Many of us at About.com have taken some time to put together thoughts about how events of the past ten years -- the first decade of the new millennium -- have influenced our topic areas.
I had to give it some thought -- because patient empowerment as a topic didn't really exist a decade ago. Not that patients weren't strong and empowered -- some most certainly were. But I wasn't. And most were not. And it hadn't really become a topic of discussion in the mainstream media - yet. Even today patient empowerment is a relatively new national concept.
So here's what I put together: A Decade of Patient Empowerment - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. From the IOM's report, To Err is Human, to the challenges of Healthcare Reform -- and now it's your turn to weigh in.
What do you think of my list? Did I miss anything important? Truth is - this is a project that would be much improved by your input. So please do add your two cents!
Then we'll save it -- and we'll pull it out of our virtual time capsule in 2019 to see how far we've come between now and then. With ANY luck, it will no longer be a topic that is necessary at all.
A Decade in Review - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Patient Empowerment
And here's where you can provide your input, too.
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