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...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 10, 2015
Perhaps it’s time for an argument about how we’re doing this. Many of us in the Society for Participatory Medicine have long noted that what we’re up to here is nothing less than full-bore culture change. In my own speeches I often note that culture...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 29, 2014
Our movement seems to be entering a turning point, and today Paul Levy’s blog had a great example. The change is embodied by the 2015 theme of our e-patient conference buddies at Medicine X: “This is the year of doing.” In my view this means two...
by Nancy Finn | May 14, 2013
From the lens of a patient who recently experienced major surgery, I now realize how difficult it is to be participatory when you are in pain and taking large doses of pain medication which dulls the senses and puts you in a place where you are not really thinking...
by e-Patient Dave | Aug 7, 2010
Last night I got word of an unexpected treat: an hour-long conversation between some real experts about participatory medicine. It’s on Andrew Schorr’s Patient Power site – he and his team are powerhouses as well, and they produced a special...
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