Medical Decision

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Health News Review launches new site with improved e-patient training

e-Patient Dave | December 4, 2009

There’s a new resource for a vital e-patient skill: reading health news responsibly. It helps us be smarter before we bring new findings to the attention of other patients and our providers – not to mention smarter for our own benefit. When “Doc Tom” Ferguson defined “e-patient” in the 1990s, “Educated” wasn’t one of his [...]

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Shared Decision Making: Informed Consent v. Informed Choice

Gilles Frydman | November 30, 2009

This guest post, presenting the view point of Howard Luks ( @hjluks on Twitter). Howard is an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement at Westchester Medical Center, in Westchester County, NY. Asked about participatory medicine and patient engagement, Howard told me “I am infinitely intrigued by the possible [...]

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A new blog worth noting: “Evidence In Medicine”

e-Patient Dave | November 23, 2009

Understanding medical research, at some level, is a fundamental e-patient skill. As we start digging for reliable new information, we have to learn to separate quality from questionable. (If you think medical journals are academically pure, you’ve got learning to do.) A new blogger has emerged who’ll be a big help: David Rind, MD.