The Atlantic posted a moving piece today written by a mother whose severe scoliosis has left her body in a near-constant state of pain. The …
Category: Patient Care
Hope and faith are powerful medicine
We've partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
Medicine X to host Google+ Hangout with ePatients
If you followed the news on this year's Stanford Medicine X conference, you might be familiar with the term ePatient: "empowered, engaged in your care, …
The day my doctor thanked me
We've partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
Quite the reach: Stanford Medicine X set record for most number of tweets at a health-care conference
Speaking of Stanford Medicine X: At the conference, social media is, in the understated words of Ron Burgundy, "kind of a big deal." In a recent blog …
Medical futurist Bertalan Meskó shares his thoughts on social media and medicine
Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD, became a medical futurist, he says, "to merge my two selves - being a doctor and being a geek." As he comments …
After the cancer is gone, the real work starts
We've partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
"You belong here": A recap of Stanford Medicine X
Last weekend, nearly 500 people attended the second-annual Stanford Medicine X conference here. In person, that is. Millions more across the world were exposed to …
Image of the Week: Stanford Medicine X 2013
Stanford Medicine X is in session and #MedX is trending on Twitter. Pictured above, Nick Dawson, a member of the conference's ePatient advisory panel, captures proceedings …
Live tweeting Jack Andraka's Medicine X keynote
The Medicine X core conference kicked off yesterday, and today's events begins with a keynote speech from Maryland high school student Jack Andraka. At age …
Stanford Medicine X 2013 begins today
Stanford Medicine X, a conference on emerging technology and patient-centered medicine, opens today. Things kick off with a keynote address at 8:15 AM Pacific time on the evolving …
Communicating with terminally ill patients: A physician’s perspective
Earlier this month we published a candid and powerful personal essay from Jessica Rice, a thirtysomething woman with terminal cancer. An emerging theme of Jessica's …
Following treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome, Stanford athlete dives back to life
Those of us who spend hours on a keyboard each day - especially ones that torque our wrists and thumbs out of their natural stance …
Medicine X offers free streaming through Global Access Program
Medicine X 2013 is just a week away! Participants are twittering in anticipation of the patient-centered medical technology conference (check out the conversations with #MedX). For …
Asking the hardest questions: Talking with doctors while terminally ill
We've partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
Stanford Medicine X hosts Google+ Hangout tonight
Tune in this evening to the Stanford Medicine X blog to join a Google+ Hangout with Roni Zeiger, MD and Britt Johnson. They'll discuss expert …