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White Paper Introduction: “Tech is changing how we think about ourselves” #DocTom10

by e-Patient Dave | Apr 21, 2016

Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. If you haven’t read about Tom’s preface, and the Foreword by Pew Research, we urge you to. Remember, this was all written a decade ago. Today, Tom’s introduction. Please discuss! The key...

National Doctors’ Day, clinicians, hacking open access, and remembering an e-patient

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 30, 2016

Somehow I’d never heard of National Doctors’ Day, but apparently it started 25 years ago, in 1991. As one of many SPM members whose life was saved (or is being helped) by excellent physicians, I’m in! And I want to shine a broader spotlight on the...

How I became an e-patient: through practice, with coaching (using Lean on the patient side)

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 29, 2016

The next in our series of “How I became an e-patient” posts. Tyson Ortiz joined a few months ago, having been introduced to us by fellow Lean practitioner Mark Graban. His story weaves together two concurrent threads: learning about a new aspect of Lean,...

A hackathon for Open Access?? Check it out!

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 22, 2016

We’ve often written here about open access medical literature (freely available) vs “paywalled” journals. It’s a controversial subject, and this guest post is about an idea I’ve never heard of: a hackathon to explore the subject. (In the...

Meet Donna Cryer, new co-chair of SPM

by e-Patient Dave | Feb 25, 2016

At 10 ET today (Feb 25) Donna will be a guest at the White House Precision Medicine Initiative, with several other members of our Society. Watch it on livestream. See also our post on the PMI event a year ago by then-president Nick Dawson. I’m thrilled to announce...