I had the great honor of being part of the first Medicine X conference at Stanford University last weekend. I presented a sneak preview of new survey results collected by the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. Overall, the conference was magical, as I wrote in a previous post. In this post I […]
trends & principles
“I was born too soon” – my grandmother, upon seeing the Web for the first time
The 19th International AIDS Conference, held this week in Washington, DC, included a session entitled, “The State of New Media and HIV,” hosted by AIDS.gov. My role on the panel was a familiar one – to present the Pew Internet Project’s latest research about mobile, social technologies and their impact on health and health care. […]
Participatory Research
I can’t imagine conducting research, especially about the internet, without welcoming people into the process, so I wrote up some examples of how I use social tools in my work.
Peer-to-peer health care in 5 minutes or less
This is a highlight reel of my keynote at last year’s Medicine 2.0 conference. I’ll be speaking at Medicine 2.0 Boston on Sept. 15 to discuss patient-provider collaboration for patient safety.
Networked
Lovely capture by Alex Howard (@digiphile) on Instagram. The book, by Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman, opens with an unforgettable health-related story — how a community rallied around a beloved (and very networked) couple. It’s a must-read for those who crave evidence and new insights about our changing communications landscape.
“Gradually, then suddenly.”
– Tim O’Reilly, quoting from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Tim writes: “I love lines from literature that crystallize a notion, and then become tools in your mental toolbox. This is one of those. Keep it handy, because you’re going to see ‘gradually, then […]
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