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Patients Invited! Health Informatics Conference seeks Patient Participation

by Marge Benham-Hutchins | May 21, 2014

An international conference addressing information technology and communication in health (ITCH) will be held February 26 – March 1, 2015 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Professor Stephen Hawking’s statement, “we learned to talk, we learned to listen, we...

Via @Cancer101: 10 things every patient needs to know

by Ileana Balcu | May 13, 2014

A handy one page chart from our Past President Sarah Krug through Cancer101 summarizes the best way to become an e-patient: Click to access top-10.pdf Here are a few points: You have a story to tell. Don’t be afraid to tell it. Make sure to write down and ask...

OpenNotes & Transparency: Ongoing conversation

by Casey Quinlan | May 1, 2014

OpenNotesOne of our MD members, Peter Elias, tipped us off on our listserv to a post on KevinMD.com from a clinician who was expressing concern about the wisdom of OpenNotes, and fully sharing information with patients in general. Peter posted a comment, which we...

#patientgate – digital recordings change everything

by Casey Quinlan | Mar 12, 2014

Glyn Elwyn, a very smart guy/MD who’s currently thinking deep thoughts at Dartmouth, was a participant at the undisclosed location on the undisclosed project I was involved in two weeks ago. He’s posted a real barn-burner on BMJ. Its headline:...

What’s the PATIENT value in health IT?

by Casey Quinlan | Mar 11, 2014

Since HIMSS14, there’s been a robust discussion on the SPM listserv about the “business of IT” in healthcare. There were a number of our number present in Orlando for the HIMSS conference, with some of them appearing on the platform. The conversation...