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e-patient stories, others' e-patient stories, Why PM

Next “doctor as e-patient”: Howard Luks, MD

e-Patient Dave | October 27, 2011

We’ve sometimes written about doctors as e-patients. (There are a lot!) Here’s the next. SPM member Howard Luks MD, orthopedist, had some symptoms. He spoke to his physician and GI doc, who gave him pills. It didn’t make sense to him. So he did what a lot of us do: “Then I headed onto a [...]

hc's problem list, medical records, policy issues

What to do about “the cream of the crap”? ONC’s Adoption/Certification Workgroup meeting

e-Patient Dave | February 18, 2010

I’d like your help preparing thoughts and testimony for a policy meeting I’ve been invited to attend in Washington next week. For these meetings, one needs to submit prepared remarks in advance, for the committee to digest in advance. And from what I’ve learned so far about this, there’s a lot to chew on, and [...]

patient networks, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

#WhyPM?

Gilles Frydman | October 13, 2009

Note: if you do not use Twitter an explanation of this post’s title may be in order. #WhyPM is the Twitter hashtag we have been using collectively to announce the launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine and to mention topics of interest from the Journal and the Internet. So what is Participatory Medicine? Simply [...]

general, hc's problem list, medical records, policy issues

Dx: Revolting. Rx: Revolt.

e-Patient Dave | July 1, 2009

Tuesday night, endorsement #906 on HealthDataRights.org came from a Judy Beckman, who says: “I agree all the way I cannot get MY records unless I pay for MY records $1.00 per page WHY WHY these are MINE???????????” Indeed, why? Whose data is it, anyway? This spring I’ve been learning (slowly) about HIPAA – the immense [...]