PREPARED PATIENT BLOG

Patients and experts explore what it takes to find good health care and make the most of it.

I’m Through Feeling Guilty for My Health Problems

Heather Thiessen | June 17, 2013

Have you ever felt like you needed to apologize for a health problem you were facing? I have experienced this often over my many years in the healthcare system.
 

Father Knows Best

Red Maxwell | June 14, 2013
Unlike network television, life with diabetes can't be solved within reasonable time limits. It takes perseverance, patience and huge helpings of hope.

Traditional Research Leaves Out a Critical Stakeholder: Patients

Leana Wen | June 13, 2013
What’s wrong with the following picture? Two medical researchers at a major academic center collaborate to study disease X. They come up with the research question, design the project, obtain grants, and collect data. Their results are published in a scientific journal and presented at several medical conferences. Based on this first study, the researchers start another cycle of idea generation, data generation, and publication.

Semper Paratus: Our Decisions About Emergency Care

Jessie Gruman | June 12, 2013
Sometimes it is clear that the only response to a health crisis is to call 911 and head for the emergency department. But so many times the course of action is less obvious while the demand for some action is urgent.

Are Health Insurance Rates Going Up or Down — A Cautionary Tale?

Trudy Lieberman | June 12, 2013
Will consumers buying coverage in the new state shopping exchanges find lower or higher rates? On one side are those who say the newly insured will see lower premiums for coverage.

Clinicians are from Mars, e-Patients are from Venus

Danny van Leeuwen | June 10, 2013
My experience is that e-patients and clinicians can agree that they seek "best health". Yet there is such a disconnect, such frustration, so much of the time. A pervasive gap exists between the way clinicians and e-patients approach this goal...

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