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Eyeballs AND Data, Please

by | Sep 3, 2008

Jeff Howe’s blog post, “Can We Crowdsource Medical Expertise?” elicited the following comment from Daniel Reda of CureTogether.com: “Personally, just like I have batting averages, crash test ratings and historical earnings, I’d like to...

Health System Change: Collaborative Researchers

by | Aug 26, 2008

Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the Center for Studying Health System Change released their latest report on how Americans gather health information (HTML report; news release). I met with them in June and learned a bit more about how they approached this massive data set...

New e-patient population estimate

by | Aug 1, 2008

The Pew Internet Project released the latest estimate for the e-patient population: 75% of internet users. Details on this and an upcoming survey follow… My colleagues recently updated our top three trend charts: Who’s Online, Internet Activities, and...

Interview: Mary Matthiesen, Conversations for Life

by | Jul 31, 2008

Mary Matthiesen, founder of Conversations for Life, has 17 years of front-line experience in healthcare, end of life care, and executive leadership. She’s a transpersonal educator, coach, and community facilitator, raising awareness and promoting social change...

Patriotic Participation

by | Jul 4, 2008

[Don’t miss yesterday’s related post about the founding heroes of patient empowerment.] Something important is afoot in the land when people are able to access and share “industrial strength” information instead of being satisfied with the “consumer...

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