In 2007, pediatric gastroenterologists began tracking and sharing best practices as they cared for kids with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Their “all teach, all learn” philosophy invited patients and families to participate as key members of the care innovation teams. The results have been astonishing: 82% of patients in the ImproveCareNow network of 100+ […]
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Wow! How? Mystery vs. Moms
When her daughter, Sara, transformed from an active teen to a nearly catatonic shell of a person, Eileen Quinn knew she had to take action. Unfortunately, since Sara lives with Down syndrome her symptoms were likely to be dismissed as sad but inevitable. But Quinn had a hunch that her daughter’s rapid decline was not […]
Discovery Diaries with Damon Davis
Damon Davis has a new podcast, Discovery Diaries, and I was honored be among his first guests. We got into a wide range of topics: the origins of my interest in patient-led innovation; artificial intelligence and how patients, survivors, and caregivers should be included in the design of AI tools; our time working together at […]
The Other 80
Claudia Williams created The Other 80 podcast to talk about how medical care only accounts for 20% of health outcomes. The other 80% includes factors like food, housing, transportation options, social connection, etc. I was honored to be interviewed for episode #27, now available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can hear in my voice […]
Rebel Health Audiobook
I’m very happy to report that the audio version of my book, Rebel Health, is now available from Libro.fm, Chirp, and Audiobooks.com. It is narrated by Kim Niemi, whose voice has been described as “soothing, soulful, and powerful.” I love the samples the publisher chose (click on the links above to play them). Here’s the […]
Public Q&A: “I received scary test results. What questions should I ask my clinician?”
Sometimes the hardest part of a new situation, in any aspect of life but particularly our health, is saying out loud the scary thing. Someone dear to me received concerning test results and asked me to help craft a set of questions for their next appointment – the very first one since getting the results […]
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