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The online health revolution (it’s not too late to jump in)

April 11, 2017 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

The online health revolution (it’s not too late to jump in)

Thanks to Joyce Lee, MD, for resurfacing this talk on Twitter today!

In watching it again, I’m struck by how the data needs to be updated, but the insights don’t. Clinicians have not yet missed their chance to contribute to the online health revolution (nearly 4 years later)!

The tools are going to change, but what remains is a sense of connection. That’s the potential of both social media and health care — to be human, to talk with each other, and hopefully to turn up the volume on good information when we can.

My original post about this talk:

How do we know that social media is important to health care?

I also refer to Atul Gawande’s 2013 article, Slow Ideas. Here’s my take on it:

Peer-to-peer health care is a slow idea that will change the world

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Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, trends & principles Tagged With: Clinicians, Pew Internet

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  1. Kimberly M. Herrington says

    April 11, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    I’m so inspired by your work. Thank you so much for all you do!

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    • Susannah Fox says

      April 11, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      Thank you! It’s an honor to serve & to keep discovering new paths toward power & well-being.

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  2. Eva says

    April 11, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    At People Who we think that healthcare needs specific social media, with anonymity, reliability and ethics. We’d like to share our experience in our european patient communities. Take a look to People Who’s 2016 e-patient Report, http://bit.ly/2nHcbpT
    People Who is available on the US Since Jan 2017, https://www.peoplewho.com/

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    • Susannah Fox says

      April 11, 2017 at 4:47 pm

      Wonderful! I’ve been following People Who but hadn’t tuned into your U.S. venture — welcome and congratulations. There’s a lump in my throat reading how you honor DocTom’s legacy. Thank you for sharing the report.

      Reply

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