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Guest Post by Matthew Katz, MD: E-Patients Deserve E-Doctors

by Ileana Balcu | Jun 17, 2015

Matthew S. Katz, MD, is the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Lowell General Hospital and a lifetime member of S4PM. He is former Chair of Communications Committee for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and external advisor for Mayo Clinic’s...

“Activate your super-patient powers”: Public event (free!) at Brown next Monday

by e-Patient Dave | Dec 2, 2014

Cross-posted from my own site. This is about a free, non-commercial event that’s intended to be a radical exploration of a new way to discuss participatory thinking with people who don’t live in health policy circles – ordinary citizens! ______ For...

American Heart Association journal announces new Patient Viewpoints

by Marilyn Mann | Aug 8, 2014

The American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes has announced a new Patient or Caregiver Viewpoint section in the journal. Viewpoints will be authored by patients or their caregivers and will discuss the patient’s...

Summit on Identifying Family Caregivers on Medical Records – by Suzanne Mintz

by Ileana Balcu | Nov 13, 2013

Below is a guest post by Suzanne Mintz, founder Family Caregiver Advocacy about a summit where patients and caregivers were an integral part of the healthcare redesign process. More and more you will see us featuring meetings and conferences that include patients and...

Let’s bring “e-patient” to geriatrics

by e-Patient Dave | Sep 29, 2013

At the extraordinary Stanford Medicine X conference I connected with SPM member Leslie Kernisan (Twitter @GeriTechBlog), a geriatrician who’s deeply interested in and committed to enabling elders and caregivers through patient and family engagement. We recorded...