Another reason I like Kaiser:
I can make custom graphs from their Web site based on previous test results!
My white blood cell count has remained consistent since November '08. My platelets dropped a bit in late March and rebounded three days later thanks to a hamburger and some fish.
(These results are based on different scales and are used for comparison within their own color.)
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
