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A Patient-Centric Definition of Participatory Medicine

by | Apr 2, 2010

Participatory Medicine is a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in which providers encourage and value them as full partners. This new definition devised by the board of the Society of...

NPSF’s magnificent Universal Patient Compact

by | Mar 23, 2010

Updated 3/12/2014 with new links at bottom. One of my personal pleasures in the first year of the Society for Participatory Medicine has been discovering people in other parts of the “patient culture” who’ve been doing wonderful, empowering,...

Why is participatory medicine such a tough sell?

by | Mar 22, 2010

Kevin A. Clauson, Pharm.D. is an associate professor at the College of Pharmacy and adjunct associate professor at the College of Medicine – Biomedical Informatics Program at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale,  FL.  He teaches a course on Consumer Health...

Is Your Healthcare Practice Patient-centered?

by | Mar 12, 2010

Yesterday I was at a monthly TelePresence meeting of the Person Centered Health initiative, a group that started in Canada that’s closely aligned with the Society for Participatory Medicine. At this meeting, some expressed concern that the memes of...

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