• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Susannah Fox

I help people navigate health and technology.

  • Home
  • Rebel Health
  • Blog
    • greatest hits
    • health data
    • peer-to-peer health care
    • public Q&A
  • About me
    • Bio
    • Now
    • Curriculum vitae
  • Events

positive patterns

Rare Disease Day

February 28, 2015 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

NIH atrium by Jason Levine

Today is Rare Disease Day, when we honor the millions of people who teach us what it’s like to live at the edges of the known world of medicine.

Filed Under: positive patterns, pt/doc co-care Tagged With: Alpha Geek, Amy Marcus, Francis Collins, NIH, Rare Disease, rare diseases

What health care can learn from Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel

February 13, 2015 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Google is upgrading health search…again. In 2010, I was inspired by Animal Farm to write that Google saw some health sites as more equal than others. This time I turned to Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton.

Filed Under: positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles Tagged With: #bcsm, #whatifhc, Apple, cystic fibrosis, Erin Moore, Google, HealthKit, Hugo Campos, IBM Watson, Iodine, multiple sclerosis, patientslikeme, Quantified Self, Rare Disease, Smart Patients, Stanford Medicine X

Snow day

January 27, 2015 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

Snow day in New York City, captured by Anna Dorfman on Instagram

I’m taking advantage of the “snow day” to share what I have been reading, watching, listening to, thinking about — and I invite you to join me, even if you don’t have a snow day. (Truth be told, DC only got a couple of inches and a 2-hour delay, but humor me.) Legitimacy through public service: The […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, positive patterns, social media Tagged With: Anne Porter, Elizabeth Blackwell, Garrison Keillor, Gertrude Elion, Hank Green, Instagram, may I suggest, ulcerative colitis

What I’m reading, listening to, admiring…

January 10, 2015 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Susannah at the library

I hunkered down at the library this week, working on a couple of long-term projects. I kept one eye on Twitter, though, as I always do, and wanted to share what distracted — and inspired — me this week: Radiolab: Worth — what would you pay for another month of life? How about a year? […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, maternity, positive patterns, social media Tagged With: Amy Romano, Cluetrain Manifesto, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, diabetesmine, Facebook, Kerri Sparling, may I suggest, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Wendy Sue Swanson

Thank you, Sean Parker

December 22, 2014 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Today: When I was your age there were no food allergies. Someday: When I was your age there were food allergies.

I have a new essay up on Medium: Thank you, Sean Parker. I tell why I’m so grateful to him for his gift to food-allergy research and l share a little bit about why I don’t read comments on food-allergy stories. Also: please check out more cartoons by Tiffany Glass Ferreira — she is awesome:

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: food allergy

Public Q&A: How do you know when you are heading in the right – or wrong – direction?

December 12, 2014 By Susannah Fox 16 Comments

Here’s a question I received recently: What kinds of indicators tell you if you are going in the right — or wrong — direction in your work? I decided to answer it here, as a public Q&A, because it merits crowd-sourcing.

Filed Under: positive patterns, public Q&A Tagged With: failure, Hunter Gatewood, Mike Evans, Quality Improvement

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to page 6
  • Go to page 7
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 13
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Explore

Don't miss a post

Enter your email address and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Topics

  • Seekers
  • Networkers
  • Solvers
  • Champions
  • Health Data
  • Peer-to-Peer Health Care
  • Public Q&A

Recent Comments

  • James on Wow! How? Obesity Treatment: “Inspiring read! Ilant Health’s holistic, shame-free approach to obesity care is exactly what’s needed to address a complex condition with…” Sep 30, 01:23
  • Susannah Fox on Caregiving in America: “I hear you, Mickey! You likely already know about Caring Across Generations and other organizations that have tried to move…” Sep 25, 14:51
  • Mickey Alderman on Caregiving in America: “Interesting information. Being unpaid is a huge issue that has been ongoing for decades. The question we keep asking is…” Sep 25, 10:42

Copyright Susannah Fox © 2025 · WordPress · Log in