key people, net-friendly docs, pt/doc co-care, Why PM

Blowing your mind with Doc Tom’s seven laws of self care

e-Patient Dave | August 5, 2010

Regular readers know that our founder, “Doc Tom” Ferguson, was an absolute visionary who saw that patients have a much bigger role in their own health than most people realize – at least in our culture.  The white paper at top right of this site is the culmination of his life’s thinking. Through some obsessive [...]

e-patient stories, others' e-patient stories

E-patient Interview: Sheryl Stein

Susannah Fox | May 1, 2008

Sheryl Stein, known to many as “wrekehavoc,” dispenses her wisdom and humor on a 6,000-member online community of parents (using good old listserve technology) and on her blog. In this third edition of our e-patient interviews, Sheryl talks about the power of community and how “reaching out via the internet is now an ingrained habit [...]

pt/doc co-care

Three Simple Rules

Susannah Fox | June 19, 2007

When in 2002 we came out with our bold new concept of “information therapy” I was sure that Tom would love the idea of doctors or health plans prescribing information to consumers. He didn’t. He was concerned that the prescribed information from clinicians would undermine the patient’s right or ability to search for information from other self-helpers…

…I think I am there—but then Tom might still not agree—for I still think that the self-help world will work better when the patient is also being prescribed information as a part of the process of care.