Journal of Participatory Medicine and e-Patients
September 29, 2009 · Filed Under Why PM, key people, positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles · 8 Comments
A guest post by John Sharp of the Cleveland Clinic:
If you have not read the e-Patient White Paper, you do not understand the future of medicine.
Being an e-Patient is beyond being empowered. The subtitle of the paper, “How they can help us heal healthcare,” describes the potential for a revolution of change.
Why are e-Patients and participatory medicine the future of healthcare? Patient’s sense of empowerment has been growing gradually from the start of the Cancer Survivor’s movement and use of email listservs like ACOR. The Read more



