e-Patients Blog
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Wikis: Cautionary Tale 2.0
Everybody is talking about social networks, collective intelligence, wisdom of crowds, smartmobs, User Generated Content and other “2.0” terms. It almost sounds like the only recipe to create the next […]
It’s Not Just about Healthcare…
All this talk about Health 2.0/ Web 2.0 and the wisdom of crowds has got me noticing things I probably would not have noticed before. For that reason I am […]
Medscape Editorial
Check out this video editorial by Dr. Danny Sands entitled “ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care.” (Note: sign-up is free for site access.) Please consider supporting the Society […]
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…
