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#NoMUwithoutME: Primary School Edition

by Casey Quinlan | Apr 18, 2015

Created using Bitstrips. Text engine: Up Goer Five, “Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words? It’s not very easy.” Bottom line: When you go to the doctor, any doctor, always ask for your...

Consumer Reports: “Respectful” treatment key to patient safety?

by Casey Quinlan | Dec 16, 2014

In a report released today (December 16, 2014), Consumer Reports shares insights from a survey of 1,200 people who were recently hospitalized. SPM is not surprised by the findings, which include the fact that patients who said they received respectful treatment by...

Engaging Patients in Safety: Naughty or Nice?

by Casey Quinlan | Dec 12, 2014

This post by long-time SPM member Michael Millenson first appeared on the EngagingPatients.org blog. We’re re-posting it here to both put it on the membership’s radar, and to invite comments on Michael’s POV that “As much as we can argue that...

#epatient – Are Millennials Born That Way?

by Casey Quinlan | Nov 17, 2014

Reposted from the Mighty Mouth blog Most of the people I meet in my voyages ’round healthcare system transformation, grassroots edition, arrived at the portal of #epatient via a trip through the medical-industrial complex. Either they, or someone they cared for, wound...

WHO in Geneva – SPM in the house!

by Casey Quinlan | Oct 30, 2014

SPM member Casey Quinlan (who’s posting this) was invited to attend an event at the WHO in Geneva. This post originally appeared on her Mighty Casey Media blog, and is reposted here in its entirety by SPM request. Guess who got invited to WHO? No, really....