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Twitter: filter, suggestion box, idea machine, window
On Friday I dashed off this tweet: PhD student just asked me which journals I read to stay up to date on health + tech. My answer: Twitter. It was classic RT bait and indeed it was echoed dozens of times by fellow Twitter geeks -- more than any other tweet I've...
Atlantic: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
There's an extraordinary new article in The Atlantic, "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science." It echos the excellent article in our Journal of Participatory Medicine (JoPM) one year ago this week, by Richard W. Smith, 25 year editor of the British Medical Journal:...
No social network Rx? Malpractice!
Because I’m a doctor and I know a lot of people in the health care space, people ask me all the time for referrals. A friend with a newly diagnosed autoimmune disease, a loved one with a terrifying cancer sentence - who should I talk to?? I used to depend on the...
First Annual Society for Participatory Medicine Cocktail Reception
We welcome members to join us for the First Annual Society for Participatory Medicine Cocktail Reception taking place on Oct 19th at the Liberty Hotel (http://www.libertyhotel.com) from 6-8pm. We invite you to share your ideas and enjoy a wine bottle service, hors...
Participatory Medicine Grand Rounds
This is e-Patients.net's first opportunity to host Grand Rounds, which is a collection of some of the medical blogosphere's best writing over the last week. We asked bloggers to look at our sister website, the peer-reviewed Journal of Participatory Medicine, and...
Constant Beta vs. Evidence-Based Policy: Tension in the Data Continuum
I chose Lawrence Green's article "The Field-Building Role of a Journal About Participatory Medicine and Health, and the Evidence Needed" for the Participatory Medicine Grand Rounds, because it addresses the issues at the heart of the deep impact of the network effect...
Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine
For this Grand Rounds, I chose David C. Kibbe & Joseph C. Kvedar's article, "Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine" (JoPM, Vol. 1, 2009). I will highlight two of their "ready-to-go" research questions: What is the role of coaching in sparking and...
e-Patients.net hosts Grand Rounds
e-Patients.net is hosting Grand Rounds next Tuesday, October 12. We're asking this week's Grand Rounds bloggers to create posts inspired by, supportive of, or critical of articles in the Journal of Participatory Medicine. We have a great reason for focusing on the...
Sneak peek: MyHospitalIdea.com – consumer-driven improvement
Later this month something's coming that I have a suspicion will be wonderful. Carlos Rizo of Toronto's Health Strategy Innovation Cell tipped me off to this October 20 webcast: The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and the Health Strategy Innovation Cell are pleased...
Regina Holliday is not special!
I’m sure that got your attention! But that is exactly Regina's message: We are all patients . Both collectively and individually we are the most important and the most silent stakeholder of the healthcare system. To discuss the expanding role of the patient please...
The presence of patients changes public conversations about health care
I’m attending a LOT of conferences this fall and over & over I am seeing the power of having patients in the room. e-Patient Connections was a wonderful and well-documented example (in blogs, on Twitter, plus the large in-person audience) as will be Health 2.0 San...
“Empowered Patient” special on CNN
Elizabeth Cohen is surely the most visible spokesperson for patient empowerment, because she's on CNN and CNN.com. She's got an hour-long special on CNN this weekend. Highly recommended, especially for friends and family who don't get what this is all about. The first...
