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On Veterans Day: Inspiration
Necessity is the mother of invention. I have been profoundly moved over the past few months by a handful of people who have been forced to live this idiom or who have stepped up to the challenge of aiding wounded warriors. In honor of Veterans Day, please take a moment to learn about these inspiring [...]
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“How to become a more effective e-patient” (and clinician): lecture at Duke by Dr. Charles Smith
Well, here’s a treat: Dr. Charles Smith, a founder of the Society for Participatory Medicine, recently gave a lecture at Duke titled “How to Become a More Effective e-Patient.” Here it is, in four YouTube segments. “Charlie,” as we all call him, is a wonderful guy. He’s co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Participatory Medicine and [...]
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Medical Self-Care: The Doc Tom interview in Mother Earth News
Next in our series of posts about our founder Doc Tom. Previous time capsules: 1980 and 1985. Come, ye economics buffs and algebra fans; get out your pencils and solve for x, n, and XX: Whatever else the year 19XX is remembered for, it will — without a doubt — go down in history as [...]
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Next history lesson: Doc Tom (and the Graedons) in the way-back machine
Last Friday we dug up our founder Doc Tom’s Seven Laws of Self-Care, from 1985. At one time Tom served as medical editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, the Woodstock-era empowerment resource whose subtitle was “Access to Tools.” At left (click to enlarge) is the cover of the original 1968 edition – just as I [...]
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Blowing your mind with Doc Tom’s seven laws of self care
Regular readers know that our founder, “Doc Tom” Ferguson, was an absolute visionary who saw that patients have a much bigger role in their own health than most people realize – at least in our culture. The white paper at top right of this site is the culmination of his life’s thinking. Through some obsessive [...]
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Why Victor Montori joined the Society for Participatory Medicine
Next in our “Why I Joined” series is Victor Montori, MD of the Mayo Clinic. My wife and I met him in May; he’s high energy, with boundless optimism. And as you’ll see, he feels very strongly about patients being at the center of healthcare. The civil rights movement has not finished its job. In [...]
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“Give Us Our Dammed Data” – Regina Holliday
17 authors with weapons in hand stare down upon the viewer. The three panel painting measures 60 inches by 144 inches. It is a very large painting, and yet it is crowded with those who have been hurt and those who have suffered. Every one of them is an author. Nearly everyone in the painting [...]
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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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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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“What I’ve Learned from e-Patients”: Doc Tom and Dan Hoch, 2005
Thanks to the extraordinary Dutch e-patient / expert patient Lodewijk Bos (Twitter), president of ICMCC, I discovered this classic that I didn’t know existed. Our founder “Doc Tom” Ferguson died 8 months later so I never knew him, but this piece makes clear that the work we do here had been underway for years. This [...]
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