by Whitney | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
There was an article in the LA Times today about a study underway where patients would get unlimited access to doctor’s notes in their files. While I am normally a big fan of transparency, there are certain relationships where the information exchanged is...
by Whitney | Jun 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I read a blog post by Andy Kessler today, who has written a book called The End of Medicine, which I have admittedly not read as of yet. The post alleges that the medical industry has created a complete boondoggle of finances, and if we were to employ electronic...
by Whitney | Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Disclosure- I am married to a physician who is in an academic medicine practice. I sit on the nexus between two worlds- that of the normal, every day patient, and that of someone who practices medicine every day. It’s often an odd place to be, especially in...
by Whitney | Mar 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Disclosure- I am married to a practicing physician. As we enter the great debate of what is quality health care, I worry that most patients don’t know. From a patient’s perspective, we tend to look at the poshness of the office, how long we had to wait,...
by Whitney | May 19, 2008 | education, learning, new media
A friend of mine asked what I thought about lawyers using social media tools for communication and networking. I wrote a long email back, and it became clear there was a blog post brewing, so here it is- my thoughts on the use of social media for professions,...
