Articles in Empowered Patients

There’s nothing new about an information-savvy patient. The novelty is the array of digital technologies and internet-based communication tools aiming at appeasing that appetite beyond […]

We must all have experienced the features of being a cyberchondriac every once in a while: you wake up with a headache, you feel dizzy […]

If you are reading this, you have probably seen the sticker ‘Ask Me About Digital’ on your primary care physician’s door. Here’s the summary of […]

The idea of a one-pager skill-set called “Patient CV” created by a chronic patient for her future doctors generated quite a buzz lately on Twitter. […]

Digital Health is a cultural transformation, not just a set of new technologies. Written by e-Patient Dave deBronkart and Dr. Bertalan Meskó.

The shooting of 2001: A Space Odyssey began fifty-two years ago, on 29 December 1965, but it still looks modern and believable. One of the […]

I have attended more than 400 conferences that were devoted to medicine and healthcare, and I can count the great ones on one hand. Terribly […]

Advanced medical technologies, disruptive innovations hand-in-hand with people willing to change will transform traditional healthcare into a modern healthcare system fit for the 21st century, […]

Diabetes is an adamant condition requiring constant attention. Let me show you how technology can take the burden off the shoulders of suffering patients and their […]

The elderly might often get the impression that technological revolution takes only the young and capable into account. There might be some truth to it […]

There are already terrabytes of data online and sometimes it is difficult to differentiate among true/false and relevant/irrelevant data. Although doing so is especially important in […]

Diabetes is a lifelong condition with no cure. It requires constant attention from the patient and his or her environment. Now, artificial pancreas is coming into the […]

It’s fascinating to witness how disruptive innovations can truly change the way healthcare is delivered and medicine is practiced. Enormous technological changes are heading our way […]

Futuristic medical technologies might change healthcare from the bottom to the top. Here are 10 more technologies that hold the promise for an optimistic future […]

From time to time, I come across collaborations in healthcare between companies which are both promising and surprising. From IBM to Google – here are […]