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What would a checklist for patients look like?

e-Patient Dave | March 17, 2010

This springs up from a Twitter discussion this morning. It’s Atul Gawande’s fault, for his book “Checklists.” :-) Forward-thinking clinicians are doing it; participatory patients should to. Let’s get to work.

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.