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Invent Health

November 27, 2016 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

As winter sets in here in DC, I’m warming up with memories of September’s Stanford Medicine X conference. I loved putting together a keynote that highlighted how the maker movement intersects with the e-patient movement — and how private sector and government leaders can benefit. This intersection, and the lessons we are learning from it, are the latest examples […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, policy issues Tagged With: Hhs, home health care hacks, Invent Health, Stanford Medicine X

The sky is now her limit

November 5, 2016 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Drawing of a milkmaid standing at the bottom of a ladder with titles of professions on each rung. At the top: presidency.

Check out this gem of a postcard from 1920, entitled: The sky is now her limit. The detail I wish was true: that we had achieved wage equality before women gained political appointments. What is true:  The ratio of female notaries to males is 3 to 1 in some states. And yes, if you can’t read […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, policy issues

The Power of Connection

June 25, 2015 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Portraits of past HHS secretaries above Post-its

Technology enables the mission of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). It widens access to information and tools and pushes power out to all parts of the network, from our colleagues in the federal workforce to our fellow citizens. At HHS, we seek to create a learning system that recognizes the potential of […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, policy issues, positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles Tagged With: Fda, Health Datapalooza, Hhs, iTriage, maker movement, patientslikeme

I’m the New CTO of HHS

May 28, 2015 By Susannah Fox 44 Comments

Kids holding up an American flag at the Freedom Classic 2015 by Zach Frailey

I am thrilled to share the news that I am the new Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grateful for the opportunity to serve under the leadership of Secretary Burwell — truly an extraordinary person. Full post (originally appeared on HHS.gov): When I left the Pew Research Center to advise […]

Filed Under: policy issues Tagged With: Hhs, Pew Research Center, public service, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Data for health

November 4, 2014 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Last week I was part of the first community meeting for Data for Health, a program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It was held in Philadelphia on October 30 (an absolutely beautiful fall day). You can catch up on the #data4health tweets thanks to Symplur — and there were some good ones: Some themes of #Data4Health: […]

Filed Under: health data, policy issues, trends & principles Tagged With: #data4health, Health Data, Health Data Rights, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, self-tracking, Tracking for Health

What if we stopped panicking and started solving the problem?

October 20, 2014 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

“What if, in the midst of a crisis in which workflows, policies, procedures, and operations must be altered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could distribute an app to emergency departments as easily as a software developer submits an app to the Apple App Store?” – Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPH, talking so much sense about […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, policy issues Tagged With: #whatifhc, SMARTHealthIT

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