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Whither Cochrane, for e-patients and everyone else?

Whither Cochrane, for e-patients and everyone else?

by | Oct 20, 2018

This will be the third, and last, in my short series on attending the Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh in September of this year. In the first post, I talked about what that conference was like; in the second, I shared an overview of Cochrane as a global movement to...
The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

by | Oct 13, 2018

If you’ve been paying attention, you know that yours truly got the chance to attend the annual Cochrane Colloquium in Edinburgh in September this year, thanks to a travel stipend from SPM, a #PatientsIncluded bursary from Cochrane UK, the hosts of the 2018...
How many tries does it take to flip a physician?

How many tries does it take to flip a physician?

by | Sep 1, 2017

(chapter two of three) Watching physicians pivot from ‘More is Better’ to ‘Less is More’ For British cardiologist David Warriner it all began when he was a trainee MD and it was his job to organize the daily tests ordered on the ward. Time and...
Lived Experience + Expertise = Value

Lived Experience + Expertise = Value

by | Jul 22, 2017

Recently I connected a patient expert in insurance and provider billing with a patient at the tail end of chemo struggling with huge unexpected bills. I introduced a cancer survivor with web design skills to a patient advocate setting up a new blog. I linked a parent...
Allie Davanzo: The Power of Art in Medicine

Allie Davanzo: The Power of Art in Medicine

by | May 16, 2017

This is a guest blog post by Allie Davanzo. Allie was my student in the New Media and Health Communication class I taught at TCNJ. More about the class is shared in this post.  Allie Davanzo is a sophomore Public Health major at The College of New Jersey who hopes to...

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