by Sarah Krüg | Jan 4, 2018
Language has a magical influence on the lives we lead, with an impact on our thoughts, emotions, and/or actions. The words we use are one of the most potent ingredients in the science of language. Words have the power to heal, guide and motivate. They can confuse,...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 24, 2017
It’s that time again! Our friends at the Patients View Institute GoPVI.org are again running their “impact awards.” I got to be present during the award’s sessions in DC last year, and it’s just terrific what they’re doing –...
by Carla Berg | Sep 1, 2017
(chapter two of three) Watching physicians pivot from ‘More is Better’ to ‘Less is More’ For British cardiologist David Warriner it all began when he was a trainee MD and it was his job to organize the daily tests ordered on the ward. Time and...
by Carla Berg | Aug 18, 2017
(Part one of three) You Are (Almost) There Have you ever been to a big trade event in a hot sector like healthcare or tech? If you are a member of S4PM, perhaps it was at CES or HIMSS or Health 2.0 or a MedX or a TedMed event. If such a scene is familiar, then...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 5, 2017
Short notice, but if you can join, please do – if you can’t make it, the archive will be published. EUPATI (European Patients’ Academy) has a 90 minute webinar today, July 5, at 11 am ET, 8 am PT, 5 pm Central Europe. To register click the graphic or...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 19, 2017
Lawrence “Larry” Weed (born December 1923, died June 3, 2017) was an American physician, researcher, educator, entrepreneur, and author, who is best known for creating the problem-oriented medical record as well as one of the first electronic health records....
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 13, 2017
What would you think if your fire department had expensive, snazzy fire trucks that failed to show up when needed? What would you think if a neighboring town had less fancy equipment but was incredibly dependable about using what it had? That’s pretty much the...
by Nancy Finn | May 10, 2017
The practice of medicine is shifting from episodic patient care to care focused on addressing many broad-based, unique, sometimes esoteric health conditions. Fueling this transition is a new focus on patient reported outcomes and health data registries that aggregate...
by e-Patient Dave | May 2, 2017
This post by SPM member MaryAnne Sterling is a thrilling sequel to our ongoing posts about CCCC (an organizational member of our Society) and its support for e-patients at their annual summit. MaryAnne is CEO of Sterling Health IT Consulting. She’s a healthcare...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 7, 2017
We’ve written often here about the BMJ’s leadership on not just listening to patients but looking at healthcare from the patient’s perspective. Their patient partnership campaign, launched in 2014, includes a patient advisory panel that works...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 29, 2017
In November we posted about an extraordinary development: NEJM Data Analysis Challenge: can others create value by seeing researchers’ data? The project has come to fruition, and the big event (free) is next Monday-Tuesday. The question for us: What’s the impact...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 27, 2017
An announcement today in Europe (press release below) brings a new angle to the copious US coverage of drug pricing, such as predatory pricing of the EpiPen and the smirking, seemingly sociopathic Martin Shkreli. For the drug described below, the Médecins du Monde...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 20, 2017
Please cite this post as “by Dave deBronkart, Marilyn Mann and Peter Elias MD” or, on Twitter, “@ePatientDave, @MarilynMann & @PHEski.” Our blog software only allows listing one author but they provided 2/3 of the content. The medical news...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 2, 2017
Do not go look this up. I’ll post the answer tomorrow. We on this blog know Dr. Tom Delbanco as, among other things, the “father” of OpenNotes, along with “co-parent” Jan Walker, RN MBA. (For a history lesson, Tom’s also the lead...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 9, 2017
Now THIS is what we call #PatientsIncluded. Twenty patient leaders will be fully funded to attend a new “MasterLab Leadership Institute” in the San Francisco bay area March 31-April 2. Click here (or the graphic above) to learn more and apply by next...
by Liz Salmi | Jan 11, 2017
Intro note by e-Patient Dave: What a great development! CCCC is an organizational member of our Society, and last year we blogged CCCC conference announces inaugural class of palliative care e-patients, and now, even better news: e-patient participation is getting...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 9, 2017
The much-quoted line “Patients are the most under-used resource in healthcare” was first uttered in the 1970s by Warner Slack, MD, when he was a young doctor in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s seen many versions and incarnations since then, but it all...
by Sarah Krüg | Dec 30, 2016
This time of the year is often filled with reflection and a retrospective review of our lives with a focus on lifestyle changes we hope to attain in the New Year. It’s a time where regrets can be erased by future aspirations. Many of us set resolutions, which I...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Dec 9, 2016
I want to share a family story and show how it connects to something we’ll all face, where real participatory thinking – and communication – make all the difference. My wife and I built a house together – the whole house, everything except...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Nov 11, 2016
On September 26, 2016, President Obama recognized Health IT Week by saying: We have worked to clarify an individual’s legal right to access their health information and transmit it where they choose—whether it’s to a family member or to their smartphone. These efforts...
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