Public Health Impact

policy issues, reforming hc

Healthcare Associated Infections: What’s an Infographic Got To Do With It?

David Harlow | July 10, 2011

The good people at GE and JESS3 have come up with an HAI infographic. It’s pretty, and it conveys the horrible information that many of us already know — healthcare associated infections kill about 100,000 people a year, and add $35 billion a year to our collective health care bill (here in the US of [...]

maternity, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

A Lifetime of Participatory Medicine Can Start With Maternity Care

e-Patient Dave | September 30, 2009

As promised yesterday, here is Amy Romano’s guest post for our series leading up to the Oct. 21 launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine. Amy is a nurse-midwife and advocate for mother-friendly maternity care. An expert in research analysis, she manages the Science & Sensibility blog for Lamaze International. Follow her on Twitter: @MidwifeAmy. If [...]

positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

Keep an eye out for tomorrow morning’s post

e-Patient Dave | September 29, 2009

In our “Why Participatory Medicine” series, leading up to the October 21 launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine, tomorrow’s guest post will be a special treat for me. It contains a breakthrough insight about participatory medicine, and it’s a perfect example of how social media is enabling a wildfire acceleration of the spread of [...]