My research findings and their connection with real-life health care were given new life when I discussed them with Lisa Gualtieri, Josh Bernoff, Tim Edgar, and the audience at the Connected Health symposium. If you’re intrigued, watch a video of the panel and look for these highlights: Minute 2: Josh Bernoff’s opening remarks included advice […]
Who *are* those guys? (Matt Wiggins and Remedy Systems)–Susannah Fox
How many times have you been at a conference, listening to some panel, when all of a sudden someone says something that snaps you out of your stupor and you think, “Who *is* that guy?” (And if you’re lucky enough to remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, please enjoy the following rendition of that […]
On Veterans Day: Inspiration
Necessity is the mother of invention. I have been profoundly moved over the past few months by a handful of people who have been forced to live this idiom or who have stepped up to the challenge of aiding wounded warriors. In honor of Veterans Day, please take a moment to learn about these inspiring […]
To improve health and health care faster… (fill in the blank)–Susannah Fox
I was honored to be invited to TEDMED by the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their team encouraged all attendees to complete one of three sentences: “To improve health and health care, we need to start asking…” “To improve health and health care faster, we must…” “My bold idea for transforming health […]
Twitter: filter, suggestion box, idea machine, window
On Friday I dashed off this tweet: PhD student just asked me which journals I read to stay up to date on health + tech. My answer: Twitter. It was classic RT bait and indeed it was echoed dozens of times by fellow Twitter geeks — more than any other tweet I’ve written. But I […]
Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine
For this Grand Rounds, I chose David C. Kibbe & Joseph C. Kvedar’s article, “Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine” (JoPM, Vol. 1, 2009). I will highlight two of their “ready-to-go” research questions: What is the role of coaching in sparking and supporting increased participation over time? What can we learn from research on […]
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