Glimpse

found on the net, news & gossip, positive patterns

Would Your Doctor Pay for Wasted Time? (CNN.com)

e-Patient Dave | June 30, 2011

Strictly speaking this isn’t about participatory medicine, but it is about being an empowered consumer of care. There are several dimensions to empowerment, including (but not limited to): Knowing what you want Recognizing whether you’re getting it When you’re not, speaking up about it – courteously, when you can. You know real change is happening [...]

e-Patients, send video messages to @Berci’s med students

e-Patient Dave | March 19, 2010

If you haven’t found him yet, Bertalan Meskó is one of the best new-generation doctors making the most of social media. While he was still a med student his ScienceRoll blog won Blogger’s Choice in 2007, and last month it won Medgadget’s prestigious Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog for the second year in a row. @Berci, [...]