by e-Patient Dave | Mar 21, 2011
Readers interested in health IT issues will want to know about today’s webcast at 1:00 ET, and the policy issue described here by SPM’s policy chair David Harlow (Twitter @HealthBlawg), from the SPM members listserv: There’s a significant announcement out...
by Dan Hoch | Mar 7, 2011
I don’t hide the fact that I am a dyed in the wool liberal. I read, and agree with, pretty much everything Paul Krugman writes. But, it’s rare for me to discover the kind of synergy between my Krugman-inspired ire over economic policy and politics generally and the...
by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 5, 2011
I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog,...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 4, 2011
Yesterday (March 3), NPR’s popular program “Talk of the Nation” covered something we discuss often: how e-patients find information and find each other, online. Featured guests were Pat Furlong, mother of two boys with a rare disease, who started an...
by David Harlow | Feb 23, 2011
The Health Research Institute at PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report today entitled Putting patients into “meaningful use.” It begins with the anecdote I’ve blogged about previously regarding a diagnosis by Facebook in lieu of a PHR, which some...
by David Harlow | Feb 16, 2011
There is a growing recognition within the medical-industrial complex that the patient is a key element of the enterprise, and that patient satisfaction, patient experience, patient engagement, patient activation, patient-centeredness are very important. Some research...
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