If we can get past privacy concerns, there could be a lot to be gained from open sharing of patient data, reported by patients.
Posts Tagged ‘health’
Crowdsourcing Well-being: Should We Be More Like Borg?
By Barry Reicherter, Senior Vice President
Well-being in Medicine: Are we stating the Obvious?
By Doug Elwood, M.D., Vice President & Medical Advisor
A recent article in The Washington Post (Lovenheim, 11/10/09) discusses how many medical schools are changing their focus. Instead of anatomy, students now take classes on the physician/patient relationship, communicating with patients, and social and cultural issues in health care.
But what about those who fell within that X percentage?
By Margaret Dunning, Principal & Chief Strategy Officer
The fallout from the release of new guidelines for breast cancer screening has been swift. “White House backs off cancer test guidelines” is a sample headline with cable outlets providing much juicier verbiage.