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Monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This blog is e-patients.net. Subscribe via RSS or email, tweets etc. Our open-access journal is the Journal of Participatory Medicine (Twitter: @JourPM) “Participatory Medicine is a movement in which [...]
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SPM’s responses to the proposed rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2
Afternoon additions: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments. As I just told a friend on Facebook: “How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I [...]
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International survey for chronic disease patients
Doctoral student Mohamed Chekli met SPM member Matthew Katz MD (radiologist), and asked for help with a survey:
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American Hospital Association declares war on patient empowerment. Please act.
[Reminder: The place to register an official comment to the government is this page on Regulations.gov. Monday May 7 is the last day.] ____________ New, 11pm ET on May 2: See Regina Holliday’s addition at bottom. Evening addition: In a comment below, SPM policy chair David Harlow notes that (perhaps in addition to what you do below), [...]
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Scott Strange: The Only “Thing” that Can Empower You Is You
This guest post by SPM member Scott Strange originally appeared on his blog, Strangely Diabetic. Scott will host this week’s #s4pm Tweetchat on Wednesday, April 11 at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific (username @Strangely_t1) on #diabetes. It seems that every day we read a new announcement about some new health app or service that will empower you. [...]
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Monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This blog is e-patients.net. Subscribe via RSS or email, tweets etc. Our open-access journal is the Journal of Participatory Medicine (Twitter: @JourPM) “Participatory Medicine is a movement in which [...]
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Nancy Finn: Changes to Health Delivery Are Key to Reducing Costs
Guest blogger, e-patient and SPM member Nancy Finn takes on the tough topic of how to reduce the cost of health care delivery. With all the talk this week about Obamacare and whether or not the Supreme Court will declare the law constitutional, partially unconstitutional, or take no stand, the law will not have a [...]
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The Government’s Assault on Women’s Health
I’m a little confused… I’m not sure where the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the government’s right to interfere with the doctor/patient relationship. Nowhere in this historic document could I find anything about the government’s right to dictate how women’s health and reproductive health (but not men’s) are areas appropriate to government interference. (You won’t find it [...]
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Patients: Your Researcher Will See You Now!
Guest blogger Susan Woods, a physician and SPM board member, urges patients to help shape PCORI’s draft National Priorities for Research and initial Research Agenda, and offers her own comments here. The public comment period ends at 11:59 pm EST on March 15. Patient voices are needed now! The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) [...]
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Monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine
This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn. Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This blog is e-patients.net. Subscribe via RSS or email, tweets etc. Our open-access journal is the Journal of Participatory Medicine (Twitter: @JourPM) “Participatory Medicine is a movement in which [...]
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