Ready, set, DIGEST! Here’s today’s harvest of what we think is worth reading, participatory-medicine division:
- Bob Wachter, who is one of the founders of the Society of Hospital Medicine and the hospitalist movement, has a great blog called Wachter’s World. Here’s the latest post, an interview with Andy McAfee, self-tagged “technology optimist” and associate director of the Center for Digital Business at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. It’s a terrific conversation about the intersection of tech and humanity, in medicine and elsewhere. “My Interview with ‘Technology Optimist’ and 2nd Machine Age Coauthor Andy McAfee“
- One of our favorite primary care MDs, Dr. Peter Elias, is an SPM member who teaches regularly, and well, on many topics, including using technology tools to enable better doctor-patient communication. In this post, which is essentially a report from the front lines of family practice by someone who knows, Peter tells us why he keeps teaching: to achieve a state of what he calls reflective competence. “I teach to remain a learner“
- Leonard Kish is a terrific writer and thinker on health IT. He’s the one who coined the phrase “patient engagement is the blockbuster drug of the 21st century.” Here’s his review of Dr. Eric Topol’s latest book. “8 Takeaways from Topol’s Latest: ‘The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands’”
- Forbes.com writer Dan Munro put up a provocative post this morning, quoting something said at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative event last week in southern California. The title speaks for itself, and Dan’s take on it is solid. “Founder Of Oscar Health: ‘A Lot Of People In This Industry Are Just Evil’“
- NPR Morning Edition had a great piece this morning about a group of patients literally going for a TKO on Parkinson’s. Our MedX friend Sara Riggare has been in what she calls “Parkinson’s fight club” in Portugal recently, so this resonated for us. “Fight Parkinson’s: Exercise May Be The Best Therapy“
- For those of us on the healthcare beat, understanding science and research reports is critical. It’s also not easy, which explains why major media outlets get the science, and therefore the story, wrong sometimes. One of the best sources for news analysis on medical and health science stories is Health News Review. They had a funding challenge last year, and had to shut down for a while, but they’re back, and better than ever. Here’s their analysis of recent headlines about a nasal spray that’s targeted at treating Alzheimer’s disease. “Nasal spray shows promise as treatment for Alzheimer’s disease“
- And today’s humor is an oldie but goodie from Allie Brosch, the cartoonist behind Hyperbole and a Half. Here, she shares the new pain scale she created, which we think is both (a) funny and (b) more accurate than the pain scale you’ll see in common clinical practice. “Boyfriend Doesn’t Have Ebola. Probably.“
Sue Woods says
Lovely! I’m a huge fan of Dr. Peter. I go back to his ’10 Rules for PCPs’ again & again. If only – we could mainstream & institutionalize…
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