by Marilyn Mann | Jul 28, 2014
Preface by e-Patient Dave: We have often written here (see posts) about Shared Decision Making, in which patients are engaged in choosing among treatment options. A key method is to give patients a “decision aid” (DA) – a document or video that...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 4, 2014
A press release published Tuesday begins: Sharecare and Blue Button Host Twitter Chat to Help Consumers Take Control of Their Personal Health Information Gaining control of your health and your personal health information is more than just a convenience – it’s your...
by David Harlow | Mar 27, 2014
A Perspectives piece I wrote was published this week by iHealthBeat – Unlocking the Power of Health Data. In it I argue for patient-controlled sharing of rich data, as opposed to HIPAA-regulated stripping of identifiers in order to eliminate the risk to patient...
by Nick Dawson | Jan 23, 2014
This post originally appeared on NickDawson.net here. Spoiler alert: I’m not dying and there doesn’t appear to be anything major wrong with me. I know, you hate spoilers. But I thought I’d get that one out of there way. It makes the rest of this considerably...
by Danny van Leeuwen | Feb 19, 2013
There’s been a great thread on Dr. Wes’ blog and the SPM listserv about patients obtaining and reading their own EKG’s.  As you can imagine — lots of pros and cons. A significant difference noted between the right to have the information...
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