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net-friendly docs

Never assume that what you are seeing or experiencing is everyone else’s reality.

April 15, 2013 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

Light bulbs in the night sky - a photo by Ted Eytan

Atul Gawande can shine a bright spotlight, even with just a few tweets. On Saturday he linked to an article about new social media guidelines for physicians which states: Aside from not “friending” patients [on Facebook], the guidelines also recommend the following to physicians: • Don’t use text messaging for medical interactions, even with established […]

Filed Under: key people, net-friendly docs Tagged With: American Medical Association, Atul Gawande, e-patients, Rosalie Yerkes Figge, Tom Ferguson

On listening, as a tool

April 8, 2013 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

My friend Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, delivers a passionate argument for listening more than talking online and, in that way, seeing “where myth is being created” so she can better infuse her own communications with facts. I couldn’t agree more, so I’m adding it to my list of “participatory research” resources for my Stanford Medicine […]

Filed Under: net-friendly docs, participatory research Tagged With: participatory research, Wendy Sue Swanson

Was it a keynote? Or a seismic warning?

March 6, 2013 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Eric Topol’s keynote at HIMSS13, a massive health IT event, was a tsunami of ideas and visions for the future of health care. I wasn’t there, so I salvaged what washed up on my shore as a Storify. Why? Because I’m an internet geologist. I look for early warning signs of possible futures and Topol […]

Filed Under: net-friendly docs, positive patterns Tagged With: Eric Topol, HIMSS, internet geologist, mobile, tracking

The Kojo Nnamdi Show

February 12, 2013 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

I love call-in radio shows, listening to them and (dream come true) being a guest on them.* Listeners never fail to amaze me with their insights and ideas. Today I was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show’s Tech Tuesday with Rahul Parikh, MD, to discuss “Dot Com v. MD: Health Advice & Resources Online.” We filled […]

Filed Under: key people, net-friendly docs, shared decision making, trends & principles Tagged With: Blue Button

YouTube = Health Education Channel

October 8, 2012 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Two videos recently impressed me with their use of illustration and narration to educate an audience about health. First, the most recent video by Mike Evans, MD, who curates My Favourite Medicine: Second, one by the 6-year-old son of Joyce Lee, MD, MPH: Joyce wrote a thoughtful post about why she helped her son create […]

Filed Under: net-friendly docs, peer-to-peer health care, pts as teachers Tagged With: food allergy

The magic of Medicine X

October 2, 2012 By Susannah Fox 20 Comments

Larry Chu and the Stanford Medicine X volunteers

Stanford Medicine X ended on Sunday after three (very) full days. Larry Chu deserves much of the credit for what I like about Medicine X, an “academic conference designed for everyone.” E-patients made up 10% of the audience and I appreciated their participation on stage, at the microphones, and on Twitter. There were also clinicians, […]

Filed Under: key people, net-friendly docs, positive patterns Tagged With: Larry Chu, Stanford Medicine X

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