"As the meaning of the term has expanded, some #ePatients have developed a high level of expertise & in turn have taken a leadership role within the ePatient movement. @StanfordMedX has coined the term ePatient scholar to describe these leaders...." /1
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Nelson, R., (September 13, 2016) "Informatics: Empowering ePatients to Drive Health Care Reform - Part I" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 21, No. 3.
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"The leaders introduced below demonstrate what equipped, enabled, empowered, & engaged patients can and will do to gain a proactive role in managing their healthcare. They demand ‘Give me my own damn data’ & even point out that the data are often dirty." /3
"Such #ePatient leaders do not seek to replace us as healthcare providers or our key role in meeting their healthcare needs, but rather they seek to be our colleagues; clearly at this point we need their help."
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"The World Bank (2011) has defined empowerment as “the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.” The definition clearly fits with the concept of an #ePatient." /5
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