by Christa Carmell Davis | Jun 5, 2013
Abstract Summary: The author describes the detective work she did to find the reason for her mother’s unexplained deterioration and lack of muscular strength in hands and legs following joint replacement surgeries. A careful neurological workup ruled out ALS but did...
by Mark Harmel | May 29, 2013
Abstract Keywords: Online patient communities, Twitter, hashtag communities, e-patients, patient empowerment. Citation: Harmel M, Young K. e-Patients in twitter hashtag communities . J Participat Med. 2013 Jan 16; 5:e22. Published: May 29, 2013. Competing Interests:...
by Charles W. Smith | May 16, 2013
Abstract Keywords: Participatory medicine, health care reform, Affordable Care Act, Patient Centered Medical Home, Accountable Care Organization, health information technology, shared decision making. Citation: Smith CW, Graedon T, Graedon J, Greene A, Grohol J, Sands...
by Jessica M. Osborne-Stafsnes | May 10, 2013
Abstract Keywords: Shared decision making, health policy, patient-centered care, evidence-based medicine, decision aids, health care reform. Citation: Osborne-Stafsnes JM. Shared decision making: using federal health policy as a lever to support implementation. J...
by Lincoln Weed | May 1, 2013
Editors’ Note: This letter is in response to a comment on Terry Graedon’s recent editorial, “Is Larry Weed Right?” Abstract Keywords: Misdiagnosis, diagnostic error, information overload, diagnostic software, evidence-based medicine,...
by Bart Windrum | Apr 24, 2013
Abstract Summary: Medical error has been reliably identified as among America’s leading causes of death. Yet it never appears in “top ten causes of death” charts that periodically appear in the literature, and this author has never heard medical...
