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Tracking the trackers

May 13, 2020 By Susannah Fox 25 Comments

In Dark Times Shine Your Light Brighter

UPDATE: On August 12, I’ll moderate a discussion about prioritizing patient engagement and inclusion of patient-generated COVID-19 data in clinical registries. It is being offered free and open to the public. Read a preview post and register here for the webinar. Every day I see a new example of a survey or other tool to […]

Filed Under: health data, participatory research, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, research issues Tagged With: 23andme, Ancestry, Body Politic, COVID19, cystic fibrosis, Health Data, Open Humans Foundation, patient registries, patientslikeme, Webmd

Public Q&A: Patient registries

March 9, 2020 By Susannah Fox 17 Comments

A community colleague asked for advice about how an organization can boost the signal for their patient registry. Recruitment levels are not what they expected and nowhere near what they need. I’m sharing what I wrote back so that others can chime in with their advice in the comments. First, look at what successful registries […]

Filed Under: health data, patient networks, public Q&A, research issues Tagged With: All of Us, cystic fibrosis, Erin Moore, ImproveCareNow, John Wilbanks, NIH, patient registries, Quality Improvement

How to make 10 million discoveries

January 11, 2020 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wave Group Photo by Michael Cannon on Flickr

When people’s questions go unanswered, they don’t stop asking them. They turn to Dr. Google and other sources. They try to solve their own mysteries, using whatever they can find. This is an opportunity that some people misread as dangerous or wrong. How might we help more people contribute to discovery of new treatments or […]

Filed Under: key people, participatory research, research issues Tagged With: Gary Wolf, Quantified Self

Rare Disease Day 2019

February 28, 2019 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Today is Rare Disease Day, when we lift up the stories of the 300 million people who live with more than 6,000 rare conditions. This year’s theme focuses on bridging health and social care, alleviating the heavy burden on people who coordinate medical, social, and support services for themselves and their loved ones. The National […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, research issues Tagged With: Rare Disease

Helping people find the needle in a data haystack

January 14, 2019 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Needle in haystack by Madhavi Kuram on Flickr

One of the most important customer-service lessons I ever learned was from E-patient Dave: when it comes to disseminating research, give people what they need, not what you want to create. About a decade ago, Dave was on deadline to turn in slides for a presentation. He needed one key survey finding to illustrate a […]

Filed Under: demographics, research issues, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: fact sheets, HopeLab Foundation, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, social media, survey, teens, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

A deep dive into food allergy research and education

November 8, 2018 By Susannah Fox 21 Comments

Cartoon: One woman says, "Food allergies are all in your head." Other woman replies, "No, in my head I'm punching you in the face."

Longtime followers of this blog know I believe in the power of peers, particularly among people living with rare conditions, and may also know that I am a food-allergy mom. This past weekend I had the chance to attend the annual conference for my rare community, FAREcon, and drink from the peer advice well. Warning: This […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, research issues Tagged With: food allergy, Rare Disease

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