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Can somebody suggest why VA is switching from Vista to Cerner.? What are the added advantages ? Pros and cons ? As per my understanding VA has been the top performing EHR user. What about information blocking issues? Which one of the system is more ...

Yes. I was one of those involved in tuning it, and I urge that we approve it. The money shot for us is this: This will directly interfere with the patient-provider collaboration and information sharing that the Institute of Medicine said ...

Hi Everyone, Do you have a publication you would like to proudly share with the members of The Society? Please send updates of your work that has been published from July 2017 to the present. Submitted publications will be highlighted in the upcoming ...

https://www.emmisolutions.com/blog/patient-engagement-neuroscience My interview with Moran Cerf & Chris Rose. -Geri Lynn Emmi Solutions So a Neuroscientist, a Computer Hacker and a Rabbi Walk into a Patient ...

Posting here for safekeeping... SPM Conference Panel: Opportunities and Challenges in Patient Experience: What's Next? Barbra Rabson is the President and CEO of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), a nationally recognized coalition ...

Multiple pre-work reports here on Connect: Newsletter Town Halls Connect Website Learning exchange Curriculum project Marketing (pending) Advocacy Corporate sponsors Membership SPM in ...

Background The Society is on an upwards trajectory, thanks to tremendous contributions of many individuals and a level of organizational maturity. Joe Ternullo has outlined our many accomplishments over the past year, of which we should be proud. ...

I don't think there are any wiki-like features available in this platform. In terms of handwashing, that is a great question. A Hungarian physician in the mid 19th Century (before germ theory was established) was distressed at the high rate of deaths ...

Learning Exchange report by Sarah Krug, shared on Open Forum from its original post in the Board community: What is the Learning Exchange? We are each individually advancing the participatory medicine movement in our day-to-day lives and ...

What is the Learning Exchange? We are each individually advancing the participatory medicine movement in our day-to-day lives and interfaces with healthcare and/or our work. Understanding the work we are conducting within ...

Great report, John.  I had not known that so many people were involved in the site makeover, and certainly didn't know it was done for only $2k.  I'm sure your expertise and hosting are a big part of the reason for that. We all owe you a lot of thanks ...

This post is from John Grohol's report in the Board community in preparation for the coming planning retreat: **************************** . The Board agreed in 2016 that a new website was necessary in order to move the organization forward. Planning ...

Wow to that! Humbling in its wisdom, inspiring in its clarity, motivating in its vision of a path forward! -- Dave deBronkart / "e-Patient Dave" Mobile: +1-603-459-5119 International keynote speaker, author and health policy ...

( posted on behalf of Tyson Ortiz) Challenge: SPM Member Services Program 10/20/2017 Basic Assumptions   Theory #1: people join SPM because they want to  do  something, and the value they perceive in membership is a function of how ...

(cross-posted from the Board community) Journal of Participatory Medicine - Purpose of this Update: 1. Inform members that collaboration with JMIR is complete 2. Describe tasks/goals needed for successful initial period of transition History ...

Journal of Participatory Medicine - Purpose of this Update: 1. Inform members that collaboration with JMIR is complete 2. Describe tasks/goals needed for successful initial period of transition History SPM has enjoyed and been blessed with fantastic ...

On Saturday, October 28th, most of the Board and a group of invited guests will be meeting for the second annual Leadership Planning Retreat, a day-long event designed to review the past year and current status for important SPM projects and issues and ...

Here is the current agenda for next Saturday's retreat, along with links to the pre-work that has been submitted. I will add links to additional reports or pre-work when I get it. Feel free to ask questions in the pre-work posts or to ask questions ...

Edited [revised text in blue ] 10/21 I'll be overseas on the day of the retreat, but here's my report on the blog.  To prepare this I reviewed the historical data on authorship and post volume.   In short, the blog today is not what it used to ...

I would just add that we owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to Anatoly Postilnik and his employer, member company Firstline Software, for generously writing the code for the API, which has relieved us of the laborious and risky process of manually uploading ...

The press release from the Maryland Health Care Commission announced the launch of "Wear the Cost",   A First In The Nation Campaign to Increase Transparency and Consumer Engagement on Health Care Costs.   The initiative, "Wear the Cost," aims to ...

