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What Participatory Medicine can learn from a $2,467 phone bill

e-Patient Dave | September 27, 2009

Fair warning: in the weeks leading up to the October 21 launch of the Journal of Participatory Medicine, just about everything you see here is going to tie in to the society and journal. A fundamental tenet of PM is that patients (ordinary citizens, toi et moi) have more to contribute than we’ve ever thought. [...]

I’m sick of hearing Washington talk about savings “over ten years”

e-Patient Dave | July 10, 2009

I am sick of hearing politicians and money-making parties talk about savings projections “over ten years.” It’s STUPID. We’re stupid if we listen. Nothing (and I mean nothing) happens as projected ten years ago, not even five. It’s fiction; it’s a bogus way to inflate modest figures. This is the same issue as e-patients understanding [...]