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Archives for October 2017

“Well, your mother’s had a long life …”

October 9, 2017 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by pulling out some of their best comments and quotes. Casey Quinlan, in response to “As She Lay Dying” – a son calls on the health system to involve patients and families in improving safety I’ll apologize in advance for the screaming screed that is […]

Filed Under: featured commenters Tagged With: caregivers, Family Caregivers, medical errors

Creating space for innovation

October 8, 2017 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Stanford Medicine X stage

It seems like forever-ago that I delivered this keynote at Stanford Medicine X. Innovators are facing even more significant challenges than I could have imagined back in September 2016. And yet I still believe we live in a time of abundant opportunity to connect with people who want to work toward a participatory, innovative future […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, policy issues Tagged With: home health care hacks, maker movement, peer-to-peer healthcare, Stanford Medicine X

Put your tumor to a better use by making it into a bottle opener

October 2, 2017 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Three people standing in front of a door at the White House. One person is holding replicas of a brain tumor.

Image above: Megan Smith, Obama White House Chief Technology Officer; Steven Keating, holding replicas of his brain tumor; and John P. Holdren, Director of the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; on the day the Precision Medicine Initiative was announced. I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by […]

Filed Under: featured commenters, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Brain Tumor, Peer To Peer, peer-to-peer healthcare

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