Society for Participatory Medicine
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found on the net, trends & principles
Majority of consumers use social networks to influence buying decisions (Gartner)
A majority of consumers’ buying decisions are influenced by social networks, according to a new study from research firm Gartner, says ReadWriteWeb. Three types of key influencers (20% of users) are heeded by 74% of all consumers. We’d like to see this analysis applied to health decisions, compared to Pew data, and tracked as time [...]
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Why Mark Boguski joined the Society for Participatory Medicine
Next in our series, Mark Boguski, MD, PhD is both a personal and a corporate member, as co-founder with Dr. Alan Littleford of ResoundingHealth. If you’d like to submit your own reason, write to me. (This is not an “invitation only” series – that wouldn’t be like us! When a member submits, we put it [...]
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Moving the mountain: Producing evidence and results on methods for better care
I ran across a graphic today that warmed my heart: Recognize that agenda? (Click to enlarge if you want more clarity.) Sure is a lot of what we’ve discussed. Pie in the sky, tough hill to climb, nice idea but not feasible, right? Wrong. Thursday I’m at a quarterly meeting a group that’s already making [...]
Read Moree-pts resources, medical records, policy issues, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, reforming hc
Dear White House: The Personal Data Challenge
Gary Wolf of Wired has posted a whizbang write-up that came out of a whirlwind one-hour 12-way Skype chat about personal health data. Sound frenetic? It was. (I participated. It was, well, 12-way.) I can’t imagine how to model what happened, except to say that it was wired. It grew out of a request from [...]
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Initial OpenNotes report: project description and baseline attitude survey
Participate in a public survey here at the OpenNotes project website: what do you think will happen when notes are made visible to patients? Five weeks ago we wrote about the start of the OpenNotes project, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Pioneer Portfolio. The year-long project is now rolling, and a new article today in [...]
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CMS slides from the Meaningful Use rules announcement
At last Tuesday’s announcement of the Meaningful Use rules, many people asked for the slides. After going through clearances, they arrived today. Click for 44 page PDF (649k). Correction 12:19pm ET 7/19: the PDF has been replaced with a PowerPoint, which we uploaded to Slideshare:
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Susannah Fox on BBC’s “Americana” on US mobile internet usage
Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet and American Life project was on BBC Radio’s “Americana,” with Megan McCarthy, editor of TechMeme. (You know she’s wicked cool because her Twitter ID is just @Megan.) Topic: mobile internet usage in America. The recording is here. Their segment runs from 5:45 to 14:55; the audio player nicely lets [...]
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Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig
e-Patient Dave’s book, Laugh, Sing, and Eat like a Pig, is out! Mark Graban captures the health geek excitement: The best writers make you feel like you’re spending time with a wise friend — add some tears and laughs and you have Dave’s book. I wasn’t there for his whole journey, so I’m learning new [...]
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Crowdsourcing a Survey: Health Topics
The Pew Internet & American Life Project will soon go into the field with our next health survey and we need your help. One of our core findings (8 in 10 internet users, or about two-thirds of U.S. adults, look online for health information) is based on a series of questions that is tweaked in [...]
Read Morekey people, positive patterns, pts as teachers, reforming hc, trends & principles
HHS posts Consumer e-Health job. Apply by 8/16.
Josh Seidman, Director of Meaningful Use, sent this. It’s for a two year full time job in DC, possibly extendable. No relocation costs will be paid – you’re on yer own. :–) From what I hear, talking to people working in HHS these days, “full time” is an understatement. Don’t apply for this unless you [...]
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