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Information Overload: Problem or Not?

by | Jun 26, 2008

In order to take command of your health, you must have access to information. Fortunately, the availability of information has been greatly enhanced by the advent of the Internet. In fact, many people attribute the existence of the modern e-patient to the Internet....

Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information

by | Jun 25, 2008

Today, June 25, 2008 the Markle Foundation’s Connecting for Health Initiative, a public-private collaborative group engaging more than 100 organizations representing all major components of the health sector, released a new framework to increase health end-users...

Physician, Teacher, Farmer

by | Jun 18, 2008

Alan Greene emailed this dispatch from Italy: While attending the 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Cheryl and I met a delightful man from the Netherlands named Martien Lankester, executive director of Avalon. He is a physician, teacher, and organic farmer. He...

CCHIT, PHR and the Lack of e-Patient Representation

by | Jun 16, 2008

When Google Health was launched, a few weeks ago, all the onus was put on the privacy issue. So much so that we may have lost focus on other issues that are of real importance to the future of e-Patients (that means you and me and everybody else you know!). For...

CaringBridge, CarePages: community support sites

by | Jun 7, 2008

This weekend the Associated Press is publishing a story about CaringBridge and a similar site, CarePages. It relates the experience of several users, including my community and family during my cancer adventure last year (see my CaringBridge journal.). Newcomers: if...

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