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Caregiving is not a “career break”

April 13, 2022 By Susannah Fox 35 Comments

Red leaves with water droplets

LinkedIn recently announced a new feature: the “career break.” Users can choose from 13 different types of time away from paid work, such as bereavement, career transition, caregiving, full-time parenting, a gap year, or travel.  It is a big step forward. But I want more. I want caregivers to be recognized as essential members of a health […]

Filed Under: positive patterns, trends & principles Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, ARCHANGELS, caregivers, Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn, Sarah Stephens Winnay, Tim O'Reilly

Building an intake valve for new ideas

May 7, 2020 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

A woman building an device by hand

Imagine this: You and your colleagues know there are problems to be solved. You have resources to offer, such as funding, access to experts, and publicity. You are pretty sure there are people with great ideas out there, asking questions, defining the scope of the problems you care about, seeing things that you can’t see. […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, key people, positive patterns Tagged With: George Hacks, Hhs, innovation, prize competitions, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

What I’m reading and admiring…

November 18, 2019 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Decorative: blue gossamer

Here are the open tabs on my browser right now: Networks and Pickup Basketball, by Eugene Eric Kim. I’m always looking for images and metaphors to help people understand complex ideas — this is a powerful (and fun) one. Kim explores the infrastructure and protocols of decentralized, open systems that allow for creativity while discouraging […]

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: Eric von Hippel, Eugene Eric Kim, Invent Health, Jordan Reeves, Wendy Sue Swanson

Chasing cures

September 10, 2019 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

CHASING MY CURE book cover

Years ago, I met a mom of a child with a rare disease who matter-of-factly shared her story, which included as many twists and close calls as any blockbuster summer movie. I marveled at her heroism and she said no, she rejects that description. “I’m not a hero,” she insisted. “I’m a typical mom. You […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, key people, positive patterns Tagged With: Abby Norman, Afternoon Napper, Bon Ku, Dana Lewis, David Fajgenbaum, Doug Lindsay, Rare Disease, rare diseases, Sharon Terry, Terry Jo Bichell

Celebrating invention and innovation

July 15, 2019 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

Tools by Dorli Photography on Flickr

We are going to need all the ingenuity and help we can get to untangle and improve health and health care. Everyone should have access to the data, information, and tools they need to solve problems. That includes access to each other – peer to peer. My hope is for people to look at a […]

Filed Under: positive patterns Tagged With: #InventHealth, Fda, George Hacks, Hhs, Invent Health, Lemelson Center, maker movement, prize competitions, veterans

“Human stories really are what drive us…”

May 22, 2019 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Stanford Medicine X stage

The more we open access to the data, information, and tools people need to solve their own problems, the better. That’s the essential message of the research and consulting I’m engaged in these days, helping leaders to see the opportunities that spring, for example, from tapping into the zeitgeist of social platforms and new data […]

Filed Under: key people, peer-to-peer health care, positive patterns Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Dana Lewis, diabetes, Health Data, HopeLab Foundation, OpenAPS, teens, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

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