Cheryl Miller has written an excellent article, “Blogging Infertility,” in The New Atlantis. She brings up a lot of themes that have been echoing throughout my other reading: a once-silent group newly empowered by the internet; teaming patients with similar profiles; home-care tips (there could be a whole blogroll on injections, btw, starting with AmyT […]
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“You can do it. We can help.”–Susannah Fox
That’s Home Depot’s slogan and the subject of an excellent essay by Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine. Be sure to read the comments, where there is a healthy debate going on about mental illness, triple cheeseburgers, and paradigm shifts.
Health Care Consumerism–Susannah Fox
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released a very interesting report on “Health Care Consumerism” which looks at five “zones” of activity: traditional health services, self-directed care, alternative and non-conventional health services, financing, and information seeking. I recommend checking out their report for a few reasons: 1) Many of their findings ring true to me. […]
Flashback to 2001
Bowing to popular demand (OK, one person) I uploaded a PDF of the 2001 press release from the American Medical Association which suggested that Americans make a New Year’s resolution to “trust your physician, not a chat room” since the information found online puts “lives at risk.” I distinctly remember seeing those words flash across […]
Patient 2.0–Susannah Fox
Check out this interview with Matthew Zachary, founder of ImTooYoungForThis (cancer resources for GenX and GenY).
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