The power of e-patients June 1, 2008
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-patient, eHealth, Health, Healthcare, Medicine.trackback
There is a whole blogosphere around the idea of transforming medicine into e-health. There are plenty of bloggers who often write about the IT opportunities of medicine and healthcare. But! What about patients? The consumers? Even if we have a Jay Parkinson, what can he do without patients who are ready to use his service?
They are called e-patients, and without them there will be no change in the future of medicine.
By taking advantage of new online health tools, e-patients and health professionals now have the ability to create equal partnerships that enable individuals to be equipped, enabled, empowered and engaged in their health and health care decisions. (The Health Care Blog)
A new book from Tom Ferguson, MD analyzes the power of e-patients:
Tom Ferguson was a strong proponent of developing an online system for medical living documents, where informed patients (e-Patients) could cooperatively improve upon the quality of the original documents. This wiki is dedicated to his vision and is the first example of the new system.
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