MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blog rally'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4205936&cid=t_243089_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fend-of-life-wishes-how-to-engage-with-grace%2F2010.11.27 As patients, as family members, as friends, as health care providers, we have all faced end-of-life issues at one time or another, and we will face them again. And again.  This weekend the “Engage With Grace” message is being broadcast virally, through a “blog rally,” at a time when many people are with family and friends over the long weekend. The point is: We all need to have the potentially uncomfortable conversation with people close to us about what kind of treatment we would want, and they would want, if incapable of making or communicating healthcare decisions. CNN ran a story on “Engage With Grace” yesterday. End-of-life decision-making has long been an issue of great personal and professional interest to me, and I am proud to have played a r... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4205936 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0100 4205936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200536&cid=t_243089_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F25%2Fengage-with-grace-in-gratitude%2F Last year I participated in what is called a “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at making sure all of us understand, communicate, and have honored our end-of-life wishes. This year I would like to participate again. The blog rally is timed to coincide with Thanks Giving, an annual tradition [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200536 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:36:13 +0100 4200536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200623&cid=t_243089_114_f&fid=34648&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBlawg%2F%7E3%2FpWWfBHMiss0%2Fengage-with-grace.html As patients, as family members, as friends, as health care providers, we have all faced end-of-life issues at one time or another, and we will face them again.  And again.  This weekend, the "Engage With Grace" message is being broadcast virally, through a "blog rally," at a time when many people are with family and friends over the long weekend.  The point is: we all need to have the potentially uncomfortable conversation with people close to us about what kind of treatment we would want, and they would want, if incapable of making or communicating health care decisions.  CNN ran a story on Engage With Grace yesterday. End-of-life decision-making has long been an issue of great personal and professional interest to me, and I am proud to have played a role in having out-of-hospital D... HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200623 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:00:00 +0100 4200623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026704&cid=t_243089_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FF6-rVtAWyk0%2Fengage-with-grace-blog-rally.html Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes.It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it was timed to coincide with a weekend when most of us are with the very people with whom we should be having these tough conversations – our closest friends and family.Our original mission – to get more and more people talking about their end of life wishes – hasn’t changed. But it’s been quite a year – so we thought this holiday, we’d try something different.A bit of levity.At the heart of Engage With Grace are five questions design... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026704 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:02 +0100 3026704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023245&cid=t_243089_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2F2X_SQvwxqog%2F2009-engage-with-grace-thanksgiving.html Last year Paul Levy, Matthew Holt and Alexandra Drane asked me to participate in the Engage With Grace Thanksgiving Blog Rally. My post last year describes the Engage with Grace project and tells my personal story of why end of life care is important for all of us to discuss with our family and loved ones.Along with my friends and health blogging colleagues, Paul, Matthew, Alexandra, Adam Bosworth, Christian Sinclair, Drew Rosielle, e-Patient Dave deBronkart, Jessica Lipnack, Ted Eytan and many others - we ask that you to take time to talk to your loved ones over this holiday weekend about these important end of life questions and carry out your wishes by executing a living will and medical power of attorney.How else can you participate in the Engage With Grace Thanksgiving Blog Rally?If y... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023245 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:31:54 +0100 3023245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441981&cid=t_243089_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2FCBBBD03NBag%2Fxprize-10m-incentive-to-innovate-in.html Scott Shreeve, MD, Senior Health Advisor at the X PRIZE Foundation sent out a call last week to all health care bloggers to participate in a blog rally to promote the idea and effort behind the Healthcare X PRIZE competition. Below is a message from Dr. Sheeve being post around the blogosphere today. Please spread the word via your blog, Facebook, Twitter or the old fashion way -- telling someone face to face. We are entering an unprecedented season of change for the United States health care system. Americans are united by their desire to fundamentally reform our current system into one that delivers on the promise of freedom, equity, and best outcomes for best value. In this season of reform, we will see all kinds of ideas presented from all across the political spectrum. Many of these i... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441981 Tue, 26 May 2009 14:37:33 +0100 2441981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442503&cid=t_243089_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fmore-incentive-to-innovate-the-healthcare-x-prize.html I’ve been asked by my friend (smart Health 2.0 guy) Scott Shreeve to participate in a blog rally today for a very big innovation campaign called the Healthcare X PRIZE.  Its lofty goal is to improve and reform the American healthcare system.  I’m all for that.  So please take a moment to read today’s guest [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442503 Tue, 26 May 2009 13:00:14 +0100 2442503