While writing my upcoming book, Rebel Health, I dove into the history of innovation and of the patient-led scientific revolution. I read the daring adventures of caregivers, survivors, and patients who pushed the edges of what is possible in medicine. I learned about clinicians’ and researchers’ perspectives on the changes happening in health care. And […]
Laurie Strongin
Designing Peer-to-peer Health
“How can peer to peer connection make a healthier society? Can Amazon reviews give us fresh insight into our health? Why do on-line patient communities represent an incredible untapped resource in healthcare? How can a co-designed death give us a fuller life?” Bon Ku and I explore these questions and more in Episode 59 of […]
Letter to shareholders
For tax purposes, I recently added up all the various sources of income I’d received in 2017. It was a real hodge-podge of a year since I left my appointment at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and started working on my own projects again. This exercise brought home the lesson that […]
The Walking Gallery
If you haven’t seen The Walking Gallery firsthand, consider attending the next powwow, in Kansas City, MO, September 21-23, 2012, at the Partnership for Patients meeting. I can’t wait to Do yourself a favor and read Regina Holliday’s explanation of her latest painting, “Bone Black,” about my friend Catherine Fairchild (right). Until then Also, read […]
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