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She advocates on many fronts for people with diabetes, daily empowers e-patients and her site is one of the top health blogs in the world.
Riva Greenberg: Amy Tenderich: A Mighty Force Empowering Diabetes Patients Riva Greenberg 2011
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I have been thinking along the same lines as Luke Rosenberger who led an excellent Librarians and ePatients unconference session in wondering if the materials commonly referred to as consumer health or patient education materials truly meet the needs of e-patients, with a twist.
One and the same? Consumer health, E-patients, Patient education « eagledawg.net 2010
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The definition of an e-patient is one who is “equipped, enabled, empowered and engaged in health and health care decisions” according to e-patients.net founder Tom Ferguson.
One and the same? Consumer health, E-patients, Patient education « eagledawg.net 2010
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More and more, power is shifting to health consumers, or so-called "e-patients" -- they are networking with each other and thus nibbling away at the power of doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, insurers, etc.
PdF 2009 Preview: From Participatory Politics to Participatory Medicine 2009
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More and more, power is shifting to health consumers, or so-called "e-patients" -- they are networking with each other and thus nibbling away at the power of doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, insurers, etc. Read more
PdF 2009 Preview: From Participatory Politics to Participatory Medicine 2009
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Not surprisingly, once they are online, people with chronic conditions are avid e-patients.
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Once they find something, e-patients talk to someone else about what they found.
Francine Hardaway: Health Care Reform Could Remove the Stigma From Illness 2009
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A very small number of Pew's population of e-patients are actively contributing.
Francine Hardaway: Health Care Reform Could Remove the Stigma From Illness 2009
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The ACOR sponsored e-patients blog located at www. e-patients.net/, provides countless examples of how patients, by using “Dr. Google” have saved themselves from disastrously inaccurate diagnoses.
How the Web is Teaching Patients that it's Not Always Best to do as��the Doctor Orders 2008
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See Also: A differerent view of the study discussed above via e-patients.
Some Breast Cancer Sites Include Inaccurate Data, Study Finds « ResourceShelf 2008
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