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pt/doc co-care, pts as teachers, shared decision making, Why PM

Action in the face of uncertainty

Science seeks certainty. The problem in medicine is, the body is complex and our knowledge is incomplete. People who want certainty – physicians or patients – are kidding themselves. And if we expect docs to be perfect, it’s a setup for dysfunction. Sometimes I hear of patients who believe their physicians dissed a proposed or experimental [...]

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found on the net, medical records, policy issues, trends & principles

Chilmark: “Where is the consumer in HIEs?”

As we adopt new technology NOW is the time to think strategically: “As I make my next move, where do I end up? How am I positioned for the next step?” Patients have a lot at stake in adoption of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). Chilmark Research has posted a good summary of how we patients [...]

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medical records, policy issues, Why PM

Second wave of comments on Health IT safety issues

Last month I posted the testimony I submitted to the Adoption/Certification Workgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee. (I urge interested parties to review the links to other resources in that post.) Today Paul Egerman, chair of that team, circulated a preliminary draft of recommendations from that meeting. Here is my response tonight, edited a [...]

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policy issues, reforming hc, trends & principles, Why PM

The Invisible Stakeholder:
Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief

The following is the proposal I submitted Tuesday, to speak at O’Reilly / TechWeb’s Government 2.0 Expo, May 25–27 in Washington. ______________________________ The Invisible Stakeholder: Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief   “These are exciting and very promising times for the widespread application of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, while also reducing costs, [...]

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policy issues, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM

Give patients (that’s you) access to all their (your) data – so they can help

Cross-posted from my website, ePatientDave.com – the happy home for my new business! I’ve just returned from Toronto, where I gave the opening keynote at the Medicine 2.0 Congress. It was titled “Gimme My Damn Data,” which is an unconventional title for an opening address, but I meant it. Here’s why. A new world of [...]

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