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Patient Communities… at Walgreens?

June 17, 2010 By Susannah Fox 30 Comments

Aisle of a Walgreens drug store

UPDATE: On Feb. 18, 2015, PatientsLikeMe and Walgreens announced a partnership: “Now, anyone researching a medication or filling a prescription on Walgreens.com can access a simple snapshot that shows how their prescribed medication has impacted other patients on the therapy, including medication side effects, as reported by PatientsLikeMe members.” One more step away from “crazy” and toward “obvious” […]

Filed Under: e-pts resources, patient networks Tagged With: American Well, CureTogether, Diabetic Connect, Diana Forsythe, E-Patient Dave, Google Health, Inspire, MedHelp, Microsoft HealthVault, patientslikeme, Rite Aid, Ted Eytan, Walgreens

Health Geek Radio: Adam Bosworth’s Straight Talk Express

May 4, 2010 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Adam Bosworth of Keas delivered quite a lecture yesterday at the Alliance for Healthcare Foundation. He talks about how Americans don’t really like data (but they need it), why “frugal innovation” is the best path for start-ups, how e-Patient Dave shook up the EHR world, why health privacy legislation would kill patient-driven research, and why […]

Filed Under: health data, medical records, policy issues Tagged With: Adam Bosworth, E-Patient Dave, EHR, Google Health, Health Data, Health Privacy, Keas

Your Health Information at Your Fingertips–Susannah Fox

November 16, 2008 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Nancy B. Finn is a journalist with an expertise in the implementation of digital communications in health care and shared this story about personal health records: I was recently hospitalized. Fortunately I did not have to go through the emergency department but was admitted directly to a room. When I arrived, the nurse assigned to […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list Tagged With: Dossia, Google Health, iHealth Record, Microsoft HealthVault, Nancy B. Finn, personal health records

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