Empowered Patient Chats Archives

2022

• January 14, 2022: Building Power Through Your Story
• January 28, 2022: Digital Health Equity: Let’s Talk About It
• February 11, 2022: Filtering Misinformation: Social Media and Your Care
• February 25, 2022: Decoding Buzzwords: What terms do you prefer?
• March 11, 2022: How is “Value” Defined in Healthcare?
• March 25, 2022: Improving Health Equity in Clinical Trials
• April 15, 2022: Extended Reality: The Use of VR, MR, and AI for Patients
• April 22, 2022: How Can You Use Technology for Better Care?
• May 6, 2022: What Role Does Music Play in Your Mental Health?
• June 17, 2022: Being a Decision-Maker in Clinical Trial Participation (Chat held on Twitter Spaces)
• July 15, 2022: How Does Health Policy Impact Me?

2021

• December 10, 2021: Looking Back on 2021 and Ahead to 2022
• November 12, 2021: Building Trust: Striving for Equitable Care
• October 29, 2021: Ask Me Anything (AMA) Part 2 with Marie Ennis-O’Connor (@JBBC)
• October 15, 2021: Let’s Talk Burnout: Patients and Care Partners
• October 1, 2021: Patient Advocacy in Drug Development: What Role Does it Play?
• September 17, 2021: Empowerment and Your Healthcare Team
• September 3, 2021: How Can You Utilize Telehealth Services
• August 13, 2021: Wellness Matters: Risk-Reducing Care 
• July 9, 2021: Transforming Healthcare as a Patient Leader with Seth Rotberg of (@wegohealth)
• June 11, 2021: Are You an Empowered Survivor? with Alicia Staley (@stales)
• May 28, 2021: Being Intentional With Your Mental Health
• May 14, 2021: Collaboration: Connecting and Empowering Patient Communities
• April 30, 2021: What is Patient Advocacy?
• April 16, 2021: Rare But Not Invisible: Finding Your Community
• April 2, 2021: Healthcare Trends Are They Here to Stay?
• March 12, 2021: Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Marie Ennis-O’Connor (@JBBC)
• March 5, 2021: Genome-Wide Sequencing: What an Empowered Patient Needs to Know
• February 19, 2021: Vaccine Hesitancy: Let’s Talk About It
• February 5, 2021: Let’s Talk Mental Health: How are you Doing?
• January 22, 2021: Moving Awareness into Action
• January 8, 2021: The Engaged Patient: Utilizing Digital Health

2020

• December 11, 2020: A Year in Review: Looking back on 2020 and Ahead to 2021
• November 13, 2020: Using Your Voice: Speaking Out Against Inequities
• October 30, 2020: Checking the Pulse on ‘Patient Influencers’
• October 16, 2020: Entering Adulthood with a Chronic Condition
• October 2, 2020: Open Mic – What Do You Want to Chat About?
• September 18, 2020: How to Apply Your Empowerment Skills to Your Health Journey
• September 4, 2020: Asking the Right Questions at the Right Time: Navigating Your Path to Empowerment
• August 7, 2020: Best Practices for Sharing Your Patient Story
• July 10, 2020: Empowered Tips: Building Resilience and Boosting Immunity
• June 12, 2020: Ending Isolation: Tips for Connecting & Resources for Support
• May 29, 2020: Patient Access: Let’s Talk Health Care Technology
• May 15, 2020: Community Matters: MD and Patient Authored Tips to Help You Stay Involved
• May 1, 2020: Community Check-In
• April 17, 2020: Open Mic
• April 3, 2020: Best Practices for Participating in a Patient Community
• March 20, 2020: Cyber Hygiene: What Is It? And Why Does It Matter?
• March 6, 2020: Removing Barriers to a Successful Patient-Provider Relationship
• February 21, 2020: Driving Change: How Rare Disease Patients Can Get Involved
• February 7, 2020: Disparities in Care: Equality vs. Equity
• January 24, 2020: What Does Patient Centric Care Look Like to You?
• January 10, 2020: Patient Access: Let’s Talk Health Data

2019

• December 13, 2019: A Year in Review: Looking back on 2019 and Ahead to 2020
• November 29, 2019: No Patient Chat this week due to Thanksgiving holiday (U.S.)
• November 15, 2019: Nutrition Trends: Fad or Fact?
• November 1, 2019: Holiday Hacks: Tips for Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays
• October 18, 2019: Medication Management
• October 4, 2019: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
• September 20, 2019: Patient Access: Let’s Talk Patient Burnout
• September 6, 2019: Open Mic – What Do You Want to Chat About?
• August 9, 2019: How to Read and Understand Scientific Research
• July 12, 2019: Managing The Emotions of a Chronic Illness
• June 14, 2019: How Does An Empowered Patient Approach Care Coordination?
• May 3, 2019: Leveraging Social Media for Patient Advocacy
• April 19, 2019: Patient Access: Let’s Talk Health Care Conferences with @HealthSparq, @lbdeck, and @mcintose
• April 5, 2019: The Power of Patient Storytelling with @PatientRev
• March 22, 2019: Applying Patient Advocacy Initiatives to Your Patient Journey with @Srotberg15
• March 8, 2019: Open Mic – What Do You Want To Chat About?
• February 22, 2019: No Chat – #NIHchat on Rare Disease Day
• February 8, 2019: Advice For Newly Diagnosed Patients
• January 25, 2019: Finding Your Voice – What Stops People from Getting a Second Opinion?
• January 11, 2019: Starting the Year Empowered

