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August 10, 2021 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

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On August 31, I’ll be part of the 2021 Federal Wearables Summit. This post is my attempt to “flip” the event by sharing what I intend to say. Please let me know what you think in the comments below. In 1986, Eric von Hippel of MIT identified “lead users” as people who identify and solve […]

Filed Under: Champions, health data, Networkers, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues, Solvers Tagged With: Body Politic, Cajun Navy, Eric von Hippel, Fiona Lowenstein, LongCovid, MIT Press, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Rock Health, self-tracking, wearables

Inventing the future

June 2, 2021 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

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If you want to meet the future faster, go out to the edges of your field of vision. Find out what pioneers and rebels are doing and learn from them. Sometimes that means taking a virtual helicopter ride up to the zenith of tech development, as I did recently, watching Dario Gil, SVP and Director […]

Filed Under: Champions, health data, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues, Solvers Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Amy Tenderich, Ben Eloff, Dario Gil, diabetes, diabetesmine, Hhs, IBM, Invent Health, kidney disease, KidneyX, Maja Vukovich

Re-imagining care for hospitalized kids

November 8, 2017 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

On Nov. 1-2, 2017, Hope for Henry convened a diverse group of parents, kids, clinicians, designers, educators, and entrepreneurs to reimagine care for hospitalized kids. I’ll disclose that I am an advisor to Hope for Henry and helped organize the event, but I hope you’ll believe me when I say that it was, objectively, a […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, key people, positive patterns, Solvers Tagged With: Allen Goldberg, Hope for Henry, Laurie Strongin, Rare Disease

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