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Why the Google mug leaves such a bitter taste
Guest post by SPM member Katherine Kelly Leon @KatherineKLeon of the famous "SCAD sisters," spotlighted in this 2011 post. This is about the "Your Googling" mug many of us discussed last week. Coffee mugs are like totems, spiritual items that empower us. Many of us...
“Where can I get that mug???”
You can't make this stuff up. One of our most-commented posts ever was Monday's The truth about that “your Googling and my medical degree” mug, about the coffee mug that went viral on Facebook this week. Well, some docs saw it and emailed, asking where to...
New in our journal: Evaluation of a Lay Health Educator Model with Low-Income Latinas
Our society's open-access Journal of Participatory Medicine has not gotten enough play, so to speak, on this blog. Let's try posting something about each article as it emerges. Email subscribers will receive them like any other post; online these posts will appear in...
Forbes article featuring Carol Gunn: One Doctor’s Quest To End The Plague Of Screwed-Up Medical Diagnoses
Carol Gunn, an SPM physician member, was featured in a Forbes article about her sister's misdiagnosis, and her mission after her sister's death. Carol's tips for patients to avoid being victims of diagnostic mistakes: Tip #1: Get a second opinion that’s completely...
Read & share! Washington Post *nails it* about patient-clinician partnership
Today's Washington Post has a terrific, carefully researched, precise article - on the front page of the Health & Science section - about the reality of a good patient-clinician partnership: Does your doctor listen when you talk? by Suzanne Allard Levingston. (As...
The truth about that “your Googling and my medical degree” mug
I can't tell you how many people have flung this Facebook item at me since last night, starting with my wife. :-) It's already approaching 25,000 shares. (Update: at 11am ET on Dec 1 it's up to 73,000 shares in 48 hours. I'd say it's going viral...) Listen, people:...
Dr. Danny Sands explains what participatory medicine is and isn’t (great 5 minute video)
Dr. Danny Sands is one of the co-founders of our Society for Participatory Medicine, a great primary care physician, and a real thought leader who's been doing this modern stuff for twenty years. (He co-authored the first journal paper on how to do patient-clinician...
BMJ seeks more patients to be reviewers on articles about their conditions
This is a call for patient participation. We're especially inviting members of our Society, but it's open to anyone; feel free to circulate widely, especially to people with the conditions listed below! First, a bit of background, then the request. Regular readers...
Global Forum on Health Promotion Focuses on Health Equity and e-Health
I recently spoke at the 5th Global Forum on Health Promotion, organized by the Alliance for Health Promotion, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the Global Health Program at the Graduate...
New paper: “The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real: Policy Vehicles and Potholes”
SPM Past President Michael Millenson reports that the Urban Institute has published a paper he co-authored with Bob Berenson: The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real: Policy Vehicles and Potholes. Michael writes: This is the most comprehensive look ever at the...
Crohnology Blog: Am I disabled?
The series of blog posts at the online community website Crohnology continues for patients with IBD. Duncan Cross has a post that is interesting for anyone with an autoimmune or other disabling chronic condition: Am I disabled? It discusses the Americans with...
Misdiagnosis: A Chronic Condition Looking for a Cure
According to a report in the BMJ Quality and Safety Journal, each year in the U.S. approximately 12 million adults or 1 out of 20 patients who seek outpatient medical care, are misdiagnosed in a way that could cause severe harm. These alarming statistics are further...