2018

• December 14, 2018: A Year in Review: Looking back on 2018 and Ahead to 2019 with @fireflyrn84
• November 16, 2018: The Role of Support and Advocacy Throughout the Patient Journey with @LReedsBooks
• November 2, 2018: Open Mic – What Do You Want to Chat About?
• October 19. 2018: The Emotional Impact of Serious Illness
• October 5, 2018: Patients Included – In Radiology? with @JenniferKempMD
• September 21, 2018: IRBs and Me: Patients as Leaders in Research
• September 7, 2018: Best Practices in Patient Engagement
• August 10, 2018: Palliative Care and Chronic Illness
• July 13, 2018: Myths and Misconceptions in Healthcare
• June 15, 2018: Precision Medicine Today
• May 18, 2018: The Power of Online Patient Communities
• May 4, 2018: Including Patients and Care Partners: Let’s Talk Healthcare Conferences with @HealthSparq
• April 20, 2018: Overcoming Disparity in Clinical Trials
• April 6, 2018: Are We Missing the Mark with Patient Involvement with @SalemOaks
• March 23, 2018: Understanding Medical Research
• March 9, 2018: How Does Technology Benefit Patients
• February 23, 2018: How to Include Patients in Design
• February 9, 2018: What to do When No One Will Listen
• January 28, 2018: Caring for the Whole Person with Kerri Sparling @sixuntilme @patientrev
• January 12, 2018: Self-Care Goals 2018

2017

• December 15, 2017: A Year in Review: Looking Back on 2017 and Ahead to 2018
• December 1, 2017: Managing the Stress of Being a Patient
• November 17, 2017: What An Empowered Patients Needs To Know About Healthcare Access with @HealthcareRC
• November 3, 2017: Chronic Disease and Shame
• October 20, 2017: Common Myths of Healthcare
• October 6, 2017: How to Find a Doctor That Listens
• September 22, 2017: Innovation and Disruption in Healthcare
• September 8, 2017: How Does an Empowered Patient Approach Prevention?
• August 4, 2017: Health Records and Taking Charge of Your Care
• July, 7, 2017: How To Communicate with Your Care Partner
• June 9, 2017: Finding Your Community
• May 26, 2017: What Not To Say…
• May 12, 2017: Advocacy and the Patient with @LAlupusLady
• May 2, 2017: Can Digital Media Save Clinical Trials? #CTAW2017 Chat with @CCTAwareness
• April 28, 2017: No Chat
• April 14, 2017: Shared Decision Making and Patient-Centered Care: Helpful Concepts or More Buzz? with @power4patients
• March 31, 2017: The Empowered Patient: Finding Strength through Vulnerability
• March 17, 2017: Health Care Social Media: Let’s Talk Tweet Chats
• March 3, 2017: The Intersection of Patient Empowerment and Technology with @techguy
• February 17, 2017: Empowered Patient “Open Mic” #patientchat
• February 3, 2017: Pain Management with Lisa Davis Budzinski
• January 20, 2017: Using Nutrition to Empower Your Health with Dr. Deena Adimoolam

