In response to a column in The New York Times last week (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/fashion/24Cyber.html), I wrote the following letter to the editor (for which they apparently aren’t publishing any letters):
Regarding “Visits to Doctors Who Are Not in, Ever” (May 24), democratization of information has made health content widely available—some would describe this a blessing and others [...]
We held a public webcast on this topic today. Susannah Fox, Associate Director of the Pew Internet Project, not only shared valuable insights but also some of Pew’s as-yet-unpublished data. The presentations and the audio recording from both of our presentations will be available on our Web site in the near future.
We had nearly 100 unique [...]
Since research* suggests that 50% to 80% of everything that a patient hears in the doctor’s office has been completely forgotten by the time he or she gets home, it remains remarkable to me that payers don’t require an Ix after-visit summary as a condition for reimbursing clinical encounters.
For reasons such as this, the inherent [...]
With the 110th Congress about to get underway, it’s exciting to think about the possibilities for patient-centered health information technology (HIT) legislation. Last fall, Congressman Patrick Kennedy introduced a bill (HR 6289) that would create incentives for using personal health records (PHRs). Unlike much of the HIT legislation out there, it really focuses on consumer’s personalized [...]
