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Sarah Krüg
| April 7, 2017
by Sarah Krüg | Apr 7, 2017 |
The Society for Participatory Medicine is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with the American College of Radiology to present an important topic in healthcare at the next Learning Exchange, which will take place on April 19, 2017, 2-3PM EST. Join us as...
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Jessie Gruman
| June 28, 2011
by Jessie Gruman | Jun 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...
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e-Patient Dave
| April 6, 2011
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 6, 2011 |
The BMJ (British Medical Journal) has posted a three-part downloadable podcast about the Salzburg Statement. Part 1: History and current status of shared decision making. [26:04] Part 2: Vision of the future, and barriers to getting there. [23:31] Part 3: Informed...
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e-Patient Dave
| March 22, 2011
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 22, 2011 |
This Thursday at the headquarters of the British Medical Journal in London, an important announcement will be made about patients’ rights to be actively involved in decisions about their treatment. Below is the press release about it. The subject is shared...
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e-Patient Dave
| February 25, 2011
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 25, 2011 |
In December we posted about practice variation and shared decision making (SDM), a field of research originated at Dartmouth decades ago and best known as publisher of the Dartmouth Atlas, which describes the amazing amount of unexplained variation in how many doctors...
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Gilles Frydman
| November 30, 2009
by Gilles Frydman | Nov 30, 2009 |
This guest post, presenting the view point of Howard Luks ( @hjluks on Twitter). Howard is an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement at Westchester Medical Center, in Westchester County, NY. Asked about...
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David Harlow
| June 27, 2015
by David Harlow | Jun 27, 2015 |
I recently hosted a Google Hangout on Air entitled Patient Reviews of Physicians: The Wisdom of the Crowd? (presented by The Harlow Group LLC in association with The Society for Participatory Medicine). I spoke with Niam Yaraghi (Center for Technology Innovation, The...
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e-Patient Dave
| September 7, 2014
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 7, 2014 |
Regular readers may recall SPM member Zack Berger MD PhD’s July post here The pledge of the patient-centered physician. Zack is one of the many SPM members attending the Stanford Medicine X conference this weekend and sends this Saturday night report,...
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Marilyn Mann
| July 28, 2014
by Marilyn Mann | Jul 28, 2014 |
Preface by e-Patient Dave: We have often written here (see posts) about Shared Decision Making, in which patients are engaged in choosing among treatment options. A key method is to give patients a “decision aid” (DA) – a document or video that...
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e-Patient Dave
| May 30, 2013
by e-Patient Dave | May 30, 2013 |
See my post about this on Forbes. This is as close as a call to arms as we ever get around here, given how collaborative we are. But this is a case of bad science and/or bad reporting, with clear harm to the participatory medicine movement. Whatever the reason, it...
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