Note: Swine Flu FAQs updated daily Plus: Should We Be Afraid of Swine Flu? While the professionals provide us with statistics about Mexico, Texas, California or other places where patients have contracted swine flu, I actually find I have different questions all together: I don’t live in Mexico. Am I at risk for getting swine […]
Swine Flu – But What About Bacon and Eggs? Read More »
If you thought social networking was only for kids, Gen Web-ers or geeks, then think again. Social networking has become a great source for finding people who can help you improve your health, or your medical care. If you aren’t sure what I mean by social networking, then you’ll recognize it by other names you
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Lest you think patient advocacy is all about sticking up for yourself through doom and gloom, I thought I’d share this piece from Prevention Magazine. I enjoyed it, and learned something from this baker’s dozen of tips. Maybe you’ll learn something, too: Why do we laugh until we cry? Why do onions make us tear
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I exchange thoughts with healthcare IT people on a daily basis over at Twitter. So many of them seem perplexed at why we patients look at putting our medical records on the internet with trepidation. Then along comes this video from Elizabeth Cohen at CNN. In a matter of minutes, she was able to pull
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(The following is reprinted with permission from John James, PhD, a patient safety advocate who came to his work after the loss of his son, Alex, to medical errors. Dr. James publishes a monthly patient safety newsletter, and has written a book focused on what he learned about the dysfunction of America’s for-profit healthcare system.
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Here’s an update on my Every Patient’s Advocate activities for the week of January 25 to 31: See this icon? It means this link includes an opportunity for you to participate, beyond just a comment. However, please remember that your comments to any article or post are always welcome. This icon indicates a piece that
From Cranky Bloggers to Peanut Butter: Week in Review Read More »
For several years now, I’ve sounded the warning bells — stay away from those websites that allow you to put your own health records online for free…. You can’t imagine how much grief I’ve taken for that statement. Especially when I point out that organizations like the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are actually
Is Google Strong-Arming the Feds to Allow Sale of Health Information? Read More »
This is a question being discussed these days through social networking sites — you know, those Facebook and Twitter and MySpace and Plaxo and LinkedIn and Ning and other sites where you can carry on conversations with “virtual” strangers…. So I’m curious. Have you sought health information through social networking? Do you Twitter? or have
Do You Twitter or Facebook Your Way to Better Health? Read More »
