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Archives for April 2020

Pandemic problem-solving

April 29, 2020 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Hands feed fabric into a sewing machine

The COVID19 pandemic is forcing everyone to learn new skills on the fly.  Clinicians are teaching each other how to hotwire a ventilator to serve more than one patient.  People are 3D printing spare parts for medical equipment and learning how to sew protective masks. Parents are sharing strategies for convincing their teenagers to stay home – and […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: COVID19, maker movement, peer-to-peer healthcare

Surviving a pandemic like an artist

April 14, 2020 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Snow covered mountains with text reading: Life is so bizarre it must be a bad dream

Through her work as a film-maker, Maggie Whittum helps the rest of us make sense of this upside-down world we find ourselves in. And she reminds us that, unfortunately, this disorientation is familiar to people who survive stroke. Andrew Simonet, founder and director of Artists U, recently wrote an essay entitled, “This is What We […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Andrew Simonet, art, COVID19, Maggie Whittum, stroke

Why entrepreneurs should listen to patients & caregivers

April 9, 2020 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

Screenshot of Harvard Business Review article about how chronic disease patients are innovating together online

I am thrilled to share this excerpt from the Harvard Business Review article I wrote, “How Chronic-Disease Patients Are Innovating Together Online”: The internet gives us virtually unlimited access to each other. That deceptively simple insight is an untapped opportunity in health care. When companies are searching for their next idea, they should look to […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, social media Tagged With: Christopher Snider, Chronic Conditions, chronic disease, Dana Lewis, HopeLab Foundation, innovation, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

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