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Perceptions creating reality: the scapegoat dynamic and the role of the patient

This post brings together several threads from the past year’s work. At the core is one of the Great Challenges for TEDMED 2013: The Role of the Patient. Roles exist in a context, and a new perspective...

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New Hospital Safety Score data: a key enabler for informed choice

Comparison of five hospitals' data from this report (click to open PDF) This is cross-posted from e-patients.net. The PDF at right is a summary of sample data from this new dataset. The Leapfrog Group...

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Interesting new e-patient resource: Medivizor

Added 9/11/2013:  I do not endorse this product. I have no idea if the information it gathers is reliable. I add this because in a press release the company lists me in people who have “covered” their...

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“17 years for new medical practices to be adopted”: source

Important update next day: see comment below by Michael Porembra (and my reply) with new source information and important data on changes in rate of adoption. A tweet from South By Southwest by...

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Difficult choices with imperfect information

On 9/11 I was in Chicago at Print ’01, a huge exhibition in the print industry. I turned on the TV in my hotel room just in time to see the second plane hit. It was unworldly – and I was 1200 miles...

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A new era: the “consumer-patient,” via Inquire Healthcare

A new website launched last month. I’m not involved with the organization, but I almost wish I were, because what I’m seeing is what I hope we’ll see everywhere, for every medical need. The site is...

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How much should/could this pathology cost? (Skin cancer biopsies)

I’m going to START with three clarifications, because sometimes people don’t read footnotes. :-)  Read before proceeding. I’m NOT saying there’s anything wrong here – don’t anyone assume that every...

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How early should patient voices be heard in the research process?

Click to enlarge. Graphic by Bettina Ryll, MD/PhD, Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNE) in EORTC patient course 2014 I’m in Madrid at the ESMO Congress, “the European ASCO.” (ESMO is the European...

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I’m on Medicare! Here’s how I made it easy.

Get a Wendy. Here’s mine. Here’s the punch line: Get a good insurance agent. Mine is Wendy Reed Johnson [right]. She didn’t cost me a thing, and saved me a ton of angst. ________ For years in my...

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The best of medicine: my wife gets the new “muscle sparing” knee replacement

On Facebook Friday I posted this picture of my wife Ginny, saying “There is an astounding story behind this photo. Details Monday.” Well, it’s Monday. As you read this, bear in mind, your mileage may...

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Essential e-patient training: the uncertainty of all information

Pexels.com – Creative Commons CC0 license Below is a long comment I posted Wednesday on my neighbor @KevinMD’s blog. (Most of his widely read blog is articles he’s found elsewhere; he’s cross-posted...

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A new era: the “consumer-patient,” via Inquire Healthcare

A new website launched last month. I’m not involved with the organization, but I almost wish I were, because what I’m seeing is what I hope we’ll see everywhere, for every medical need. The site is...

View Article

How much should/could this pathology cost? (Skin cancer biopsies)

I’m going to START with three clarifications, because sometimes people don’t read footnotes. :-)  Read before proceeding. I’m NOT saying there’s anything wrong here – don’t anyone assume that every...

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How early should patient voices be heard in the research process?

Click to enlarge. Graphic by Bettina Ryll, MD/PhD, Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNE) in EORTC patient course 2014 I’m in Madrid at the ESMO Congress, “the European ASCO.” (ESMO is the European...

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I’m on Medicare! Here’s how I made it easy.

Get a Wendy. Here’s mine. Here’s the punch line: Get a good insurance agent. Mine is Wendy Reed Johnson [right]. She didn’t cost me a thing, and saved me a ton of angst. ________ For years in my...

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The best of medicine: my wife gets the new “muscle sparing” knee replacement

On Facebook Friday I posted this picture of my wife Ginny, saying “There is an astounding story behind this photo. Details Monday.” Well, it’s Monday. As you read this, bear in mind, your mileage may...

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New Hospital Safety Score data: a key enabler for informed choice

Comparison of five hospitals' data from this report (click to open PDF) This is cross-posted from e-patients.net. The PDF at right is a summary of sample data from this new dataset. The Leapfrog Group...

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Interesting new e-patient resource: Medivizor

Added 9/11/2013:  I do not endorse this product. I have no idea if the information it gathers is reliable. I add this because in a press release the company lists me in people who have “covered” their...

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“17 years for new medical practices to be adopted”: source

Important update next day: see comment below by Michael Porembra (and my reply) with new source information and important data on changes in rate of adoption. A tweet from South By Southwest by...

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Difficult choices with imperfect information

On 9/11 I was in Chicago at Print ’01, a huge exhibition in the print industry. I turned on the TV in my hotel room just in time to see the second plane hit. It was unworldly – and I was 1200 miles...

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