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The internet’s downsides: tell us your stories

by Susannah Fox | Sep 5, 2012

This is a request for help finding people who have had bad experiences with online health resources. Let me first say that the internet is often a positive force in people’s lives. My own organization’s research can paint a rather rosy picture: teens are...

It’s not about being online. It’s about being empowered and engaged – thinking and speaking up.

by e-Patient Dave | Jul 25, 2012

On Monday Ileana Balcu posted about a great new article by SPM member Eve Harris, whom we’ve covered before. Eve’s post is a superb depiction of how an empowered patient – someone who knows how to think for themselves and speak up –...

Bye Bye Google Health

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Jun 25, 2011

Like so many attempts before it — drkoop.com and RevolutionHealth.com to name just two — Google has found that implementing personal health records in a meaningful way is really, really hard. So hard, in fact, that it has given up and is shuttering its...

“You’re 100% alive or 100% dead at any given moment”

by e-Patient Dave | Jun 27, 2010

A recurring training topic on this blog, originally for e-patients but also for clinicians and policy people, is understanding statistics. (See posts in that category.) Not only are statistics often misinterpreted; even when they’re correctly understood,...

Testimony submitted to the Meaningful Use workgroup (and an urgent call for citizen participation)

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 16, 2010

There’s an important call to action below. If you care about making healthcare more responsive to us, and less responsive to vendors, please read to the end. This is short. Thanks to all of you who submitted comments on this week’s post, offering feedback....