by e-Patient Dave | May 20, 2012 |
Guest post from SPM member Adrian Gropper, MD of HealthURL.com. Information is the foundation for patient engagement. Nothing about me without me. Although personal medical information starts out with your various institutions and doctors, it doesn’t just stay with...
by Ileana Balcu | May 18, 2012 |
Neil Versel, a HIT journalist, relates a very touching story of his father’s care at two different hospitals: one was uncoordinated and prone to errors and near misses, another one was quite a good experience. Unfortunately Neil’s father had a rare poorly...
by e-Patient Dave | May 5, 2012 |
Afternoon additions: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments. As I just told a friend on Facebook: “How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell...
by e-Patient Dave | May 2, 2012 |
[Reminder: The place to register an official comment to the government is this page on Regulations.gov. Monday May 7 is the last day.] ____________ New, 11pm ET on May 2: See Regina Holliday’s addition at bottom. Evening addition: In a comment below, SPM policy...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 15, 2012 |
SPM member Brian Ahier posted this petition notice – and call for comments to the government – on the SPM member listserv. Written by Dave Chase of Avado, it deserves public attention. ONC: Strengthen the Patient Engagement requirements of Stage 2...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 26, 2012 |
Since November I’ve been blogging on my personal site about what happens when a patient tries to help control costs, in my cost cutting edition posts. Most recently I noted that this stuff takes time, especially since our glorious American healthcare system...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 20, 2012 |
This is longer than it might be, because this point is essential. If this subject is familiar to you, skip to the heading “Today’s update.” As we said in December, an e-patient essential is sorting out what writings to trust, whether we find them...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 26, 2012 |
Edits made in the discussion at bottom, 1/27. Quick post from the media table at today’s Medicare Innovation Summit: Deservedly famed surgeon & author Atul Gawande just put together a bunch of thoughts into a potent summary. Paraphrasing from memory: There...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 24, 2012 |
Another potent guest post by SPM member Alexandra Albin, @MsAxolotl. If this doesn’t give you a sense of who is “the ultimate stakeholder” in health matters, nothing will. Remember, “patient” is not a third person word. Your time will...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 20, 2012 |
We often say here “Gimme my damn data,” referring to our sentiment that data about our health is our data, about us, created for our well-being. And as the saying goes, “Nothing about me without me.” And where, we might ask, is that more vital...
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