“Do no harm” with mPOWEr?
Today’s New York Times Opinionator column focuses on hospital system efforts to “do no harm.” We couldn’t agree more that spotlighting the problem of healthcare associated infection and developing novel …
Guest Blog Post: Use of Photography in Patient Care
Ed. Note: the mPOWEr team is delighted to welcome our first guest blogger, Dr. Kristy Kummerow Broman, general surgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and VA Quality Scholars Fellow in the Tennessee Valley Healthcare …
A great big thanks
We want to extend a our sincere thanks to all of the fantastic people in the UW Center for Reconstructive Surgery who interacted with the mPOWEr team over the past two weeks. …
mPOWEr Go-Live in the UWMC Center for Reconstructive Surgery!
It’s go time! Tonight, our team celebrates a very successful first week in the UW Medicine Center for Reconstructive Surgery. We want to thank the first group of patients who have agreed to use mPOWEr to …
mPOWEr on the Surgical Outcomes Club Webinar 10-22-15
Tune in on Thursday October 22 at 2pm EST to the Surgical Outcomes Club webinar. Heather will be presenting the latest on how we’ve developed mPOWEr and our plans …
The Medicine X Precision Medicine Initiative
In one of the opening talks of Medicine X (Med X) at Stanford, Eric Topol MD director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, spoke about the need for patients to …
Patients are Driving Innovation and Becoming Research Partners
The intent behind Medicine X (Med X) at Stanford is to act as a catalyst for new ideas regarding the future of health care. Traditionally patients have unfortunately been left …
The Future of Emerging Technology and Medicine
Prior to the official opening day for Medicine X (Med X) at Stanford, the Med X staff organized an event called the Medicine X Health Innovation Summit. The goal of …
Medicine X 2015 Quick Recap
This year I was given the opportunity to attend Medicine X (Med X) at Stanford as a student engager. It was a fantastic opportunity and amazing experience. I was able to …
Medicine X 2015
I joined the mPOWEr team in the spring of 2014 as our first patient advisor, Sarah Han, was preparing to attend and present at Stanford Medicine X as an ePatient. …