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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 […]
Markle Foundation Policy Meeting 2007
The Markle Foundation has a health program that is dedicated to accelerating the rate at which information technology enables consumers and the health system that supports them to improve health […]
Don’t Get Sick in Massachusetts
You’d think that any state that boasts a city like Boston that has as many teaching hospitals and world-class hospitals as Boston would be one of the best cities to […]
Should Ordinary People Give Medical Advice Online?
Wow is all I can say. When I came across this discussion on MetaTalk, the discussion site for an old community blogging site called MetaFilter, I was taken aback. The […]
Susannah Fox on ePatients and the Health 2.0 Revolution
Not sure how we missed this (bad blogger!), but our own Susannah Fox from the Pew Internet and American Life Project was interviewed for HealthDot a month ago. Check out […]
What Would Your Ideal Doctor Rating System Look Like?
Dr. Bob Wachter over at the Health 2.0 blog has an interesting entry about doctor rating sites, which are popping up like dandelions in summer. He reviews a lot of […]
