Archive for October 4th, 2008

Tapping the Creativity of All Workers at BestBuy

October 4th, 2008 | Popularity: 13%
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Delayed and Embargoed Results on PatientSite

October 4th, 2008 | Popularity: 15%
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  • Delayed and Embargoed Results on PatientSite – Thanks to John Halamka, MD, again for opening the doors on his work at Caregroup's PatientSite. He details BIDMC's rules for sharing information with patients. I would probably argue for more liberal sharing of radiology and pathology, however, it's important that they are sharing this information routinely.

The Sixth Graders : “IDK”

October 4th, 2008 | Popularity: 9%
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  • The Sixth Graders – Commentary from Jermiah on the next generation's communication habits. Maybe in the future they might create an ICD9 code for “IDK,” (stands for “I don’t Know”) which would link to the search engine of a patient’s choice so they could participate in finding the diagnosis…..

Wal-Mart Takes the PHR Plunge

October 4th, 2008 | Popularity: 14%
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e-patients: New York Times Health Section

October 4th, 2008 | Popularity: 15%
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e-patients: New York Times Health Section

Read the comments and watch how patients lean and teach each other about how they can thrive in our health care system, and how we can perform better for them. This is a revolution.

I’m not disfigured from it but I learned my lesson: do not tolerate professionals who think we shouldn’t be privy to our medical data, much less the chance that we might have something to contribute. But we do.