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Public Q&A: Rare Disease and Rebel Health

January 19, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Rebel Health: A field guide to the patient-led revolution in medical care

The Global Genes RARE Advocacy Summit in September 2023 provided a forum for me to talk, for the first time, about my upcoming book and how rare disease communities have been a key part of my professional life. Here’s a set of questions that Sravanthi Meka of Global Genes asked me in advance of the meeting: […]

Filed Under: Champions, health data, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: Global Genes, Hhs, Long Covid, MIT Press, Rare Disease, Rebel Health

Wow! How? Patient-Led Research

January 18, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

A scientific journal article written primarily by patients about their health condition has been downloaded over a million times. We reached this milestone after years of activism, advocacy, and demands for justice. The internet supercharged everyone’s ability to connect with information and with each other. The crucible of the pandemic then forced us into new […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, patient networks, positive patterns, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Eric Topol, Fiona Lowenstein, Hannah Davis, Julia Moore Vogel, Lisa McCorkell, Long Covid, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Rebel Health, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Drug Interactions

November 3, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Two sets of hands sort pills into a pillbox

This is a cross-post from my LinkedIn newsletter. Feel free to join the conversation there or post your thoughts in the comments below. People who connect with health peers are able to pool knowledge, track data, and disseminate what they learn. For some, it’s the difference between life and death. For example, Peggy, a woman […]

Filed Under: Networkers, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers Tagged With: drugs, kidney disease, Marfan syndrome, medical errors, Networkers, Rebel Health, Seekers, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Diagnosis

October 26, 2023 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Questions marks painted on pavement

“Anne” is a mother I met in my fieldwork who was happy to share her story, but not her name.  Her son had become sick very suddenly, complaining of a combination of symptoms that were difficult to pinpoint. Anne took him from one specialist to another, who performed test after test, but they could find […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers Tagged With: Diagnosis, Ehlers Danlos, Marfan syndrome, POTS, Rebel Health, Seekers, Wow! How? Health

Patient-led innovation

November 7, 2022 By Susannah Fox 43 Comments

A man sits alone in a lifeboat saying to himself, "I feel so alone. There's no one out there like me."

Update: Here’s a link to the list I created based on the comments gathered here and on Twitter and LinkedIn. I am curating a list of organizations that are putting patient-led innovation to work. What follows is an incomplete list — please help me by sharing YOUR favorite peer-to-peer communities in the comments below. Extra […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: MIT Press, peer-to-peer healthcare, Rebel Health

Seekers go out on the hunt

May 19, 2022 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

As I’ve shared in previous posts, I’m writing a book for MIT Press about the key role that peer health advice plays at every level of our health care system. The people I’m describing in my book do not wait to be invited to create opportunities for positive change. They seize opportunities to take action. They reject […]

Filed Under: key people, Seekers Tagged With: MIT Press, peer-to-peer healthcare, Rebel Health, Seekers

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