Amazing, Sarah! Re my table discussion, co-moderator TBD: has anyone asked Rushika (my keynote) if he'd be willing?  I know provider satisfaction is a major factor in his company's reason for existing. And their office is right in Boston, so he's likely ...

There is an error in the survey forcing the user to choose multiple answers for how much activity is recommended to patients when ONE answer is the right response. ------------------------------ Kathy Nieder MD Baptist Health Medical Group Louisville ...

Hi All The National Academies Press has a free ebook entitled "Integrating the Patient and Caregiver Voice into Serious Illness Care" at: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24802/integrating-the-patient-and-caregiver-voice-into-serious-illness-care I've had ...

All, I intended to send you a readable PDF version of the Registration list as of late last night....here it is again as a two page PDF. Joe On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:43 AM, jternullo@post.harvard.edu < joeternullo@gmail.com > wrote: All; ...

I've created a webpage with some useful links for us to have, so bookmark this if you're working the conference or booth. It will not be accessible to anyone who does not know the link (but it's easy to remember: http://participatorymedicine.org/spm2017 ...

Agreed, Nancy! Danny, did the brochure change about the Doc Tom Award (p2) make it through? On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Nancy Finn via SPM Connect -- Dave deBronkart / "e-Patient Dave" Mobile: +1-603-459-5119 ...

Dear members, there was a bug in our travel award application system and it seems that we lost a few of the travel award applications. If you are a member and have applied and have not heard anything back from us within 48 hours of submitting your ...

A new two year study to be commissioned at Regenstrief Institute on impact of HIEs on Health Outcomes. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2017/10/iupui/releases/19-health-information-exchange.html ------------------------------ Mayank Agarwal Dr. Agarwal's ...

https://www.emmisolutions.com/blog/missing-vocabulary-gastroenterology Emmi Solutions The Missing Vocabulary: A Gastroenterologist's Perspective As a gastroenterologist, I spend a majority of my time having ...

Much clearer. Makes sense to collect the data and impressions, organize and assess it, and then do something with it down the road. ------------------------------ The chief cause of problems is solutions. Peter Elias Member-at-large of the SPM Board ...

All - Many apologies for going dark. Took a few days off and then got slammed. Dana Deighton is indeed still interested, can she be a panelist on patient experience? I think it would work well. She is quite adept at public speaking. Sara or anyone ...

Advocacy Strategy Notes from Team Meeting September 27, 2017   Advocacy Strategy Team Members: Vera Rulon, chair; Michael Robkin; Grace Cordovano; James Skinner; and, Michael Millenson   The team discussed the following three topics ...

Current status and pre-work for the Board retreat posted as an excerpt of communication from Joe Ternullo. Past and current status: Our goals for the past year were 4 new sponsors at $5,000 each and 30 sponsors in all. These goals were met with a ...

Sounds great, @Danny van Leeuwen - do you have a link to the August newsletter? ​ ------------------------------ John Hoben Lifetime Member SPM Internal Communications Team https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhoben hoben.john@gmail.com +1 585 993 8265 ...

Yes absolutely, @Iver Juster - she's greatly benefitted from your perspective and will share accordingly after her visit later this month. Thanks again for these valuable contributions.  ​ ------------------------------ John Hoben Lifetime Member SPM ...

Hey friends, I'm looking to connect with people who use PatientsLikeMe (https://www.patientslikeme.com), who also have access to their clinical notes (ala OpenNotes). If you match this criteria and are interested in me following up with you on behalf ...

So sorry for the intrusion!!!! ------------------------------ Linda Stotsky Individual Nashville TN 6155847866 ------------------------------

Here are FINAL speakers for Panel #1: Opportunities and Challenges in Patient Experience: What's Next?  9:00 - 10:00 AM Grace Cordovano, PhD Cancer Patient Advocate,CEO, Enlightening Results enlighteningresults@gmail.com Barbra Rabson CEO, Massachusetts ...

Greetings! Because our conference is on the following day and our planning retreat is the following Saturday 10/28, we will not have a board call on Oct 24. See you next week! - Danny Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, FACP, ...