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Shared Kismet: Wikipedia and the NIH

by | Jul 16, 2009

The National Institutes of Health hosted a Wikipedia Academy today to train scientists, communications staff, and other NIH staffers in how to contribute to what has become a top source for health information in the U.S. (For more details, please see the NIH press...

My Right to Data, Happiness, and a Long and Healthy Life

by | Jun 26, 2009

“To alienate [patients] from their own decision making is to change them into objects.” – P. Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed The newly drafted Declaration of Health Data Rights, created by patient advocates, caregivers, health care professionals, technology and...

e-Patients Are Proud Deviants!

by | Jun 15, 2009

The wonderful Atul Gawande delivered this past Friday a commencement address, titled “Money,” to the graduates of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He touched on and expanded on the theme of his groundbreaking article “The Cost...

David Kibbe & Mark Leavitt : Openness vs. Opacity

by | May 30, 2009

Background information: The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is currently in a monopolistic situation since it is, for the last few years, the only entity allowed to certify EHRs. The HITECH act of ARRA mentions specifically the...

Adopting a Style for Improved Health Outcomes

by | May 27, 2009

Not Your Father’s Doctor-Patient Relationship – A Positively Revolutionary Approach In pediatrics, research has shown that not all parenting styles produce equal outcomes. Researchers often categorize parenting styles into four groups according to parents’ level of...

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