Category Archives: Patient experience

Reading my EHR as a way to prepare

[Warning for oversharing – this post will contain details from my electronic health record] I’m waiting for my primary care center to call me back, and while I’m waiting I log into my online electronic health record. It’s always good to be … Continue reading

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The importance of a shared meal

Food is important to me. I think everyone who knows me can vouch for that. I don’t know if people can be categorized into those that eat to live and those that live to eat, but I would probably belong … Continue reading

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The story of illness

I’m a researcher in health informatics – but growing up, what I always dreamed of was being an author, a storyteller. As a researcher, I of course get to write. And write, and write. But the storytelling is seldom in … Continue reading

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Lifelines

I sneak by the room where you sit in your favorite chair – I don’t know if you’re sleeping. I don’t want you to see I’ve been crying. Again. I step carefully over the plastic tube that gives you oxygen. … Continue reading

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Physician Adherence

This amazing facebook post by equally amazing Hugo Campos deserves a blog post all to itself. Enjoy! Hugo turns the table on the old, worn out terms “compliance” and “adherence” which are usually used to describe patients and their behaviour … Continue reading

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How dangerous is it to worry?

This is a question that has been spinning around in my head for some time now. I’m on the train right now, returning home after 3 fun and inspiring days at the Vitalis conference in Gothenburg. One issue that we … Continue reading

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Pneumonia or Pneumonitis?

Sounds pretty similar, right? What’s the difference? you might even ask. It’s a world of difference in terms of cause and treatment, at least that’s what I’ve learned during the course of this afternoon. With some help from my friends … Continue reading

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