Informed Consent

SurgAware aims to empower patients by increasing transparency of informed consent [iPhone app review]

Oct 18, 2010 by
App Review
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SurgAware aims to increase transparency of surgical informed consent by providing a searchable list of specific risks

“Empowering Patients” Isn’t Always A Good Thing – The Risks and Benefits of iPhone Medical Apps That Turn Patients Into Consumers

Apr 12, 2010 by
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Unless you spent the last two years in a Himalayan monastery, you are certainly aware of the bitter healthcare battle that unfolded in Washington. Underlying the nonsense about death panels from the right and claims of impending doom from the left lies a far more legitimate conflict about how we view healthcare – as a basic human right or as a market service. Conservatives generally ascribe to the latter, viewing non-emergent healthcare as a service delivered to Americans via a [Read more]