John M. Grohol, Psy.D., Author at SPM Blog

Bye Bye Google Health

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Jun 25, 2011

Like so many attempts before it — drkoop.com and RevolutionHealth.com to name just two — Google has found that implementing personal health records in a meaningful way is really, really hard. So hard, in fact, that it has given up and is shuttering its...

Rest in Peace: Personal Health Records (PHRs)

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Apr 12, 2011

While doing some research the other day on personal health records (PHRs), I came across this article, describing Revolution Health’s announcement — without much media attention — about dropping its PHR at the beginning of 2010. (Disclosure: I worked...

Ooops: Health Net Loses 1.9 Million Patient Data Records

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 16, 2011

As a reminder that even the best technology still relies on humans not making dumb mistakes, PCMag.com reports that Health Net’s technology partner, IBM, has seemingly lost a few hard drives. Normally not a big deal. Except that these drives contained patient...

Should More Doctors Participate in Social Media?

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Mar 5, 2011

I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog,...

Doctors Say One Thing, Patients Hear Another

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Sep 7, 2010

The Boston Globe has a revealing article about a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine where patients thought that a heart stent would help prevent another heart attack. But doctors had only told patients that it would relieve future chest pain. How can such...