e-Patients Blog
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Participate in defining “Health 2.0”
e-Patients, alert! Time to participate in creating the lexicon. Ted Eytan MD is open to suggestions on his definition of Health 2.0 – he’ll be giving a talk soon and […]
Upcoming Conferences
I’ll be in Boston tomorrow for a World Congress Leadership Summit. The organizers certainly use all the right key words to describe the event; I’m kind of hoping the presenters […]
E-patient Interview: Sheryl Stein
Sheryl Stein, known to many as “wrekehavoc,” dispenses her wisdom and humor on a 6,000-member online community of parents (using good old listserve technology) and on her blog. In this third edition of our e-patient interviews, Sheryl talks about the power of...
The Wisdom of Patients Report
The California HealthCare Foundation published a report the other day entitled The Wisdom of Patients: Health Care Meets Online Social Media (PDF) which is a nice overview of the current […]
E-patients Unite To Document Problems with Generic Drug
For over 30 years at The People’s Pharmacy, we have been guided by a respect for people’s ability to make informed decisions about their health. We have always welcomed input […]
Why Doesn’t My Doctor Answer My Email?
Because he or she is afraid — afraid of being overwhelmed by one more responsibility, of not being reimbursed for time spent answering emails, of patient privacy, of HIPAA, and […]
Wikipedia’s Arcane Rules Censor Health Information
I don’t know of a living soul who views Wikipedia as any type of authoritative resource. Why? Because no single person takes responsibility for any article’s content or quality. Some […]
E-patient Interview: Amy Tenderich
Amy Tenderich is the engine behind DiabetesMine, "a gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes." Hearing her speak at Health 2.0 was a highlight of the conference for me and she just co-authored a book, so I wanted to bring her over...
CNN Takes on Doctor Ratings… And Gets it Wrong
CNN has recently published an article about what to look for in a doctor rating website. Unfortunately, they repeat some misconceptions and errors about these services. The most serious error […]
Google Says, “Don’t Forget Your Keywords So Our Software Gets It!”
Popular Mechanics, of all places, has an exclusive, rare interview with Udi Manber, the head of search quality at Google. You’d hope that if anybody understands how the Web and […]
No Secrets
Ted Eytan‘s April 16, 2008, iHealthBeat column lays out the benefits of providing real-time, secure access to health records: “As our profession understands the benefits of patient partnership better, more […]
E-patient Interview: Stirrup Queen
Cheryl Miller has written an excellent article, "Blogging Infertility," in The New Atlantis. She brings up a lot of themes that have been echoing throughout my other reading: a once-silent group newly empowered by the internet; teaming patients with similar profiles;...