2016

• December 23, 2016 & January 6, 2017: No Patient Chat due to Holidays
• December 9, 2016: Looking Back… Looking Ahead… Empowered #patientchat
• November 25, 2016: No Patient Chat this week due to Thanksgiving holiday (U.S.)
• November 11, 2016: “Health Share” Empowered #patientchat
• November 6, 2016: Popup #patientchat – Hacking Healthcare with @TheBigHeist: Open Enrollment & DPC
• October 21, 2016: Whole Health & Wellness with @justagoodlife
• October 6, 2016: Popup #patientchat – Health Awareness Days
• September 30, 2016: Flipping the Wait #MedX
• September 16, 2016: Mental Health and Chronic Disease #MedX
• September 2, 2016: No Patient Chat this week due to Labor Day Holiday Weekend (U.S.)
• August 19, 2016: An Integrative Medicine Primer with a Holistic Nurse
• August 5, 2016: Quality of Life – Define it. Share it. Live it. with Alan Brewington
• July 22, 2016: Finding Help in the Healthcare Maze – Where to Start
• July 10, 2016: Popup #patientchat – Medical Trauma
• June 26, 2016: Popup #patientchat – “The Open Patient” Documentary Discussion and Chat with @TheLizArmy @StevenKeating
• June 10, 2016: Citizen Science: Hacking Healthcare with John Novack @teaminspire
• June 5, 2016: Popup #patientchat – How to Take Charge of your Medical Information with Richard Kreis
• May 27, 2016: No Patient Chat this week due to Memorial Day Holiday Weekend (U.S.)
• May 13, 2016: How to Create Work-Life Harmony with Chronic Disease
• April 22, 2016: Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Care with Dr. Rob Lamberts
• April 1, 2016: How to Communicate with Your Healthcare Team
• March 18, 2016: How to Be Your Own Best Advocate with Patient Empowerment Network (@power4patients)
• March 4, 2016: Rare Disease Advocacy with @RareCandace
• February 19, 2016: Using Technology for Emotional Support, with CanSurround
• February 5, 2016: Adjusting to a Family Member’s Diagnosis #patientchat with @caregiving
• January 31, 2016: #popup #patientchat – How do we empower more people in their health?
• January 22, 2016: Who’s in Your Corner? – Building Your Healthcare Team, Empowered #patientchat
• January 8, 2016: Empowered #patientchat – Self-care Goals

2015

• December 25, 2015: No Patient Chat this week due to Holidays
• December 11, 2015: The Empowered Patient Year in Review
• November 27, 2015: No Patient Chat this week due to Thanksgiving holiday
• November 13, 2015: Tips for Improved Patient/Doctor Communication with Edward Leigh, MA
• October 30, 2015: Empowered #PatientChat with Devices for Dignity
• October 16, 2015: Tools to take charge of your health
• September 25, 2015: Live from medx
• September 4, 2015: Patient Experience with CancerGeek and Dr. Gia Sison
• August 21, 2015: Talking telehealth
• August 7, 2015: How do we empower more people in their health?
• July 24, 2015: Challenges in scheduling medical visits?!
• July 10, 2015: Getting your healthcare records organized
• June 26, 2015: Where can I get the latest science that matters to me? with Tal Givoly of Medivizor
• June 12, 2015: How patients can get involved in research & trials with special guest Anne Marie Ciccarella
• May 29, 2015: Why are patient stories important?
• May 15, 2015: How to coordinate care when you have more than one doctor
• May 1, 2015: Empowered #PatientChat with Flip the Clinic
• April 3, 2015: Tending to your mental health with special guest Kati Morton, LMFT
• March 20, 2015: Patient Chat with Grant Perry of PatientPilot
• March 6, 2015: How can you speak up and be heard at a doctor’s visit?
• February 20, 2015: Family Caregivers and Patients Facing End of Life Together with Denise Brown of Caregiving.com
• February 6, 2015: How can we hack the waiting room?
• January 23, 2015: Online Support Groups: How can they help?” with Dr. Vincent Caimano
• December 26, 2014 & January 9, 2015: No Patient Chat due to Holidays
• December 12, 2014 at 10am PT: John Novack from Inspire, Using social networks to improve your health
• November 28, 2014: No Patient Chat this week due to Thanksgiving holiday
• November 14, 2014: Dr. Goldina Erowele Founder, CareNovate Brands
• October 31, 2014: Martine Ehrenclou, M.A., Author of “The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care” 
• October 17, 2014: What is an #epatient and why should I care? epatient101.com
• October 3, 2014: How to Find a Quality Doctor (topic inspired by this AP-Norc poll)
• September 19, 2014: “How to Make Meaningful Doctor & Patient Connections Online” with Lisa Johnson from Sermo.com, “#1 physicians’ social network in the US”
• September 5, 2014 at 10am PT: “Live from MedX” with Emily Lu
• August 22, 2014 at 10am PST: “Storytelling for Healing: How Sharing your Story Helps” with special guest Amy Ohm from TreatmentDiaries.com Chat details here  
• August 8, 2014 at 10am PST: “Hospital Stays the #epatient Way”  with special guest #epatient Mark-John Clifford of Health in the Laugh Lane 
• July 25, 2014: Empowering Women to Improve their Gynecologic Health featuring Dee & Christina from Gyn Cancer (#gyncsm) @gyncsm
• July 11, 2014: Overcoming Challenges in Requesting Past Medical Records
• June 25, 2014: Talking to Your Doctor  featuring Zack Berger, MD, PhD
• June 13, 2014: Building a Healthcare Team
• May 30, 2014: Working with Your Caregiver to Create a Plan that Works
• May 16, 2014: How does an empowered patient approach prevention?
• May 2, 2014: I’ve decided to become an empowered patient. Now what?
• April 18, 2014: How to Create Patient-Centered Technology featuring Jack Imaging