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Health Literacy researchers Stan Hudson and RV Rikard are examining the impact of health literacy on the Quadruple Aim. They want to include promising HL practices and interventions that haven't made it into publication yet: findings from service projects, ...

This article includes one of us: Leana Wen, but I like the spirit of cooperation. I would love to see something like this for SPM. I adapted the title in the subject. What do you guys think?  https://www.statnews.com/2017/06/27/opioid-epidemic-game-changers/?s_campaign=fb&utm_content=buffer1e0d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer ...

Hi Jan: A few ideas: To stand still is to fall behind. From the standpoint of the business of healthcare and executive leadership, developing patient-centered approaches is essential to be relevant and respected in today's modern healthcare world. ...

I will be wearing mine this Friday at the telegraph/PHM event! ------------------------------ Dave Dolton Patient Engagement 301-440-3209 dave.dolton01@gmail.com @DaveDolton ------------------------------

I'm sorry I didn't see this in time, Geri. How was it? ------------------------------ Jan Oldenburg ------------------------------

I agree that a huge part of the problem is that the goals tend to be framed by institutions not by patients, so the premise is flawed from the start. It's why I've started to talk about "personal health engagement" rather than "patient engagement" to ...

Thank you for these, Brenda and Marjorie.  I've been immersed in a three-day course so just seeing these now.  Please keep the stories coming.  More?  At some point in July the process will start of formulating thoughts to submit ... the more stories, ...

Thank you. It looks very interesting. I have registered as well. Mike ------------------------------ ====================== Michael Robkin, MBA Consultant, Founder, Executive, and Janitor Los Angeles, CA ====================== ------------------------------

Just FYI, the last paragraph was part of the conclusion of my presentation at the AMDIS conference yesterday. It happened to follow a 1/2 hour tribute to Dr Weed that was put on by Art Papier and Dick Gibson.  Regards to the list Joe Schneider

The article was about a panel discussion at a recent symposium highlighting the challenges in getting people the right people the right treatment at the right time. Mental health remains a secondary, often-invisible healthcare system that plays second ...

Following the SPM town and a conversation with Adrian we started experimenting with open.epic. Besides other features that are not relevant to this post open.epic is an app store that allows to extend Epic's functionality with patient facing apps.  The ...

What does anyone know about DIA in general and this year's keynote speaker in particular for their annual meeting?  See http://www.diaglobal.org/en/flagship/dia-2017/program/keynote-speaker for details as this gentleman looked like a prime SPM recruiting ...

There is a MOOC from MIT to evaluate technologies https://www.edx.org/course/technology-evaluation-global-development-mitx-cite101x edX Technology Evaluation for Global Development Learn ...

​https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/15/health/paying-for-prescription-drugs.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170615&nlid=19442675&tntemail0=y&_r=0 Survey from New York Times and ProPublica. "We'd like to hear from patients about any difficulties they have ...

What about situations when a patient goes in for X, but while there mentions Y-just offhand, not because he/she planned to do so? A brief inspection of the evidence for Y leads to the patient being referred for testing, which confirms Y. Meanwhile, ...

Technologies and Tactics Transforming Long-term Care Conference,  June 30 , 2017, Washington, DC :  SPM is supporting this conference focused on igniting innovation and best practices across the long-term and post-acute care continuum. SPM's Dave Dolton ...

Mayank has asked Ann interesting question in the Economics community. If you're interested in finance issues, head over there! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mayank Agarwal via SPM Forum < Mail@connectedcommunity.org > Date: Sat, Jun ...

This is an important subject. Peter Elias's reply links to a post of his five years ago that shows what a regulator vise clinicians and their patients can be. Please head to the Economics community and contribute there. (You may have to join that ...

Hey folks, For our New Orleans partnrship (see below), I'm looking for someone to talk knowledgeably about how insurance contracts are negotiated. A provider delivered to us a spreadsheet of pricing for several procedures, including reimbursement ...

Starting the search for SPM candidate members, I found Dr. Stacey Freedenthal with excellent resources at  http://www.speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/14/coping-statements/ Speaking of Suicide Coping ...

