{"id":19693,"date":"2017-06-24T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/?page_id=19693"},"modified":"2023-09-18T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:20:25","slug":"blog-index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/","title":{"rendered":"ePatients Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blog Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>e-Patients Blog<\/h1>\n<p>The blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. <a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/guestposts\">Want to be a contributor<\/a>?\n<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blog fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; posts_number=&#8221;12&#8243; include_categories=&#8221;191,40,7847,171,21,225,281,12,1,114,447,4238,35,3585,367,87,6,7344,4,8053,4986,59,7,4237,5,3,62,3586,4236,208,2,226,4147,2304,current,8136,8173,8172,8157,8110,8116,all,8220,8219,8244,8216,8257,8208,8224,8228,8237&#8243; show_more=&#8221;on&#8221; show_author=&#8221;off&#8221; show_categories=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Blog&#8221; module_class=&#8221;et_blog_grid_equal_height&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; meta_text_color=&#8221;#777777&#8243; meta_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; read_more_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; read_more_text_color=&#8221;#8300E9&#8243; read_more_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; custom_css_read_more=&#8221;display:block; float:right;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; use_dropshadow=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blog][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]The Society for Participatory Medicine&#8217;s <strong>ePatients blog<\/strong> highlights items of interest to those in the world of e-patients and participatory medicine. 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