Cognitive surplus One of the great pleasures of living in London is that a friend can email you (in this case from Salamanca) and say:
Category: Society
UK’s new government backs patient-controlled medical records
Last week, over lunch with a few friends, we discussed how excited we are by the UK’s new government. Some really interesting people are in
How to get people to exercise: piano stairs
Watch how few people use stairs at the beginning of this video. And then watch what happens when they make the stairs into a piano.
What happens when patients start working together?
“Can a patient invite another patient to look at their record?” This question really made me pause. The answer is definitely “yes”, because each patient
Patient-controlled medical records are the only way to go
William Heath from Mydex pointed out to me that both Labour and the Conservatives supported the principle of patient-controlled medical records: We will explore how
Independent health care in the digital age
On Thursday 8th of April, we held an education event at the Royal Society of Medicine. The speakers included Dr Richard Smith, our Chairman, and