by Ileana Balcu | Jul 30, 2016
In the Spring of 2016 I had the opportunity to teach the course New Media and Health Communication for an undergraduate class at The College of New Jersey. The class, designed by Dr. Yifeng Hu, already included an introduction to participatory medicine and patient...
by e-Patient Dave | May 18, 2016
We lost a great one today. Jody Schoger @JodyMS was one of the founders of #BCSM (breast cancer social media), the first patient community that started on Twitter and grew into a 501(c)(3) organization, bcsm.org. She passed on this morning, and Twitter is in tears....
by e-Patient Dave | May 16, 2016
The times, they are a-changin’: medicine is realizing there can be gold found on the internet, amid all the garbage that’s also there. Items: In 2014 a European government started buying Google Ads telling patients “Don’t Google it, check a...
by David Harlow | Jun 20, 2015
Patient Reviews of Physicians: The Wisdom of the Crowd? Google Hangout On Air Hosted by David Harlow with Niam Yaraghi and Casey Quinlan Wed, Jun 24, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Presented by David Harlow (aka HealthBlawg) in association with The Society for...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 3, 2015
Ordinarily we limit guest posts to current members of SPM, but this is an extraordinary case. Duncan Cross’s post illustrates so many aspects of how empowered, engaged, activated patients view their lives, and how important it is to have an effective...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 22, 2014
E-patients know that social media can be a potent tool for spreading the movement, spreading the message, and connecting with others. Some of us are better at it than others; if you’re looking for someone to follow who does it well, try SPM member and Medicine-X...
Exciting 15th Anniversary Project and Opportunity for Member EngagementAugust 7, 2024
Leveraging Personalized Technology to Motivate Behavior ChangeMay 6, 2024
Technology, Health Equity, and Participatory Medicine in the Care Management of Sickle Cell PatientsApril 26, 2024
Driving Transformation: Change Management Strategies for Integrating Participatory Medicine in HealthcareApril 6, 2024
The Challenge for Medicare Part D Patients: Inability to Utilize Pharmaceutical Programs to Reduce Medication CostsMarch 29, 2024
Recent Comments