by Susan Woods | Feb 23, 2014
What do you think should be included in a course in Consumer Health Informatics (CHI)Â in a graduate medical informatics program? I know a graduate curriculum begging for input from the most engaged and empowered consumers, patient advocates, and technology and health...
by Nancy Finn | Feb 13, 2014
The ability to write something meaningful in140 characters, including a shortened URL, is the basis of Twitter. Over 500 million tweets go out every day to individuals who enjoy the simplicity, functional design, and speed of delivery that twitter offers, along with...
by David Harlow | Feb 4, 2014
The lab test result data access rule is finally final. See the HHS press release and the final rule, which is scheduled to be published on Thursday. What does this mean? In a nutshell, patients in all 50 states are now guaranteed the right to access the results of...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 1, 2014
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn.  Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...
by Nancy Finn | Jan 3, 2014
In 2014, the baby boomers (individuals born between 1946 and 1964) will turn 65 at a rate of nearly 10,000, individuals a day. Over the next five years 17 million baby boomers turn 65. That’s a lot of people retiring, joining the Medicare system developing chronic...
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