found on the net, JoPM, others' e-patient stories

Kathleen O'Malley | September 7, 2011

The Journal has just published a commentary by SPM member Kathy Kastner, “My 8-Point Participatory Philosophy: What Makes Me a Participatory Patient.” The author describes the “aha moment” when she decided to become a participatory patient and shares the attributes that helped her achieve her goal — they include discipline and hard work, as well [...]

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Calling All Physicians: Support the Participatory Medicine Movement

Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH | March 10, 2010

Participatory Medicine is a new paradigm in healthcare, one that promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, transform the experience for both the patient and their providers, and improve healthcare outcomes.  This cultural shift requires adaptation among healthcare professionals (including physicians) as well as patients and caregivers. And yet changing culture amongst physicians remains challenging, for a [...]

pt/doc co-care

Participatory Medicine: Blending Traditional Medicine with “Health 2.0″

Charlie Smith | June 16, 2009

Tom Davenport, in a Harvard Business Publishing Blog post, does a nice job of discussing the merging of “Health 2.0″, the aggregate of online communities, wiki’s, bloggers, and tweets, with the role of traditional medical providers.  He asks whether, if you get seriously ill, you will rely solely on colleagues online or whether you’ll seek out a [...]

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Will The Great Recession Create Millions of e-Patients?

Gilles Frydman | May 19, 2009

Another post about healthcare “creepware” from Opaque, Inc. While reading the Wall Street Journal health blog, I saw this disturbing piece of information: In a new survey conducted by Mercer, the employee benefits consulting shop, nearly half of the 428 employers polled said they plan to shift more health costs to employees in 2010. Further, [...]