Caregivers

net-friendly docs, patient networks

Examples, please: peer-to-peer healthcare

Susannah Fox | June 27, 2011

I’m writing an article and would love to tap into this community’s knowledge. I know of a few examples of clinical practices using Facebook and Twitter to connect with patients, such as MacArthur OB/GYN, but I’d love to learn about other examples, especially ones which use social networking tools to connect patients and caregivers with [...]

general

A Health Information Divide

Susannah Fox | February 1, 2011

This post is first and foremost a thank-you note. Thank you to everyone who posted a comment, emailed me, or tweeted a suggestion in response to my request for input last July: Crowdsourcing a Survey. Six new topics came directly from those conversations. Thank you to Veenu Aulakh and the California HealthCare Foundation who provided [...]

pt/doc co-care, Why PM

Calling All Physicians: Support the Participatory Medicine Movement

Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH | March 10, 2010

Participatory Medicine is a new paradigm in healthcare, one that promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, transform the experience for both the patient and their providers, and improve healthcare outcomes. This cultural shift requires adaptation among healthcare professionals (including physicians) as well as patients and caregivers. And yet changing culture amongst physicians remains challenging, for a [...]

positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles, Why PM

Health 2.010: New Year, New Era

e-Patient Dave | January 16, 2010

This is a guest post by Lucien Engelen (Dutch Twitter friend @Zorg20), who was featured in October’s The internet is changing healthcare – video from Reshape09. Here, he takes it to the next step, moving from health 2.0 to “health 2.010”. I love it! – Dave

medical records, policy issues, positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles

Consumer Partnership for eHealth’s thoughts on Meaningful Use

e-Patient Dave | May 13, 2009

Precursor posts: The “meaningful use” debate (my thoughts); the Markle Foundation’s work on the subject Thanks to Josh Seidman of the Information Therapy Blog for steering me to the “meaningful use” work that’s been done by the Consumer Partnership for eHealth – another great group I’d never heard of. I’m loving the way Web 2.0 [...]