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Patient-centered care: coordination and putting the compliance shoe on the clinician’s foot

by e-Patient Dave | May 10, 2010

The new definition of participatory medicine at the Society’s website notes that patients “shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and … providers encourage and value them as full partners.” As with any...

The Power of Data and the Power of One

by Susannah Fox | May 5, 2010

I am struck, once again, by the power of data and the power of one. Carlos Rizo, Chief Imagineer of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, posted this very intriguing tweet on May 2: The power of open data: To find problems in complicated environments, and possibly even...

“The stage is being set for patient-driven disruption”

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 28, 2010

The e-Caremanagement blog has released my post that we mentioned last week: “Gimme my damn data!” The stage is being set to enable patient-driven disruptive innovation. It’s part 5 of their excellent series (really, excellent) “Is HITECH working?” As...

Dennis Quaid’s “Chasing Zero”

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 25, 2010

Actor Dennis Quaid has produced an outstanding, informative, empowering and motivating CME* program, “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.” It’s on the Discovery Channel. Part 1 is here. This is the best-produced material I’ve seen...

Health 2.0 Europe: A Moveable Feast

by Susannah Fox | Apr 19, 2010

Ernest Hemingway wrote that Paris is a moveable feast, not fixed in time or place. I think that describes great gatherings of any kind, including great conferences, which begin before the first speaker takes the stage and don’t end simply because the...

Health Data is Useful… if it Informs Conversations

by Gilles Frydman | Apr 12, 2010

Dr. Roni Zeiger, MD is currently Chief Health Strategist at Google where he has helped create and lead Google Health. He continues to see patients on occasional evenings and weekends at a local urgent care center. Roni earned his MD at Stanford and completed his...