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Patient Engagement shows up big in special WSJ section on Healthcare Innovations
Thanks to SPM co-founder Joe Graedon of PeoplesPharmacy.com for this note about today’s special section in the Wall Street Journal on healthcare innovation. (Some of the content requires a subscription, but you can register for 8 weeks free.) Joe’s note, with additions…
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“People without medical background can understand if you tell it in a language they understand”
In the latest post in our Why I Joined SPM series, guest blogger Dr. Nabin Sapkota shares his story of discovering that patients like to be taught what’s going on, and how this replaced what he’d lost when he gave up doing teaching rounds. Every “why I joined” post is inspiring to me, but this one brought me [...]
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A psychiatrist touts self-care for patients and clinicians
The Journal of Participatory Medicine has published “An Introduction to Self-Care,” a personal narrative by psychiatrist Sana Johnson-Quijada. Inspired by a positive family experience with collaborative care, the author was emboldened to modify her communication with her patients in ways that enables them to engage more effectively in their care.
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An e-Patient Goes to the Eye Doctor – and, ahem, expresses himself
This was originally posted on my own site. Social media response has said the examples of dialog help people envision how they can express things with their providers. There’s a new ending, at bottom. There’s nothing here that will be a surprise to any experienced patient advocate, but it may be useful to newbies. (If [...]
Read Moregeneral, patient networks, pt/doc co-care, pts as teachers, reforming hc
An e-patient issues an RFP, saying what’s important to him
It’s funny how things turn out sometimes. Lately I’ve written a lot here about e-patients taking an active role at a new level in healthcare, not just engaging in their care, but actually defining what it should be. Well, wouldn’t you know it, life has provided me with a case study – myself. Last week [...]
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The Rise of the e-Patient
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, presented this wonderful overview of the Project’s health findings at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA, on January 12. The Rise of the e-Patient View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Another summary of the Project’s health research is the [...]
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MIT Media Lab’s Health & Wellness 2012: ten day innovation fest, six us-centered projects
Updated 9:38pm ET – fixed many broken links :-/ I’m spending today (ONLY today, unfortunately) at the MIT Media Lab’s third annual Health & Wellness Innovation event. It’s a two week competition – six teams pursuing some terrific ideas for the most patient-friendly health innovations I’ve ever heard of. Or close to it. I’ll write [...]
Read MoreJoPM, others' e-patient stories, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, reforming hc
A physician who really understands patient-centered care
The Journal of Participatory Medicine has just published “The Patient Will See You Now,” a thought-provoking and rather moving narrative by John Krueger, MD. In telling his own story of becoming and maturing as a physician, the author persuasively argues that the key to practicing patient-centered medicine is devoting time to listen to patients’ stories [...]
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Two great posts on how patients can be responsible for their care
In the Society for Participatory Medicine we talk about patients shifting “from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health.” Two posts Tuesday from SPM members provide some great specifics. First, orthopedist @HJLuks published Your Role in Avoiding Medical Errors, 101. A few highlights – see the whole post: “Look at your medical record. [...]
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Alert: Lawrence Weed, father of the Problem Oriented Medical Record, looks ahead
The excellent ICMCC daily newsletter just alerted me to this item from Permanente Journal: Interview with Lawrence Weed, MD – The Father of the Problem-Oriented Medical Record Looks Ahead. I hope to absorb it in the next day or two, and I invite people who know this history to do the same. It’s deep, and it’s connected [...]
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