Paul Levy

general, policy issues, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

NPSF’s magnificent Universal Patient Compact

e-Patient Dave | March 23, 2010

One of my personal pleasures in the first year of the Society for Participatory Medicine has been discovering people in other parts of the “patient culture” who’ve been doing wonderful, empowering, participatory things for years – and who’ve already been producing valuable results for years. Example: the patient safety movement. On Paul Levy’s blog I [...]

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

Making Healthcare Better through Participatory Medicine

e-Patient Dave | December 10, 2009

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 [...]

e-pts resources, positive patterns, understanding statistics

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.

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Social media and healthcare: hospitals lead

Jon Lebkowsky | September 28, 2009

A signal moment has happened: When a major business authority with no history in healthcare speaks up about a shift in the wind, it’s worth noting. And this time it’s a great sign for participatory medicine, because the news is that hospitals are engaging with patients. My company’s been working with hospitals the last few [...]