An e-Patient is Born: Elyse Chapman’s story

April 26, 2009 · Filed Under e-patient stories, net-friendly docs, others' e-patient stories, trends & principles · 21 Comments

One of the key learnings of my first year as a student of the e-patient movement, studying how healthcare is evolving, is this: People get radicalized when it gets personal.

This is one such story: it’s the e-patient awakening of a long-time personal friend of mine. Facing a painful medical crisis, she asked questions and carried out research that revealed options no one had told her about. By becoming an e-patient, she’s changed her future.

And what fascinates me, as we plan the new world of participatory medicine, is this: How does this awakening happen? What are the pivotal moments?

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