Media Coverage

 

general, shared decision making

Shared Decision Making in the News

Media coverage of the challenges we face in making good treatment decisions often focuses on and sensationalizes medical errors, catastrophes and risks.  So it was great to see this impressive TV news clip circulated by Gary Schwitzer of HealthNewsReview.org in his blog last week.  Reporter Jeff Baillon of Minnesota’s FOX 9 news does a great [...]

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e-patient stories, general, hc's problem list, news & gossip, reforming hc

E-Patient Discovers Significant Flaws in System, Spin Doctors Get to Work

It is absolutely amazing to watch the unfolding saga the moment a real patient enters real data into Google Health from his hospital’s medical records. The way the marketing folks tell us, this is a seamless exercise that gets you up and running on personal health records (PHRs) like Google Health instantly. The reality, as [...]

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