Writing Project — Part III: Consumer-Driven Healthcare: What It Means To Me; What People Need To Know

August 23, 2006

A few weeks ago, I sent an invitation to a number of healthcare bloggers asking them to answer two questions about the growing consumer-driven healthcare movement. I’m happy that several of them responded to my request.

In this three-part series, I have been republishing their reponses to my questions.

Part three of this series features commentary from Nedra Weinreich. Weinreich, founder and president of Weinreich Communications, works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. She is also author of the blog Spare Change.

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Writing Project — Part II: Consumer-Driven Healthcare: What It Means To Me; What People Need To Know

August 15, 2006

A few weeks ago, I sent an invitation to a number of healthcare bloggers asking them to answer two questions about the growing consumer-driven healthcare movement. I’m happy that several of them responded to my request.

In this three-part series, I’ll be republishing their reponses to my questions.

Part two of this series features commentary from Dmitriy Kruglyak. Kruglyak is publisher of The Medical Blog Network, a leading community of healthcare blogs.

Click here to read part one of this series.

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Writing Project — Part I: Consumer-Driven Healthcare: What It Means To Me; What People Need To Know

August 8, 2006

A few weeks ago, I sent an invitation to a number of healthcare bloggers asking them to answer two questions about the growing consumer-driven healthcare movement. Thankfully, several of them responded to my request.

In this three-part series, I’ll be republishing their reponses to my questions.

Part one of this series features commentary from Amy Tenderich, author of the popular blog Diabetes Mine. Tenderich was diagnosed with type I diabetes in 2003 and writes her blog to inform, inspire and educate others coping with diabetes.

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