by Nancy Finn | May 10, 2017
The practice of medicine is shifting from episodic patient care to care focused on addressing many broad-based, unique, sometimes esoteric health conditions. Fueling this transition is a new focus on patient reported outcomes and health data registries that aggregate...
by e-Patient Dave | May 2, 2017
This post by SPM member MaryAnne Sterling is a thrilling sequel to our ongoing posts about CCCC (an organizational member of our Society) and its support for e-patients at their annual summit. MaryAnne is CEO of Sterling Health IT Consulting. She’s a healthcare...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 3, 2017
March 1, 1992. 25 years ago. Yesterday I asked When was “Enriching the relationship by inviting the patient perspective” published? The words in that paper’s abstract [right] could have been written today – literally every word. It was printworthy a...
by e-Patient Dave | Jul 29, 2016
A patient’s ability to choose the provider they want depends largely on information – same as any other choice, right? So this blog has long praised The Leapfrog Group for its deep analysis and publication of hospital quality and safety data, through its...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 7, 2016
I’ve known Eric Dishman for about five years, because we’re both kidney cancer patients. I’ve known that he’s a really sharp thinker, and a high-ranking executive at Intel, deeply interested in and involved in their work in healthcare. May 3...
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