e-Patients Blog
The blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Want to be a contributor?
Improving Care by Emailing the Doctor
A study in the October issue of Pediatrics found that allowing patients to e mail their physicians improved their ease of access and their perception of the quality of care […]
Superbugs
Today I heard a story on NPR about a new “superbug” that caused ear infections in children that were resistant to all currently recommended antibiotics used to treat this infection. […]
What Works Best for Patients on the Web?
Joe Shapiro’s piece on patients turning to the internet was well done and interesting. Our thanks to Susannah Fox for her contribution to this article, and for her work on […]
Open Internet vs. Closed Doctor-Directed Systems
Our research shows that most people just use a general search engine when they have a health question, but many report feeling overwhelmed by what they find. What’s the trade-off? What other resources are out there for e-patients?
E-patients With Chronic Conditions
Sometimes my research becomes a little too much for me to bear alone. Like when I find that people living with chronic disease and disability are among the least likely […]
Towards Universal Health Records
Recently, Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of Health Vault, a new, free service that allows anyone who needs an individual’s health information to view it online. While this is a […]
MicroSoft & e-Patients?
Personal Heath records have long been an issue for e-Patients. Today MicroSoft announced that they have the answer: www.healthvault.com. Although no launch date announcements have been made by Google, the […]
Is Your Diagnosis Wrong?
One of the greatest benefits of the internet is its empowerment of patients by providing them with health information. We all know that doctors are human and make mistakes. Furthermore, […]
Gov Gab on Organic Food
USA.gov just launched a blog and one of the first posts explains the 4 categories of “organic” food, a good basic tool for people trying to avoid hormones, pesticides, etc. […]
The Business of Survival
The Boston Globe today has a great article that, to me anyway, really illustrates the amazing resiliency and imagination of the human spirit when faced with the unthinkable. It describes […]
This just in from Health 2.0
Yesterday was the landmark Health 2.0 conference (user-generated Healthcare) held in San Francisco. The event was hosted by Matthew Holt and Indu Subalya, MD. Originally envisioned as about a hundred […]
Google Health’s Adam Bosworth Leaves
In a surprising move that caught many in the industry off-guard, titan Google announced that the leader of its stagnant online health initiative has left the company. You can read […]
