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Archives for March 2020

Public Q&A: COVID19 precautions and care

March 31, 2020 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

Woman wears a white baseball cap and a cloth mask over her nose and mouth

As a trusted node on my friends’ “nerd network” (i.e., the people who are known to dig in and research everything so others may not have to) I have been asked a few questions that I’d like to share, in the hopes that other people can add their own perspectives — and new questions! Question: […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A Tagged With: COVID19, end of life, palliative care, patientslikeme

Bits of beauty

March 24, 2020 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Flowers beautifully arranged in a bowl

“Find a bit of beauty in the world today. Share it. If you can’t find it, create it. Some days this may be hard to do. Persevere.” – Lisa Bonchek Adams (1969-2015) This is a hard time. There’s no getting around it. But I keep finding glimmers of light and bits of beauty, online and […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder Tagged With: Lisa Bonchek Adams, Wakelet

Public Q&A: Peer advice during a pandemic

March 19, 2020 By Susannah Fox 17 Comments

A community colleague wrote: Our neighborhood list serve has all sorts of ‘advice’. I’ll spare you:) Are you able to assess how peer-to-peer exchange is playing out with all of this? In the spirit of Public Q&A, I invite readers to join me in responding: Yes. I’m seeing a ton of peer-to-peer exchanges of information, […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A Tagged With: caregivers, COVID19, Heather Pierce, Judith Graham, Matt Might, Rachel Martens, ZDoggMD

Public Q&A: Patient registries

March 9, 2020 By Susannah Fox 17 Comments

A community colleague asked for advice about how an organization can boost the signal for their patient registry. Recruitment levels are not what they expected and nowhere near what they need. I’m sharing what I wrote back so that others can chime in with their advice in the comments. First, look at what successful registries […]

Filed Under: health data, patient networks, public Q&A, research issues Tagged With: All of Us, cystic fibrosis, Erin Moore, ImproveCareNow, John Wilbanks, NIH, patient registries, Quality Improvement

Project management for caregivers

March 1, 2020 By Susannah Fox 22 Comments

Cancer worksheet

I am a caregiver. I help coordinate the health and home care for an elder loved one who, for the purposes of maintaining a bit of anonymity, I will call “M.” He is a healthy, happy octogenarian. We have known each other for nearly 40 years, but we are not related by blood. I am […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, shared decision making Tagged With: cancer, caregivers, design, elderly, end of life, family, Older Adults

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