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policy issues, reforming hc

Michael Millenson: Will health reform move patient-centeredness to center stage?

e-Patient Dave | March 15, 2012

Update 12:41 pm: fixed the first link. Michael Millenson, whom we welcomed to SPM in December with his first post here, submits this, about his latest work: How has listening to the patient’s voice grown from an ethical demand of the patient rights movement into a series of specific, measurable behaviors? That question, and issues [...]

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e-patient stories, others' e-patient stories, Why PM

Next “doctor as e-patient”: Howard Luks, MD

e-Patient Dave | October 27, 2011

We’ve sometimes written about doctors as e-patients. (There are a lot!) Here’s the next. SPM member Howard Luks MD, orthopedist, had some symptoms. He spoke to his physician and GI doc, who gave him pills. It didn’t make sense to him. So he did what a lot of us do: “Then I headed onto a [...]

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policy issues, positive patterns, research issues

Agency seeks *patients*(!) for Patient Centered Outcomes project. Too few are stepping up! (You??)

e-Patient Dave | October 22, 2011

Corrections 8:45 pm ET Monday 10/24: This post’s title originally said HHS was seeking patients. Actually it’s PCORI, a new non-government agency, as described below. Both affect the future of healthcare, but PCORI isn’t part of HHS. The title also said “None are stepping up,” which disrespected those who had. “Too few” is better. As [...]

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pt/doc co-care, Why PM

Calling All Physicians: Support the Participatory Medicine Movement

Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH | March 10, 2010

Participatory Medicine is a new paradigm in healthcare, one that promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, transform the experience for both the patient and their providers, and improve healthcare outcomes.  This cultural shift requires adaptation among healthcare professionals (including physicians) as well as patients and caregivers. And yet changing culture amongst physicians remains challenging, for a [...]

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