« Demcomm | Main | Sinister vs safe web » Farewell to Doc Tom I'm sad to report the death last Friday of my friend and mentor, Tom Ferguson, MD. Tom had dedicated his life to expanding the patient's role in medical care. He edited a magazine and book called Medical Self-Care, and later the online Ferguson Report, as well as an aggregation of content at DocTom.com, where he was blogging. His last post was March 31. Tom and I first connected in the early 1990s, at one of the first EFF-Austin meetings. He saw early on the role the Internet could play in medicine, especially how it could empower patients and create new ways for patients to interact with those responsible for their treatment. Most recently, Tom had been working on the concept of the e-patient, where e stands for empowered. Tom had been ill for quite a while, and this increased his empathy for the patient's role. Others will carry on his work, hopefully leading to more of a partnership of patient with physician in the future of medicine. jon posted this at 6:09 PM |
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