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The power of participatory healthcare: stroke prevention as an example

In the last post of 2015 we discussed about participatory medicine as a future trend that is becoming more and more important in everyday practice. Indeed, it would be more correct to talk about participatory healthcare, since patient work has not only impact on therapeutic or clinical aspects but also on processes, management or prevention. […]

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“Medicine is not dehumanized, but healthcare yes”

The Spanish 20th Congress for Healthcare Humanization took place in a Madrid Hospital on May 27th and 28th this year. One of the most interesting speakers was Dr Concha Zaforteza, an outstanding specialist in the use of participatory methodologies for change management in clinical praxis. More about her brilliant path as a researcher and nurse can be […]

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How to build a patient intelligence system

Professor Horcajadas, the well know specialist for reproductive genetics with 45 international papers on the issue, compares the difference between traditional genetic techniques and sequencing with fishing. “Using sequencing is like having an industrial fishing net, while traditional techniques are like using a fishing rod”. But he warns, that “the quality of data in the […]

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Patient intelligence versus electronic medical records

In the last post we saw that despite a huge amount of data in electronical medical records and other IT systems supporting healthcare, our knowledge on patients is little. This knowledge gap makes a huge difference in terms of therapeutic effectiveness and of costs. In one example the difference between data and knowledge meant spending […]

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