e-Patients Blog
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“Practicing Patients” (New York Times Magazine)
I haven’t dug into this yet, but I will. You? Please consider supporting the Society by joining us today! Thank you. e-Patient Dave”e-Patient Dave” deBronkart is a co-founder of […]
Minnesota wrong kidney tragedy, part II
Important update: before reading, please see correction 3/23/08 to Tuesday’s original post. The basic issue is unchanged but in any sensitive case like this accuracy is vital. I received a […]
E-patients might have prevented Minnesota wrong kidney tragedy
Corrected 3/23/08: The hospital does have online patient records, though they don’t include CT/MRI or mammogram results. See link and details below. This one strikes close to home, landing a […]
When the Patient is a Yahoo
There's been a lot of talk about Scott Haig's November article in Time, When the Patient is a Googler: Alan Greene wrote on this blog; it was a hot topic on the NY Times "Well" blog; and Susannah Fox said: I'd love to hear what people think about the issues raised,...
Trusted doesn’t mean accurate. Safe is almost certainly stale
I am sick & tired of the advice given to people looking for medical information on the internet. All the content evaluation guidelines say the same. Look for sponsorship, currency, […]
Flashback to 2001
Bowing to popular demand (OK, one person) I uploaded a PDF of the 2001 press release from the American Medical Association which suggested that Americans make a New Year’s resolution to “trust your physician, not a chat room” since the information found online puts...
Patient 2.0
Check out this interview with Matthew Zachary, founder of ImTooYoungForThis (cancer resources for GenX and GenY). Please consider supporting the Society by joining us today! Thank you. Susannah FoxSusannah […]
Susannah Fox at Health 2.0
Video of e-Patients group member Susanna Fox at Health 2.0. Susannah speaking: Interview: Please consider supporting the Society by joining us today! Thank you.
Recruit doctors. Let e-patients lead. Go mobile.
The Health 2.0 conference was an opportunity to learn about an amazing array of emerging technologies and, for me, to connect them to a bigger vision of what’s happened and […]
“Succeeding in online health” lunch meeting
Today outside Boston I attended a “lunch-n-learn” session of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, titled “Patient, Heal Thyself: How to Succeed with Online Consumer Health Sites.” At first I thought […]
e-Patients Lead The Way at Health 2.0 Conference
The Health 2.0 Conference in San Diego, CA (March 4, 2008) was a buzz with ideas of innovation and connectivity. Matthew Holt and Indu Subalya, MD managed to cram more […]
Empathy via email
There is already an established literature on doctor-patient email, but there is always room for one more journal article, right? Especially one which reveals (to me, for the first time) […]
