Over on the Stanford Medicine X blog, Julia James profiles Brian Loew, chief executive officer of patient-support network Inspire, about how to grow a useful, …
Category: Patient Care
Dr. Google: Threat or menace?
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. Once a …
Stanford Medicine X and Doctors 2.0 & You conferences announce registration partnership
Stanford Medicine X and Doctors 2.0 & You are offering a unique opportunity to get the global perspective on how social media and information technology …
Stanford Medicine X partners with IDEO to create design challenge
The organizers of the Stanford Medicine X conference announced the Medicine X | IDEO Design Challenge, a day-long workshop where attendees will have the opportunity …
An encephalitis journey: A dozen doctors and 2.5 years
We're partnering with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a new series here on Scope. Once a …
Designer Michael Graves confirmed as Medicine X opening keynote speaker
Here's some very exciting news from Larry Chu, MD, the executive director of the Stanford Medicine X conference: I am so pleased to announce that …
Video: Crowdsourcing your health
In this interesting TED Talk, Lucien Engelen, the founder and curator of TEDxMaastrict, discusses several emerging technologies that he thinks have the potential to change …
Core themes announced for Stanford Medicine X
Some exciting news from Medicine X: The six core themes for the 2012 conference have been announced. They are: Design Thinking: Patient-Centered Design The Networked …
Stanford Medicine X announces Alliance Health ePatient Scholarship Program
This fall, the School of Medicine will host Stanford Medicine X, a new conference exploring how emerging technologies will advance the practice of medicine, improve …
Medicine X conference issues call for papers
Stanford Medicine X, a new conference exploring how emerging technologies will advance the practice of medicine, improve health and empower patients, will be held at …
How Regina Holliday uses art to advance the discussion about patients rights
Today on the Medicine X blog, writer Julia James tells the empowering story of how Regina Holliday, a widow and mother of two, is challenging the …
Founder of Diabetes Mine discusses the power of patient communities
Over on the Medicine X blog, Julia James has written a great profile of Amy Tenderich, a member of the Medicine X advisory board and …
ePatient discusses how web-savvy patients are changing the practice of medicine
A post today on the Medicine X blog features a thought-provoking conversation with Sarah Kucharski, ePatient and author of The Afternoon Nap Society. In the …
A closer look at Stanford's free clinics
My open enrollment period at work ended last week. A yearly routine, it's easy to forget how lucky I am to be able to make …
Using signs to help patients navigate hospitals
A project called Signs that Work has developed and tested symbols to replace text-based hospital signs. The new symbols could significantly improve the hospital experiences of patients and visitors who don't read well enough to navigate with text signs.
A project called Signs that Work has developed and tested symbols to replace text-based hospital signs. The new symbols could significantly improve the hospital experiences of patients and visitors who don't read well enough to navigate with text signs.
Happy Doctors' Day
Today is Doctors' Day, a day honoring physicians of all specialties. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, however, Doctors' Day also has a special …