by e-Patient Dave | Mar 15, 2012
Update 12:41 pm: fixed the first link. Michael Millenson, whom we welcomed to SPM in December with his first post here, submits this, about his latest work: How has listening to the patient’s voice grown from an ethical demand of the patient rights movement into...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 27, 2011
We’ve sometimes written about doctors as e-patients. (There are a lot!) Here’s the next. SPM member Howard Luks MD, orthopedist, had some symptoms. He spoke to his physician and GI doc, who gave him pills. It didn’t make sense to him. So he did what...
by e-Patient Dave | Oct 22, 2011
Corrections 8:45 pm ET Monday 10/24: This post’s title originally said HHS was seeking patients. Actually it’s PCORI, a new non-government agency, as described below. Both affect the future of healthcare, but PCORI isn’t part of HHS. The title also...
by e-Patient Dave | May 22, 2011
The Society for Participatory Medicine was well represented last week at the 14th  ICSI/IHI Colloquium. (ICSI is the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a small midwestern think tank that’s way too poorly known.) SPM members who presented: Jane...
by Danny Sands, MD | Mar 10, 2010
Participatory Medicine is a new paradigm in healthcare, one that promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, transform the experience for both the patient and their providers, and improve healthcare outcomes. This cultural shift requires adaptation among healthcare...
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