by e-Patient Dave | Feb 27, 2011
Again this year, as in 2009 and 2010, we’re pleased to highlight Rare Disease Day (February 28), with a post from Wendy White of Siren Interactive. Here’s last year’s prolog: One profound shift in healthcare enabled by the internet is the Web’s...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 30, 2011
Researching recently I wound up looking at where we were two years ago –Â February 2009, just as the Society for Participatory Medicine (SPM) was forming. Fascinating to see what topics were live then and are still relevant today – this community has...
by Susannah Fox | Jun 16, 2010
Ivan Oransky, executive editor of Reuters Health, provided excellent evidence yesterday regarding the need to look past abstracts of journal articles if accuracy matters to you: His own post on Embargo Watch: “More thoughts on ASCO: How the embargo policy can...
by e-Patient Dave | Feb 21, 2010
One profound shift in healthcare enabled by the internet is the Web’s ability to be a common platform for huge numbers of low-volume diseases. This is the “long tail” effect that makes Amazon and eBay a success, selling vast numbers of items you...
by Gilles Frydman | May 6, 2009
Clinicians, the Government, and many other groups are working hard to improve health care quality, but it’s a team effort. You can improve your care and the care of your loved ones by taking an active role in your health care. Ask questions. Understand your...
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