If you have doubts about the impact of social media on health care, please read this 2005 post on The Health Care Blog about a grandmother’s campaign on behalf of her grandson. There’s a lot of heart (and snark) in the comments.
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No Secrets–Susannah Fox
Ted Eytan‘s April 16, 2008, iHealthBeat column lays out the benefits of providing real-time, secure access to health records: “As our profession understands the benefits of patient partnership better, more medical groups are discovering that there aren’t compelling arguments for keeping patients’ information secret.”
Patient 2.0–Susannah Fox
Check out this interview with Matthew Zachary, founder of ImTooYoungForThis (cancer resources for GenX and GenY).
Medscape Editorial–Susannah Fox
Check out this video editorial by Dr. Danny Sands entitled “ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care.” (Note: sign-up is free for site access.)
Medicine for the People–Susannah Fox
Joe & Terry Graedon are featured in The Rambler this month. Here’s the interview excerpt, which includes an awesome photo from 1973.
Gov Gab on Organic Food–Susannah Fox
USA.gov just launched a blog and one of the first posts explains the 4 categories of “organic” food, a good basic tool for people trying to avoid hormones, pesticides, etc.
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