health specialist Danny Sands, at Harvard's Center for Clinical Computing and Boston's CareGroup Healthcare System, Academic appointments Senior associate at Harvard's Center for Clinical Computing, Boston, Massachusetts Adjunct associate professor of health informatics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Adjunct faculty member at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Senior research fellow at the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project Partial list of publications Founder and editor of the magazine Medical Self Care, 1975 to 1989 Health and medical editor for the Whole Earth Catalog The Ferguson Report, a consumer health informatics newsletter The Political Economy of Knowledge and the Changing Politics of the Philosophy of Science. Medical Self-Care: Access to Health Tools, edited by Tom Ferguson (Summit Books, 1980) The People's Book of Medical Tests, by David S. Sobel and Tom Ferguson (Summit Books, 1985) The No-Nag, No-Guilt, Do-It-Your-Own-Way Guide to Quitting Smoking, by Tom Ferguson (Ballantyne Books, 1988) Health Online: How To Find Health Information, Support Groups, And Self Help Communities In Cyberspace, by Tom Ferguson (Da Capo Press, 1996) Illness and death He exemplified his own philosophy when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1991. "He relentlessly pursued strategies for both self-care and the newest research and experimental practices for controlling this aggressive cancer ... Between relapses and debilitating treatments, he led a migration of medical consumer information to the internet, lectured widely on the emerging field of 'health informatics,' and earned a global reputation as a true innovator and pioneer in the field." He died April 14, 2006, while undergoing treatment in Little Rock, Arkansas. References External links e-patients: how they can help us heal health care, a white paper by Tom Ferguson et al. (977MB) E-patients blog BrainTalk Communities Neurological peer support and information community 1943 births 2006 deaths Deaths from multiple myeloma Writers from Austin, Texas Reed College alumni San Francisco State University alumni Yale School of Medicine alumni Health informaticians Deaths from cancer in Arkansas People from Coos Bay, Oregon People from Ross, California