by Ileana Balcu | Sep 13, 2013
Guest blogger Natasha Gajewski participated in the Flip the Clinic meeting at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Below are her observations about the meeting and a thought you might consider. Â Natasha is an e-Patient and the developer of Symple, a symptom journal for...
by Ileana Balcu | Sep 11, 2013
SPM is launching a tweetchat series this Saturday, Sept. 14 at 3pm Eastern, 7pm GMT (use The World Clock [link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html] to find your time zone). The chat will be led by Casey Quinlan, @MightyCasey; Ileana Balcu,...
by Alicia Staley | Aug 25, 2013
SPM member Erin Moore (@EKeeleyMoore) is one heck of an activist parent. She sees the future, she has a stake in it – a kid with a chronic disease – and like many of us, she’s not waiting around for someone else to make it happen: she’s engaged...
by David Harlow | May 20, 2013
Going public recently with her story of a prophylactic double mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1 (a gene linked to breast cancer) via an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Angelina Jolie is clearly trying to get the message out that radical choices must...
by David Harlow | May 12, 2013
The FDA launched an impressive patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the educational mission of the FDA, and promoting opportunities for patient...
by David Harlow | May 8, 2013
The new darling of the online educational community is Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The example which figures most prominently in the popular imagination is the Khan Academy, though its founder says otherwise, noting that MOOCs are merely online...
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