Are you a patient, caregiver, and/or taxpayer? What do you think about health care reform? What questions do you have? How can we make sure your voice is heard?

The Open Health Project provides a public forum for productive dialog about health care. This is a participatory forum (or “table”) dedicated to effectively including patients in the discussion, planning, and evaluation of health care reform.

The current focus of the forum is U.S. health care reform. Global input is welcome.

Recent Articles

November 21, 2010
'Meaningful Use' for Patients

Regina Holliday participates in policy conversations, emphasizing the importance of the patient perspective.

June 11, 2010
Open Government Data!

Examples of what liberated data looks like.

April 26, 2010
Health Informatics and Information Therapy

Would you rather leave the doctor's office with information that is relevant to you...or your neighbor, Bob?

March 18, 2010
NHIN Direct
February 16, 2010
Symbolism

MyHealthUSB symbolizes access to data. Give us our data on a USB...or via "the cloud," but either way, "Give us our damn data"

February 6, 2010
Civil Rights and Health Care

"Sometimes we need to sit in our seat until the authorities take us away." - Regina Holliday

December 15, 2009
Epic Interoperability?
November 16, 2009
Health 2.0 User Challenge

A quick update from me and a video from the Health 2.0 conference.

October 31, 2009
Privacy is Contextual

You shared your EMR password?! "Well, yeah, I was dying" - ePatient Dave

October 24, 2009
Research Ethics (and Conferences)

Does the field of market research have rules and guidelines?

October 21, 2009
Journal of Participatory Medicine

Find out about patient-centered health care...from patients and the physicians they love (um, or like).

October 19, 2009
Data Prison

Another piece of moving art related to health care reform from Regina Holliday.

October 18, 2009
Prevention

Should I wait until my health gets worse to do something about it?

October 15, 2009
Collaboration, Open Source-Style?

HealthCamp SFBay and Health 2.0, San Francisco. Cool tools and even cooler collaborations.

September 25, 2009
Your Health Data

I'm guessing you don't have one of these in your wallet.

September 24, 2009
Take a Peek

Have you ever wondered what some of these "Health 2.0 tools" look like?

September 23, 2009
Open Source, Open Standards, Blue Sky

Some see open source as far more than a business trend, perhaps a fundamental restructuring of our economic model. Are we witnessing a shift that's as deep as the transition from feudalism to modern capitalism?

September 22, 2009
Hello from the Galapagos

You would never put up with anything as inefficient as the US healthcare system in your own organization. - Faisal Hoque

September 16, 2009
My Feet Hurt

Am I really supposed to take 10,000 steps a day?!!

September 13, 2009
HITECH Dumpster Diving

Why is Health Information Technology (HIT) still in the dark ages? One reason may be that health care doesn't "get" design.