blogpost by Chuck Alston and Patrick McCabe originally appeared on the Health Affairs blog. Many thanks to SPM member Michael Millenson for alerting e-Patients.net to this piece. It has been 22 years since David M. Eddy — the heart surgeon turned...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 26, 2012
Guest blogger Marya Zilberberg is the author of Between the Lines: Finding the Truth in Medical Literature. She originally posted this piece on her blog Healthcare, etc. I have been looking up information on endometriosis for a friend of mine, and came upon this from...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 14, 2012
Guest blogger Susan R. Mende, BSN, is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. She is engaged in the Foundation’s efforts to help consumers take an active role in...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 13, 2012
Guest blogger Nancy B. Finn is a writer and thought leader on the impact of digital communication on organizational behavior, health care, and patient care. When you go to the supermarket, it is fairly easy to make good choices about which cereal or fruit to purchase....
by Susan Woods | Aug 8, 2012
I’ve been in healthcare for awhile, yet must admit that a lot of information packaged for patients/consumers is pretty dry and not too creative. Content, often developed by health professionals or educators, can be medical-heavy and design-light. My litmus test when...
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