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Archives for December 2012

Thinking critically about Big Data and health care

December 30, 2012 By Susannah Fox 30 Comments

If the health geek tribe had its own “Most Viewed” ranking on the New York Times site today, “Big Data is Great. But So Is Intuition” by Steve Lohr would be near the top. Everyone I respect (who’s awake, reading, and sharing) is tweeting about it. Lohr writes: Big Data proponents point to the Internet […]

Filed Under: research issues, trends & principles Tagged With: big data

What if we could hack happiness?

December 28, 2012 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

One of the best phone calls I had in 2012 was with John Havens, who has written about the value of a happiness economy and how big data can make us happier and healthier. It reminded me of the “what if health care…?” conversations I was part of on Twitter this year: dreaming big, wishing […]

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: #whatifhc, Happathon

Research, writing, and the public conversation

December 19, 2012 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

I’m crunching survey data nonstop these days, writing two reports to be published in January, so I’m not leaving my writing cave office very often. But before I went into quiet mode, I recorded a podcast with Fran Melmed and Carol Harnett, hosts of the CoHealth Checkup. They elicited some stories I haven’t told elsewhere […]

Filed Under: participatory research, trends & principles Tagged With: Pew Internet

Is there hope for SMS health alerts?

December 17, 2012 By Susannah Fox 66 Comments

Pew Internet: Demographics of cell- and smartphone ownership, Sept 2012

Richard Fury, MD, of Kaiser Permanente emailed me recently, asking: “Is there any hope for SMS health alerts when patients are due for preventive care?  As you know, patients want this, we want to provide this, but without symptomatic incentives adoption is poor. Thoughts?” I think there is hope for SMS health alerts targeting people […]

Filed Under: public Q&A, trends & principles Tagged With: connected health, mobile, Mobile Health, SMS

Video: The “e” is for engagement

December 10, 2012 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

The Center for Connected Health did a lovely job with their symposium videos, split-screening so you can see the slides. My speech is up, along with all the other keynotes: Full text (or a version of it) is available here, along with a discussion thread.

Filed Under: pts as teachers, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, connected health, Pew Internet, Tracking for Health, video

“As She Lay Dying” – a son calls on the health system to involve patients and families in improving safety

December 3, 2012 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Three lines of far away mountain ranges

Warning: this doesn’t end well. Not for anyone in the story. Unless it changes you, as it did me. Jonathan Welch, MD, teaches at Harvard Medical School and practices in the ER at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. But, as is often the case in life, the information that really matters is more personal: […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list Tagged With: Condition H, Health Affairs, medical errors

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