Society for Participatory Medicine
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Chilmark: “Where is the consumer in HIEs?”
As we adopt new technology NOW is the time to think strategically: “As I make my next move, where do I end up? How am I positioned for the next step?” Patients have a lot at stake in adoption of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). Chilmark Research has posted a good summary of how we patients [...]
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What’s in your… bucket queue?
Prolog: Cheryl said she wasn’t sure whether this post belonged on the e-patient blog. It sure does: When lives are prolonged by medical success, we get to do all kinds of things we wouldn’t have. It also belongs here because this short little piece contains a terrific and empowering “mind pop” at the end. Enjoy. [...]
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The internet is changing healthcare – video from Reshape09
I wish I could have been at the Reshape2009 conference this month in the Netherlands. The Twitter buzz was stimulating, and the 6 minute opening video caused a lot of buzz. I didn’t get it all because it was in Dutch. Now, thanks to producer Lucien Engelen (@Zorg20, “Health 2.0″), here it is in English. [...]
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What Participatory Medicine can learn from a $2,467 phone bill
Fair warning: in the weeks leading up to the October 21 launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine, just about everything you see here is going to tie in to the society and journal. A fundamental tenet of PM is that patients (ordinary citizens, toi et moi) have more to contribute than we’ve ever thought. [...]
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Another great reason to be a participatory e-patient
The Boston Globe had a brief interview with me last Monday, and commenter “MikeScanlon” gave a great additional reason to go “e”: Doctors are required to respond to a lot of things – health insurance requirements, liability insurance requirements, rules and regulations of all sort – and finally, the assumptions about their patients that they [...]
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