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What I Wish I’d Known Earlier…

This summer, I am reflecting and writing about what I wish that I had known earlier about getting good care following active cancer treatment, based on my experience with five different cancer diagnoses and what I have learned from others. If you have been diagnosed...

XX in Health: Women Leading Healthcare

Here’s a video that had me at hello — it leads with data, then follows with insights from people I admire: If you’re intrigued, look for other posts about women in healthcare on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #xxinhealth. And for more wisdom...

Insights on how the HITECH stimulus plan is working

In my previous post I noted that Vince Kuraitis and David Kibbe are running an excellent series, “Is HITECH Working?”* After a full year of increasing tensions, claims, and counterclaims, reading these posts has given me hope that it’s all panned out into...

The e-patient white paper: Seven Preliminary Conclusions

One year ago today I finished reading e-Patients: How they can help us heal healthcare, the e-patient white paper. It turned my head around because although I’d experienced excellent care in almost all ways, it showed that I as a patient have far more to...

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