by Casey Quinlan | Feb 24, 2015 |
We’d bet good money that anyone who identifies as an e-patient has been led to believe that their desire to participate actively in their medical care marks them as a “demanding patient.” The perception of demanding patients is that they’re...
by Nick Dawson | Feb 9, 2015 |
One of our Society’s best kept secrets is the composition of our membership. And lately, some of my best collaborations are coming out of conversations with fellow members. Last week, as I frenetically packed for a trip, I was chatting on the phone with our own...
by Nick Dawson | Dec 5, 2014 |
Guest post by Hugo Campos; introductory note from Society for Participatory Medicine president Nick Dawson Every movement evolves. And as a grassroots social justice movement, the Participatory Medicine Movement is also growing, changing and evolving. Something...
by Nick Dawson | Mar 13, 2014 |
I now ask all my patients, at the end of our visits, “Did I get it? Did I successfully answer your questions and address your fears?” Dr. Marc Katz is a cardiac surgeon in Richmond Virginia. His op-ed, ‘Participatory Medicine’ encourages partnership between patient...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 13, 2014 |
This is a real treat – a guest post by SPM member and participatory pioneer Kate Lorig. Kate was a friend of our founder “Doc Tom” Ferguson, is cited twice in his e-patient white paper (see right sidebar), was the author of an important essay What...
by Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH | Nov 27, 2013 |
As we know participatory medicine is based upon mutual respect: the clinician respecting the self-knowledge, experience, and wisdom that the patient brings to the collaboration and the patient respecting the knowledge, clinical experience, wisdom, and technical skills...
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 Susannah Fox | Jul 19, 2013 |
Susannah: On June 14, 2013, I attended the National Meeting on Promoting and Sustaining Collaborative Networks in Pediatrics where we discussed topics covered in a special issue of Pediatrics, among other initiatives and trends. Justin Vandergrift was one of the...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 24, 2013 |
This is a long post, but it strikes deep to the core of the transformation underway in medicine, even in the science that drives medicine. It appears the world is starting to change, in a very good way. We’ve often written about the changing culture of medicine,...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Feb 7, 2013 |
As you see in Sarah Krug’s letter above, HIMSS and S4PM entered into a collaboration. I sit (with Ileana Balcu) on HIMSS’ eConnecting with Consumers Committee where we advocated for this partnership. Everyone on the Committee could be a member of S4PM, as...
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