e-Patients Blog
The blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Want to be a contributor?
Hey there, e-Patient Dave!
“… this looks to me like the Sixties motto “power to the people,” made real in the world, in a way that’s touching many many people and could be touching far more – even everyone.” e-Patient Dave
Women — You’ve Been comScored!
Women e-Patients may turn to discussion groups, chats, Blogs and other UGC to gather information before making a decision. They may also read books, talk to friends, their significant other, their doctors, and any number of other healthcare professionals. . In my opinion, this is where e-Patients differ from Health 2.0 users. It’s also what makes us hard to market to :-)
New York Times and e-Patients
Check out Dr. Alan Greene’s guest expert Blog on NYTimes.com. He’s answering readers’ questions e-Patient style! Please consider supporting the Society by joining us today! Thank you.
The WELL
Two Views on e-Patients, and the Doctors who See Them
We live in a time of rapid tectonic shifts in what it means to be a doctor and what it means to be a patient. I’m not surprised that there are clashes of ideology and practice. Our labyrinthine, barnacle-encrusted healthcare system resists change. So do our social structures that have lasted for millennia.
E-health Reality Check
Press coverage of the Pew Internet Project’s recent report, “Information Searches That Solve Problems,” focused on how “libraries still matter” especially among young people. One aspect that I think merits […]
Medical Googlers, Part 2
The New York Times health blog, The Well by Tara Parker-Pope, has an update about “Medical Googlers” that is worth a read. Please consider supporting the Society by joining […]
Medicine for the People
Joe & Terry Graedon are featured in The Rambler this month. Here’s the interview excerpt, which includes an awesome photo from 1973. Please consider supporting the Society by joining […]
Rate a Doctor?
For years Doc Tom urged us to facilitate patients’ publicly rating doctors as a way to accelerate e-pateints movement. Alan (DrGreene) was excited about this, even though he was a physician, but I was afraid it would open Pandora’s box. In the winter of 2006 we had another conversation with Doc Tom about patients rating doctors…
Visiting hours
An article in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal traces the history of visiting patients in hospitals in England, from the 18th century to the present. Sadia Ismail […]
May Old Acquaintance Be Recalled
Since it is the season for “Auld Lang Syne” and reconnecting with old acquaintances is an internet pastime, I wanted to link to a wonderful article by Wayne Cooke, a […]
Talk of the Nation
I had the pleasure of being a guest on NPR’s Talk of the Nation yesterday, along with Dr. Scott Haig and Dr. Ted Eytan, to talk about “Do-It-Yourself Diagnosis on […]
