Journal of Participatory Medicine
The Journal of Participatory Medicine (ISSN: 2152-7202) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal with the mission to advance the understanding and practice of participatory medicine among health care professionals and patients. It is published by the Society for Participatory Medicine.
As of September 2017, the Journal is now published by JMIR Publications. Please visit the new Journal website for the most recent articles.
Most Recent
The Effects of Coaching Patients to List Questions Before Visiting Cancer Specialists: Retrospective Evaluation of Visit Preparation in a Rural, Underserved Setting
This study shows that, after an intervention to help rural cancer patients list questions before oncology visits, patients reported higher self-efficacy and lower anxiety.
Evidence
Information and Communication Technologies to Support Chronic Disease Self-Management: Preconditions for Enhancing the Partnership in Person-Centered Care
This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) can facilitate a person-centered approach to chronic disease management.
Lessons Learned in Implementing Patient Family Advisory Councils in Ontario
Patient Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) have been emerging across Ontario to provide a platform for patient engagement in health care. This study looks at how effective PFACs work and how PFACs can improve quality of care as perceived by patients.
Perspectives
Out-of-Network Provider Billed as In-Network: My Appeal Process
An empowered patient shares his “out-of-network nightmare” of being wrongfully denied insurance coverage, and how his perseverance in challenging the injustice paid off.
Collaboration and Information: Conquering My Uterus
When the author, a medical writer, found herself in the unfamiliar role of being a patient that she truly understood how important it was to ensure that both the clinician and patient worked as a team to determine and commit to the best course of care.
Opinion
Alternative Sources of Health Care On Every Corner and in Cyberspace
Faced with a shortage of primary care doctors, patients are finding alternative options — both in-person and online — for basic, sudden, non- emergency and routine medical needs.
Considering the Evidence: Experience vs. Experiment
Modern medicine often disparages anecdotes as not worthy of serious consideration, but several studies suggest that we can all benefit from both types of evidence: experience and experiment.
Columns
Implementing an Interoperable Personal Health Record in Pediatrics: Lessons Learned at an Academic Children’s Hospital
The authors’ experience demonstrates that an interoperable personal health record is technically and culturally achievable at a pediatric academic medical center.
Innovations in Participatory Medicine: The Advent of Do-It-Yourself Blood Glucose Monitoring
The advent of blood glucose self-monitoring is a story of innovations in monitoring technology and the efforts of one particularly determined patient to gain access to this technology and realize its potential, going on to advocate for widespread access to it for patients.