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“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

Building the evidence base for peer health advice

March 4, 2019 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

Stone carving of a hand holding old fashioned scales

Imagine an intervention that produces results like these: One-third of those living with chronic conditions are now more likely to take necessary medications. The risk of admission to a neonatal ICU during first year of life reduced by 63%. People with with poorly-controlled diabetes were able to achieve a 1.1-point reduction in their HbA1c. Each […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, positive patterns Tagged With: Centering Healthcare Institute, Centering Pregnancy, Chronic Conditions, diabetes, flip teaching, patientslikeme, peer-to-peer healthcare, Society of Behavioral Medicine

Linking & Amplifying User-centered Networks through Connected Health (L.A.U.N.C.H.)

October 18, 2018 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Three lines of far away mountain ranges

Continuing my practice of “flipping” an event — posting what I hope to get across in advance in order to jump start the conversation, here is a preview for a panel set to take place at 12pm on Friday, Oct. 19, in Boston. One of the maxims I carry with me into every meeting and […]

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: connected health, Don Berwick, Don Norman, flip teaching, LAUNCH, Lisa Klesges

Blue Button’s North Star

August 23, 2018 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Red Stop sign with stickers, so it reads: DON'T STOP BELIEVING

Blue Button is a Trojan horse for culture change in the American health care system. It places power in the hands of patients and whets the data appetites of millions of Americans and the companies who would like to serve them. If you’ve never heard of Blue Button, here’s a quick overview: The federal government […]

Filed Under: health data, medical records, policy issues, positive patterns Tagged With: Blue Button, FHIR, Hhs, Mark Scrimshire, Markle Foundation, Medicare, VA, veterans, White House

If we give people access to the tools they need to solve problems, they will

March 28, 2018 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

A woman building an device by hand

One of my core beliefs is that if we give people access to the data, information, and tools they need to solve their own problems, they will. The Maker movement is an example of a group of people who embody this idea. They modify and improve the world around them. They look at a problem and not only say, […]

Filed Under: positive patterns, trends & principles Tagged With: #InventHealth, George Hacks, Invent Health, maker movement, Stanford Medicine X

How to judge an innovation

March 21, 2018 By Susannah Fox 11 Comments

A drawing of a lightbulb with a stethoscope appears next to the words George Hacks

Update: George Hacks is being held again this year, January 26-27, 2019. I’ll serve as a judge once again and I can’t wait to see what students come up with! George Hacks is a medical and assistive device hackathon happening this weekend in Washington, DC. The students organizing the event have done a stellar job recruiting […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, positive patterns Tagged With: #InventHealth, #makehealth, George Hacks, home health care hacks, Invent Health, maker movement, prize competitions

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