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Speak up: The network is our superpower

March 13, 2015 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

I have a new post up on Medium, illustrated with this gem from a 2012 post: An excerpt: We can’t let misinformation—or worse—go by without comment. I think it’s time for more people to speak up in health care. More pediatricians should express their measles outrage. More people should chronicle the reality of living with chronic conditions.

Filed Under: ethics, research issues, trends & principles, understanding statistics Tagged With: Pew Research Center, Stanford Medicine X

The goal posts of life

March 22, 2014 By Susannah Fox 10 Comments

Earlier this week, John Sharp tweeted a link to a New York Times column by Abigail Zuger, MD, about the “Unworried Unwell” — people who have been told that they are very ill, but do not seem to want to do anything about it. The comments are wonderful, particularly the Reader’s Picks, including helpful tips about […]

Filed Under: ethics, hc's problem list Tagged With: #whatifhc, Abbe Don, california healthcare foundation, Health Foo, On Purpose, stroke

The Lake Wobegon effect in health care — and how to fight it

January 3, 2014 By Susannah Fox 23 Comments

Humans have a tendency to overestimate our abilities and those of people we trust. It’s been called the Lake Wobegon effect, after a mythical place where “where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.” It’s a punchline with a dark edge. Consider the following: According to […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, ethics, peer-to-peer health care

Big data, red flags, better health?

May 8, 2013 By Susannah Fox 10 Comments

A new interview with Stephen Wolfram on “why he thinks your life should be measured, analyzed, and improved” popped up on the same day that American Medical News ran a story advising clinicians to look for “red flags” like unfilled prescriptions and delayed screenings since it may mean the patient has lost their job or […]

Filed Under: ethics, medical records, trends & principles Tagged With: #whatifhc, big data, Quantified Self, Stephen Wolfram

Fact checking at Medicine X

October 5, 2012 By Susannah Fox 32 Comments

Pew Internet: Internet Help vs. Harm

I had the great honor of being part of the first Medicine X conference at Stanford University last weekend. I presented a sneak preview of new survey results collected by the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. Overall, the conference was magical, as I wrote in a previous post. In this post I […]

Filed Under: ethics, trends & principles, understanding statistics Tagged With: Pew Internet, Stanford Medicine X

“Privacy leaves the room when cancer enters.”

July 3, 2012 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

– John Wilbanks talking about unintended consequences of informed consent. Read a summary of his talk and a clarification.

Filed Under: ethics, health data, policy issues, research issues Tagged With: John Wilbanks

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