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“HIPAA is SO 1996”

by | Sep 25, 2009

That’s a direct quote from Paul Tang, of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, at last week’s meeting of the Health IT Policy committee, of which he is vice chair. Dr. Tang was riffing on an e-Patient Dave quote, which I read during my testimony: I want...

Another great reason to be a participatory e-patient

by | May 20, 2009

The Boston Globe had a brief interview with me last Monday, and commenter “MikeScanlon” gave a great additional reason to go “e”: Doctors are required to respond to a lot of things – health insurance requirements, liability insurance...

Patients first. Doctors second.

by | Apr 30, 2009

An Op-Ed piece at the healthcare blog, written by 2 MDs from Harvard Medical School is pretty clear! For those of us who believe the time has come for participatory medicine, the following quote is particularly interesting: Empowering patients should be the first step...

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