by e-Patient Dave | Jul 17, 2012
As Meaningful Use rolls out, and providers are required to share data with us, there are a lot of concerns about whether their lives will spin out of control as patients besiege them with ignorant questions. We’ve discussed this in our many posts about the...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 15, 2012
Anyone who has doubts about including patients’ input in research studies should talk with Kathleen Bogart, PhD. She focuses on the social ramifications of facial paralysis, both congenital (like Moebius Syndrome) and acquired (like the often partial facial paralysis...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 12, 2012
A new Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation report is out today: Family Caregivers Online. I thought I’d give some background on why we did the study and a few key take-aways. Caregivers are alpha geeks of health care 30% of U.S. adults are currently...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 10, 2012
Big news today in the health geek world: CureTogether has been acquired by 23andme. For those just tuning in, CureTogether enables people to track and share their personal wellness experiments so that others can benefit from what they learn. 23andme enables anyone who...
by Susannah Fox | Jun 26, 2012
One year ago, I read a JAMA commentary that was so good I had to stand up while I was reading it: Are Patients Knights, Knaves, or Pawns? I blogged about it here (touching off a heated discussion) and started an email correspondence with one of the authors, Sachin...
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