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“Unmarried teens would jump off bridges”: NY Times on suppression of home tests

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 31, 2016

A large part of the Society for Participatory Medicine’s work is culture change, and that requires pointing to the cultural roots of today’s situation, so that well-meaning people today can understand how we got here, and how absurd today will look in the...

OpenNotes on stage at live Washington Post event

by e-Patient Dave | Jun 15, 2016

Tuesday morning in Washington, the Post hosted a 2-1/2 hour event on improving healthcare, with numerous speakers on several topics. Of special interest to SPM is this 26 minute segment that includes OpenNotes, which we’ve often written about. OpenNotes director...

Alternative Choices for Healthcare: What are the Options?

by Nancy Finn | Dec 23, 2015

I was at dinner with friends recently when I noticed that my right thumb was red, swollen and painful. One of my friends is a biochemist and instructed me to immediately soak the finger in hot water. I continued our social evening dipping my right thumb in and out...

“Patients organise and train doctors to provide better care”: patients writing in the BMJ

by e-Patient Dave | Dec 13, 2015

As SPM advances the cause of patients as responsible drivers of their care, we sometimes hear denials or complaints from physicians who feel that e-patients needy, uninformed, self-centered burdens on busy clinicians’ time. Well, here’s a juicy...

Why the Google mug leaves such a bitter taste

by e-Patient Dave | Dec 9, 2015

Guest post by SPM member Katherine Kelly Leon @KatherineKLeon of the famous “SCAD sisters,” spotlighted in this 2011 post. This is about the “Your Googling” mug many of us discussed last week. Coffee mugs are like totems, spiritual items that...