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August 20, 2014 By e-Patient Dave 5 Comments

I’m 5! (Well, ePatientDave.com is…)

5th birthday candle
By Andrew Eick on Flicker. Licensed for re-use with attribution. https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreweick/2971677419/

It is a time of celebration.

Since creating this domain five years ago (2009!) I’ve done:

  • 242 speeches
  • 36 panels
  • 30 policy meetings
  • 68 participant in other events
  • 18 countries

and authored or co-authored:

  • 304 blog posts (including this one)
  • 7 posts on my Forbes blog
  • 472 posts on e-patients.net (and 106 more on that site, before this “birthday”)
  • Two books: Laugh, Sing and Eat Like a Pig and Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook (with Dr. Danny Sands)
  • Seven articles and papers (BMJ, iHealthbeat, SGIM Forum (twice), Aspen Institute booklet, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, ACM Interactions)

and acquired on social media:

  • 21,400 more Twitter followers
  • 2,000 Facebook friends
  • 500+ LinkedIn connections (they won’t seem to say more than that!)
  • Klout impact score of 80
  • … while spending $0 on traditional advertising.

And 150 media mentions.

Well, that explains a lot… I couldn’t have done it without you people paying attention and spreading the word. Thank you!

And, looking forward…

… stay tuned for tomorrow’s post on what’s next in life.

 

Filed Under: Business of Patient Engagement, Social media 5 Comments

Comments

  1. Francie Grace says

    August 20, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    Congratulations, Dave! And thanks for all your great work. You’re blazing a bright trail of innovation, inspiration, and a lot of Very Good Questions In Need Of An Answer. Working together, we can all create a healthcare system much better than we have yet even to imagine.

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  2. Richard W says

    August 20, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Congratulations Dave!

    Reply
    • e-Patient Dave says

      August 20, 2014 at 9:24 pm

      Thanks, Richard! Thanks especially for your support on CaringBridge when I was sick.

      Do I recall correctly that your wife has turned her situation into a book? You know my memory…

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  3. Richard W says

    August 20, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    Re Barbara’s book, yes, you do recall correctly. The website is http://www.InSicknessAsInHealth.com . She spoke at Stanford last week (with a capacity crowd :-), and it went great. I’ll send you a link to the video when it’s available.

    Re when you were sick, I remember the sad times like they were yesterday. I can’t describe how happy what you did (i.e. saving your life) made me :-)

    Reply

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