by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Jul 2, 2021
The HIMSS21 Global Health Conference & Exhibition brings you the world-class education, cutting-edge products and solutions, and unique networking opportunities you need to solve your biggest health information and technology challenges — all at one time,...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 31, 2019
In 2009, the Society for Participatory Medicine was created to continue the work of “Doc Tom” Ferguson (1943-2006), the founder of the e-patient movement and a true visionary who foresaw decades ago that “e-patients” (empowered, engaged, equipped, enabled)...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 14, 2019
Hello, SPM members! – And honored guests, perhaps soon to be members. Join here. :-) Over the past few weeks, I have received quite a few inquiries about livestreaming opportunities for our conference in Boston, Tuesday, October 15. If you can’t attend...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 9, 2019
Our Society’s 2nd Annual “Doc Tom” Awards are now open for nominations! Spread the word, and join us at our annual conference on October 15 for the announcement of our award recipients! Doc Tom Ferguson was the founder of the e-patient movement. To promote his values,...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 26, 2018
Editor’s note: this guest post by SPM member Gail Phillips shares the odyssey that led her through numerous related disciplines, eventually discovering our society and our conference last October. Members can submit guest posts to our blog (guidelines). Join SPM...
by Michael Millenson | Nov 9, 2018
Doctors are regularly deluged with advice on how to engage patients. But how can you, as a patient, get your doctor to truly engage with you as a person? Your health and even your life could depend upon it. By “engage,” I don’t mean just the doctor not interrupting...
by Sue Woods | Oct 29, 2018
On October 17th, the Society enjoyed their 2nd conference in Boston. Filling a larger room than last year, attendees – in person and virtual – enjoyed an impressive lineup of speakers. The passion in the room was palpable. Much more to come on that. A...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 15, 2018
Here’s the last in our series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Last chance: register here....
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 12, 2018
Here’s the latest in our series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here....
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 10, 2018
Here’s the latest in our series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here....
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 9, 2018
[Update: this post has been picked up and cross-posted on the widely read The Health Care Blog] Here’s the latest in our series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct....
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 5, 2018
Here’s the latest in our series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here....
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 3, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of posts about the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here. (Our #SPM2018 series has more about the speakers and...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 28, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of posts by and about the outstanding topics we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here. (Our #SPM2018...
by Peter Elias | Sep 27, 2018
A recent medical society article demonstrates that participatory medicine advocates have made progress. The central point of the article is that the current approach to metrics distracts from the need to focus on the patient. As the authors phrase it: “There are...
by John Novack | Sep 26, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here....
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 25, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of posts by and about the outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here. Healthcare...
by John Novack | Sep 24, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of interviews with outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston. Register here. And see this blog’s #SPM2018 series for more about, or by, the speakers and...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 17, 2018
For updates, follow Casey’s tweets on the #CochraneForAll hashtag – tweets by her and tweets tagging her. Casey will be a speaker at #SPM2018 on Oct 17, in a session with Ivan Handler of the Insightamation blog – “Thoughts and provocations on...
by John Novack | Sep 17, 2018
Here’s the latest in a series of interviews with outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston. Register here. Embracing participatory medicine has helped Gabe Howard @GabeHoward29 manage...
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