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policy issues, reforming hc, Why PM

“Design and create a safe, decent, patient centered healthcare system.”

e-Patient Dave | September 29, 2011

Yesterday the New York Times reported that some health insurers have applied to regulatory agencies to push premiums sharply higher - usually double-digit increases, while citizens are suffering. This falls on top of the 11 year history reported last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation: wages and inflation are up ~40%, while health costs and worker [...]

ethics, general, policy issues, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles

Should More Doctors Participate in Social Media?

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | March 5, 2011

I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog, suggesting that because doctors aren’t engaging in social media as much as the ordinary person, they’re [...]

e-patient stories

ER tweet: “If my husband dies, I’m going to go [eff]ing ballistic”

Jon Lebkowsky | February 1, 2010

When Benn Rosales had a heart attack in December, his wife Lani, a very active member of the Twitterati, tweeted throughout the experience. Afterward she thought to compile those tweets as a record of Benn’s e-patient experience: “this hospital is understaffed and we’re being sh*t on because of it. if my husband dies i’m going [...]

positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles, Why PM

Health 2.010: New Year, New Era

e-Patient Dave | January 16, 2010

This is a guest post by Lucien Engelen (Dutch Twitter friend @Zorg20), who was featured in October’s The internet is changing healthcare – video from Reshape09. Here, he takes it to the next step, moving from health 2.0 to “health 2.010”. I love it! – Dave