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The Voice of the Patient

Mar 30, 2006

This January 12, 2005 interview with Don Berwick, at the Health Affairs web site, underlies the importance of doing all we can to make the “voice of the patient” directly accessible-to the press, health policy planners, government officials, and medical professionals.

New Pew Report on Internet Social Ties

Mar 4, 2006

This new report just out from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Strength of Internet Ties, by John Horrigan, Jeffrey Boase, Lee Rainie, and Barry Wellman. It calls […]

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John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

Dr. John M. Grohol, Psy.D. is a psychologist and technologist who specializes in examining and writing about the confluence of patient rights, technology, and mental health. In 1995, he founded Psych Central, the world's leading independent mental health site overseen by mental health professionals, which was acquired by Healthline in 2020. He founded and continues to oversee the independent online support group community for mental health concerns, My Support Forums since 2001. He is a co-founder of the Society for Participatory Medicine.