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Worst Headache of My Life Becomes Lesson About Role of Story in Health

by Roni Zeiger | Nov 16, 2011

This post and 5 minute video were published on ABC News yesterday and I want to share them with this community as well. Three months ago, at the age of 40, I had a small bleed in my brain. My story is no more special than any of your stories, but I learned something...

Action in the face of uncertainty

by e-Patient Dave | Nov 2, 2011

Science seeks certainty. The problem in medicine is, the body is complex and our knowledge is incomplete. People who want certainty – physicians or patients – are kidding themselves. And if we expect docs to be perfect, it’s a setup for dysfunction....

Jonena Relth: Participatory medicine: my first-hand account

by Kathleen O'Malley | Sep 9, 2011

Jonena Relth submitted this guest post to share her very positive experience with her surgeon. I was being prepped for surgery last week and my surgeon, Dr. Davies, came in to discuss the procedure. He explained to me that he had reviewed my file several times and...

Should More Doctors Participate in Social Media?

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 5, 2011

I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog,...

Insights on how the HITECH stimulus plan is working

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 22, 2010

In my previous post I noted that Vince Kuraitis and David Kibbe are running an excellent series, “Is HITECH Working?”* After a full year of increasing tensions, claims, and counterclaims, reading these posts has given me hope that it’s all panned out into...