Patient Centered IT

This post by e-Patient Dave documents some of the aspects of online communities for patient. Having all issues or (only even part of it) at hand still is not enough for mature judgements about the value of online communities. The problem is that a community is diversity. It represents far more diversity than traditional healthcare [...]

Another study conducted by Kaiser Permanente shows the relevance of patient email. Just a short citation.
Patients saw improvements ranging from 2.0 to 6.5 percentage points in cholesterol and glycemic screenings and blood pressure. Study authors say it’s a result of patients becoming more empowered through communication.
The study, in the July issue of [...]

This post with the story of Bill Claxton a patient suffering from a rare neuroendocrine cancer called carcinoid is amazing. It shows how a patient claims a patient centered approach and achieves to succeed. Success is owed to

developing a surgical plan, and
assembling a multidisciplinary medical team

all done by himself. This is an outstanding [...]

The aim of this blog is not to do advertising for particular products but to document also the importance of commercial patient centered product developments. I try to keep the balance.
But this application seems to hit a general need. And it’s simple such that matches the KISS principle. Check out this Article on Healthcare [...]

In her post on e-patients.net Susannah Fox gives a couple of data about the relationship of patients and their willingness to use the internet to communicate.
Her central point
However, the internet does not replace doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.  93% of people living with chronic disease turn to a health professional [...]

A recent post by ROB LAMBERTS in The Health Care Blog about the importance of primary care physicians made me rethink the relationship of patients, doctors and information systems. To me the role of family primary care doctors is undisputable.
Part of the reason is given by ROB himself:
The solution from an overall cost standpoint [...]

This is a difficult issue. Facing economy in healthcare references some unsolved problems. If not unsolved then maybe only untreated or covered by daily practices which were not precisely developed with an economic perspective. Doing healthcare aims to literally take care of the health of the patient. Humanity may claim that the life and health [...]

Very important findings from a study commented in Healthcare IT News emphasize the significance of careful application of
Healthcare IT or Patient Centered IT tools. They are by no means a general purpose solution for anything what is wrong in healthcare nor a substitute for
face to face encounters between patient and physician. In fact an EMR [...]

But how much trust is really needed to support a patient’s individual health? Maybe this is not the right question because trust is a concept with a general image but individual consequences. What feels right and trustworthy for one person is unacceptable for another. Additionally the trust needed for a patient – physician dialogue [...]

So what about patients communicating? Patients communicate because they need to. Their primary source of building sustainable relationships is communication. The most important aspect of communication is that it happens and that it is diverse. There’s more than meets the eye to this dumb analysis. It’s not to be taken for granted that communication [...]