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Christensen/Hwang: “Power to the Patients” (The Atlantic)
“While other industries take as their focus such shallow concerns as the making of money, the health care profession prides itself on dealing with matters of life and death. But that’s not the only thing distinguishing health care from other industries: it is also unique in the extent to which it excludes consumers from important [...]
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Recommended 2-minute video: “Patient Revolution”
If you haven’t already, please watch this, which is the best concise introduction to e-patients and participatory medicine I’ve seen: Susannah Fox mentioned this video six weeks ago, in a quickie post in our “found on the net” sidebar. But that was just about the video itself. I have a couple of points to add: [...]
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“Doctors Are Killing Their Profession, the Healthcare System and Their Patients with Paternalism”
That’s the strongest language yet in our “Why Participatory Medicine” series. And it’s not our words – it’s the words of a board certified neurosurgeon after he heard the Participatory Medicine message at Medicine 2.0 last month. The message echoed his thoughts, and he blogged about it. The “DocPatient” blog, by Dr. Louis Cornacchia of [...]
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Participation Matters
In politics and in health care, participation matters as much as access. The passion we saw in the political campaigns last year is matched by the passion we see when someone is trying to save a life, find a better treatment, or just manage the health of a loved one. What are you doing in [...]
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