Patient Network

 

patient networks, pt/doc co-care

When Patients Band Together: Far From a Disgrace

When it comes to news sites, I love scanning readers’ comments as much as the original articles. Comments are an unfiltered feed, a window into public opinion (in other words, catnip for someone like me). One thread caught my eye recently. Ron Winslow wrote a very nice piece in the Wall Street Journal about how [...]

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net-friendly docs, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, reforming hc, Why PM

Making Healthcare Better through Participatory Medicine

There’s new validation that participatory medicine is an idea whose time has come: the co-chairs of the Society for Participatory Medicine (my primary physician Dr. Danny Sands and I) are on this year’s list of 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better, an annual feature of HealthLeaders magazine. We want to acknowledge some of the pioneers who [...]

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