tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:47:52 +0000communicationshealthmedicinee-patientsmental healthpersonal wellnesss4pmmemesHow to find the care you seek and build the health teams you needhttp://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-548707047850569423Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:38:00 +00002019-05-23T13:44:32.700-07:00 Proptional shared decions.. Visual aids depicting simply the side effects, risks and outcomes of each potential rx.. The patient decides, the physician does not pout, prod or punish.. Why is this so hard? Because the system that prods the MD rewards the wrong things. Watch this outstanding 20 min talk from @vmontori an internist at Mayo, father of "minimally disruptive medicine," then askhttp://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2015/06/patients-engaged-right-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CBNel192)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-2733923464104996336Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:46:00 +00002013-07-07T17:53:28.594-07:00 The image above came straight off my TV screen during the breakfast news on CBS last week. I had very conflicted feelings. On hand one, it was great to see the topic get such wide play in such a prominent place, and with excellent bullet points too. But on the other hand, for how many years have how many people from all walks of healthcare been screaming the same thoughts from the rooftops?http://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2013/07/too-little-too-late-or-pretty-great-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CTBerg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-6652763207425069724Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:06:00 +00002013-07-07T17:52:26.024-07:00Graphic arts have been a big interest of mine for years and I love all the great visuals attached to health messaging today. Below a clever message about nutrition (via @kimwhit) that I especially enjoyed while being reminded of my former life back by the Bay: Could YOU go the distance to burn off this lunch? http://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-caloric-burnoff-ratio-ouch-in-neat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CTBerg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-6619873901386234375Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:42:00 +00002012-10-16T16:01:59.539-07:00communicationse-patientshealthmedicinemental healths4pm(second in a two part series posted for Mental Health Awareness Day)What is the "E-Patient" movement and how might it converge today with the mental health community? That is the question we asked in the opener to this series. This second installment is a snapshot of recent topics in the E-Patient communty, through the eyes of yours truly, a year-long member of The Society for Participatory http://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/e-patients-online-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CTBerg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-8503207682211169086Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +00002012-10-16T16:03:21.415-07:00communicationse-patientshealthmedicinemental healthpersonal wellnesss4pm (first of a 2-part series posted for Mental Health Awareness Day, Oct. 2012)The question in the title seems very apt to ask on this "World Mental Health Day." Online communities for consumers and providers of mental health services have been around for quite awhile. But here in this "e-patient" decade, driven by greater access to information -- and greater access to each other -- it feels apt http://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-might-patient-engagement-mean-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CTBerg)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376602924688537908.post-4238136620629804165Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:59:00 +00002012-10-05T14:39:04.469-07:00communicationshealthmedicinememespersonal wellness On the value of memes in health and medicine Have you been struck as often as I have at the number of times some gee-whiz science headline confirms common sense? It fascinates me how often we refuse to believe the fruits of our own experience until some study confirms it. I will spare you a long list of links,  but it's happened so often I have a standing personal hashtag attached http://gutsygalsguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/you-know-what-they-say-about-apple-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CTBerg)