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Archives for June 2014

Health Care Hackers

June 25, 2014 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Destination DIY is an independently-produced public radio show and podcast featuring creative solutions to big problems. Sarah Yahm did a beautiful job producing the latest show and I was honored to be part of it: https://soundcloud.com/destinationdiy/health-care-hackers A few footnotes: I name PatientsLikeMe as an example of an organization that helps people who want to help […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care

The internet spins both ways

June 18, 2014 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Did you know some doctors once had a hand signal to warn their colleagues about internet-using patients? I talk about this and other health care history, plus a bit about the possible future (including some market opportunities), in an interview with Alex Howard: One study I cite in this segment of our conversation centers on […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: Alex Howard, Health Datapalooza, peer-to-peer healthcare, self-tracking, Tracking for Health

The cost of satisfaction

June 13, 2014 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

My pick of the day for your reading list is a two-year-old article on the use of patient satisfaction surveys as a proxy for quality of care measures: The Cost of Satisfaction (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2012).

Filed Under: hc's problem list, policy issues, research issues

Health Datapalooza turns 5 (going on 15)

June 6, 2014 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Susannah Fox on screen at the Datapalooza - Photo by @CarlyRM

In my opening remarks for Health Datapalooza‘s final day, I tried to strike notes of “welcome!” and “let’s get real.” The adolescent meme got picked up, but without much context, so I thought I’d share what I said: The Datapalooza is five years old, but we are way past the kindergarten stage, when people outside the movement […]

Filed Under: health data, positive patterns, trends & principles Tagged With: Health Data, Health Datapalooza

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