Society for Participatory Medicine
e-patients.net blog
Thomas Goetz
patient networks, policy issues, positive patterns
The Decision Tree: How Better Health Can Scale
“The internet was created to connect people and groups. The first step is to share stories. The next step is to share quantitative observations.” “Health care has been locked up in regulatory amber. HIPAA was passed in 1996, almost perfectly timed to cut off health care from the internet. But there is a loophole: to [...]
Read Morepositive patterns, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles, Why PM
Recommended 2-minute video: “Patient Revolution”
If you haven’t already, please watch this, which is the best concise introduction to e-patients and participatory medicine I’ve seen: Susannah Fox mentioned this video six weeks ago, in a quickie post in our “found on the net” sidebar. But that was just about the video itself. I have a couple of points to add: [...]
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