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Participatory medicine and health data rights on NPR

Susannah Fox | November 16, 2009

NPR’s Morning Edition story, “Patients Turn to Online Buddies for Help Healing,” combined research and real-life examples, participatory medicine and health data rights. Much of what I said during my interview with Joseph Shapiro is based on what I’ve written and read here on e-patients.net, so, first, thank you. I’ve already started answering questions on [...]

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Regina Holliday’s “73 cents” story on NPR

e-Patient Dave | November 10, 2009

An interview Regina Holliday appeared yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered. More on this later, but I want to get it posted.

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Meaningful Use: The Elephant IS In The Room

Gilles Frydman | May 18, 2009

Comparative Effectiveness: a comparison of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such studies may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or they may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy. The analysis may focus only on the [...]