You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments. As I just told a friend on Facebook: “How often, before this administration, did Wash...
“Nothing About Me Without Me” is Key Principle, Group Says BOSTON — May 5, 2012 — The Society for Participatory Medicine, a group representing both clinicians and patients, urged key fede...
The federal government issued proposed regulations that would make all lab results subject to the basic rule that all patient records should be provided to the patient upon request. See the post ...
Last week, the federales published a draft rule that would remove the lab-result-specific ban on delivering results directly to the patient (this applies to freestanding labs only – hospital la...
In recent days I’ve noticed some discussion on the listserv about whether and to what extent Health IT should be of concern to e-patients. I’d like to update the group on one initiative in ...
https://participatorymedicine.org/2011/public-policy-federal-health-it-strategic-plan-update/
PwC is sponsoring a free webinar put on by the eHealth Initiative which should be of interest: Engaging Patients in Meaningful Use (with a focus on PHR use) April 19, 2011 3:00-4:30 pm ET More on...
Recent Policy Statements from the Society The Society for Participatory Medicine’s Response to the PCAST Recommendations Jan 19, 2011 The Society’s Submission to the Centers for Medicare and ...