The Center for Connected Health’s 2008 Symposium was held in Boston on October 27-28, 2008. I gave a talk entitled, “Participatory Medicine: How User-Generated Media are Changing American Attitudes and Actions, Online and Off.” As always, the conversations I had with people after the speech were the best part of the event. Lena Sorenson, RN, […]
Archives for October 2008
Connected Health Symposium 2008–Susannah Fox
An East Coast contingent of the e-patients group will be in Boston on Monday and Tuesday, speaking and listening at the Connected Health symposium. I’m going to present the Pew Internet Project‘s latest data on social media and how the participatory Web is creating opportunities for participatory medicine. Danny Sands and “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart will […]
41% of Adults are “Activated Patients”
The Center for Studying Health System Change has released another information-packed report, How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It Matter. The researchers created a “Patient Activation Measure” and apparently 41% of adults are what we might call e-patients (empowered, equipped, etc.).
Patient Power: Andrew Schorr–Susannah Fox
Andrew Schorr‘s recent comment also merits a separate post: I am a 12-year leukemia survivor and very grateful to the ACOR community members who helped me numerous times along the way. I have dedicated my life to creating community online and also, in a supplementary way, on radio. But my concept of community is a […]
Response to Tara Parker-Pope’s “You’re Sick. Now What?”–Susannah Fox
Christine Gray’s comments on the New York Times open thread merit a separate post (updated on 10/7/2008): Five years ago, when many pediatric hospitals were unaware of or unwilling to acknowledge the capacities of online medical support groups, my thirteen-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a subset of a rare cancer (sarcoma or soft tissue cancer). […]
New York Times Health Section
The New York Times published an amazing array of health articles yesterday, each one of which is worthy of a discussion on this blog (and not just because we were mentioned in this one). But I also want to take a minute to appreciate the entire online Health section of the Times, which consistently grabs […]
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