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Well/Connected

January 11, 2019 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

Peer to peer health advice: your community may really be your superpower

Dr. Joe Kvedar interviewed me for his podcast, Well/Connected, and I thought I’d share footnotes for all the resources I mentioned. