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Putting the I (or eye!) in Health IT: ONC’s regional meetings

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Updating again on August 11 at the Los Angeles meeting.

Updated 7/22 – added several resources and these bullets on connecting. What was I thinking, not mentioning this?? Get social:

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This week I attended the second in a series of four regional meetings being conducted by ONC*, reaching out to the Federally funded organizations that are making health IT a reality throughout the country. I was the Wednesday lunchtime keynote speaker. (What a time slot – there’s nothing like a “How I almost died” story at meal time! But the message came across, deeply. Great people, very dedicated!)

Here are links to resources I mentioned in my speech, and a few more:

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Let Patients Help hits the big TED site!

I learned today (via Twitter!) that TED.com has posted my TEDx Maastricht talk, with its rallying cry “Let Patients Help,” on the TED.com home page. Wow.

For those who don’t know, TED.com is the “real” TED event’s website. TEDx conferences are smaller, independently organized events, with varying formats. So it’s quite a thrill to have a TEDx video promoted to the “big TED” site. [Read more…]

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Announcing: e-Patient Boot Camp!

Patient engagement is reshaping healthcare. Learn how. Learn why. Learn what to do.

I’m thrilled to announce the Next Big Thing (for me anyway!): a full day workshop for doctors, patients, businesses, investors, governments – about the e–patient movement. I’ll deliver it anywhere there’s an audience.

Born of the constant encouragement people have given, it will be launched next month in Silicon Valley. Visit epatientdave.com/bootcamp for the full story.

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Grand Rounds, May 10, 2011: TEDx Maastricht – Patients Rising

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Welcome to Grand Rounds for May 10, 2011!

I have a confession: I’m new at this. My initial exposure to Grand Rounds a while back gave me a warped view, and as I worked on this project, I was a little bit graceless. (Those of you who wrote to me about it know what I mean. I meant well…)

This week’s theme is the TEDx Maastricht conference that happened April 4. But first –

These news highlights were submitted:

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Grand Rounds, May 10, 2011: TEDx Maastricht

Grand Rounds logoThere’s a “Grand Rounds” tradition in the medical blogosphere: every week a health related blogger picks a topic and asks other bloggers to write about it, or submit a post they wrote in the past.  The host writes a blog post about the topic, and links to everyone else’s posts.

For instance, here’s the current week’s Grand Rounds, on International Health, and last week’s, on What Gives Your Work Meaning?

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