Working on the BMJ Patient Advisory Panel, this diagram came up - it's part of a 36 page PDF that digs into the subject.  I blogged about it on e-patients.net (with link to the paper) - feel free to discuss here or there. (Continued below this image) ...

Hello All and my apologies for not attending the conference call last night (had a personal conflict). I was able to listen to the recording and am thrilled to be a member!! I very much like the idea of the "open source" app for people access and control ...

Allison Jaslow, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association (IAVA) Executive Director was just on CBS Radio's http://ConnectingVets.com where the discussion moved largely into VA complementary therapies (see  https://iava.org/people/ allison-jaslow/ ...

As I took responsibility for my parent's health coverage, HMO's began. I assiduously kept them on Medicare + Secondary. As I reached 65, I could not afford this and reluctantly joined the HMO/Advantage plans, (experienced 3) major differences. As I was ...

Yes, in the mean time @PeterElias set it up so that we can use the events calendar here - i put 2 that I knew I'd be at. I haven't yet added the fall conferences. ------------------------------ Geri Baumblatt ------------------------------

Thanks, Joe and Danny! And Danny -- we're trying. Stay tuned! We have several other things in the works. If anyone else has potential partners in mind, please let me know. I'm all ears! -- -- Jeanne Pinder Founder, ...

I'm just reviewing the comment Peter made about his patient that suffered from insomnia. Some medications like beta blockers can cause insomnia...I know first hand how this has been for me. In an attempt to "cure the problem" and remove myself from another ...

Posted a bit late because I was on the road and busy with grandchildren, here is a summary of statistics. We continue to grow in numbers, though as expected the rate has slowed somewhat. Posting activity and numbers of posters continue to be encouraging.  ...

Thanks Brenda for reminding me of the SPM mission. My personal mission is similar. Some stray thoughts: Those that I personally know in SPM have similar missions. It's mom and apple pie stuff. I wonder if It's the members that meet the mission, ...

Yes, he's included in Joe's original three. :) ------------------------------ Dave deBronkart Advisor, evangelist, keynote speaker, author e-Patient Dave, LLC Nashua NH 6034595119 ------------------------------

I participated in the " Improving Hospital Outcomes through Patient Engagement (i-HOPE)" project .  The aim of this project is to identify important questions regarding hospital care. Please think about any questions that are left unanswered related ...

Hi Tracy, Here is my Tulane Business School contact: Janet Schwartz . We overlapped at Princeton. Tell me if this helps... What a worthy cause! I just spoke with my mother, who mentioned the time when she took opioids that zonked her out, then quit them, ...

The more detailed your health record, the more it's worth to legitimate users like research, including the kind of research that's training artificial intelligence. This also includes pharmaceutical research. Your detailed health record is also worth ...

<> Brenda (not the mouse) ------Original Message------ Well.....I think you got caught up in the specifics of food delivery, while I am caught up in a philosophy of service that crosses over ...

I'm painfully aware that I'm joining this thread six days later - apologies - on Monday I was speaking in Dubai, back home for a speech in Boston Weds, now on plane to Denmark. It's been a very dry spring for my business and an even drier summer coming ...

All, I added this RWJF report about the status of the Open Access movement in our Research and Evidence Community.  http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2016/09/help_us_make_researc.html?cid=xli_leader_unpd_dte:20170524 RWJF ...

My bad, the url for the Facebook group is:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/participatorymedicine/. ------------------------------ Marilyn Mann ------------------------------

Alice, I don't live near Cleveland Clinic. I made a special trip up there to try to get a fresh idea about the nature of my slowly escalating health issues post-treatment for cancer. Having explored and exhausted most options in my area, I figured ...

Geri, Thank you so much for reminding me of that blog post! I loved it when I first read it. Allie is not part of SPM so can't read this. Please post this on the blog! She will most certainly appreciate it. ------------------------------ Thanks, Ileana ...

France, I've taken the liberty of renaming your thread so it doesn't just say "Federal benefits attorney."  You're more likely to snag a passerby if the subject line is more vivid. Also, all, Francie didn't mention HOW to contact her, but if you click ...