by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Apr 15, 2015
According to a new study in JAMA, data breaches into people’s protected health information (PHI) records are increasing: “[The] study that found almost 30 million health records nationwide were involved in criminal theft, malicious hacking or other data...
by Casey Quinlan | Feb 24, 2015
We’d bet good money that anyone who identifies as an e-patient has been led to believe that their desire to participate actively in their medical care marks them as a “demanding patient.” The perception of demanding patients is that they’re...
by e-Patient Dave | May 30, 2013
See my post about this on Forbes. This is as close as a call to arms as we ever get around here, given how collaborative we are. But this is a case of bad science and/or bad reporting, with clear harm to the participatory medicine movement. Whatever the reason, it...
by Susannah Fox | Jun 26, 2012
One year ago, I read a JAMA commentary that was so good I had to stand up while I was reading it: Are Patients Knights, Knaves, or Pawns? I blogged about it here (touching off a heated discussion) and started an email correspondence with one of the authors, Sachin...
by Susannah Fox | Jul 15, 2011
Sachin Jain and John Rother’s JAMA commentary, “Are Patients Knights, Knaves, or Pawns?” is an article that begs to be shared. The first time I read it I had to stand up, I was so excited — how can I design a survey to capture these...
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