By
e-Patient Dave
| July 8, 2010
Correction: the email address for volunteering has been updated to volunteer@participatorymedicine.org We’ve written many times about Gary Schwitzer and the excellent work he does at Health News Review. Last December I said reading health news carefully is a...
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e-Patient Dave
| December 31, 2012
Some things are what they call “evergreen” – persistent value, never out of date. Two come together for this year-end post. __________ A lot’s changed since our society was formed in 2009, but year after year a core skill for participatory...
By
e-Patient Dave
| October 9, 2012
We’ve long written here about Health News Review, the terrifically empowering and educational news-dissection service started by Gary Schwitzer and now involving numerous writers. Health News Review was modeled after a similar service in Australia started by Ray...
By
e-Patient Dave
| November 30, 2011
We’ve often cited Gary Schwitzer’s Health News Review (@HealthNewsRevu on Twitter) as an invaluable e-patient resource. With a structured ten point evaluation process, the site’s many trained reviewers evaluate the reporting of health news. We...
By
e-Patient Dave
| August 31, 2011
Guest post by SPM member Gangadhar Sulkunte. We posted his family’s e-patient story two years ago. The FDA’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee has published a PDF book called “Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User’s...
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e-Patient Dave
| August 23, 2011
Stop what you’re doing, as soon as possible, and spend 20 minutes watching this. It’s the most powerful short talk I’ve ever seen about health care. Our e-patient white paper is titled “e-Patients: How they can help heal healthcare.” In...
By
Jessie Gruman
| August 5, 2011
Check out Gary Schwitzer of Health News Review on actions you can and should take. Part of a short five part video series....
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Jessie Gruman
| June 28, 2011
Media coverage of the challenges we face in making good treatment decisions often focuses on and sensationalizes medical errors, catastrophes and risks. So it was great to see this impressive TV news clip circulated by Gary Schwitzer of HealthNewsReview.org in his...
By
e-Patient Dave
| December 12, 2010
All, if you have a story where you were affected by being involved (or not) in a medical decision, please see my request at “Help Me Represent You” below. Same if you have points you want me to bring to this seminar’s attention. I feel extremely fortunate...
By
e-Patient Dave
| September 20, 2010
You can’t be well empowered if you hear advice wrong. That’s why, in a participatory relationship, an essential skill is accurate handoff of information. The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, catchily pronounced “fimdim,” has...
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