by Susannah Fox | Oct 4, 2011
We are deep into the fall conference season. One of my favorite trends is the increasing rate of inclusion of patients and caregivers at health care events, on stage or in the audience. The California HealthCare Foundation was a pioneer in this regard. Patients 2.0,...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 29, 2011
Yesterday the New York Times reported that some health insurers have applied to regulatory agencies to push premiums sharply higher – usually double-digit increases, while citizens are suffering.  This falls on top of the 11 year history reported last year by...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 25, 2011
Guest blogger Beth Austin shares her professional and personal advice on choosing the right doctor. She is the principal of Crescendo Consulting Group. I’ve spent a lot of time in my professional life knee-deep in articles on healthcare quality and medical...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 18, 2011
Tessa Richards, assistant editor at the British Medical Journal, has posted a well reasoned commentary on the BMJ site, “Enlist the patients’ help.” I’m no expert on the UN’s work here but what we seem to be seeing is, once again,...
by e-Patient Dave | Sep 17, 2011
Another post from the Inspire.com network of patient commuÂniÂties. This one’s from New Hampshire resident Linnea Duff, an active Inspire participant who has Stage IV NSCLC (non-small-cell lung cancer). She blogs at Life And Breath. It’s often been said...
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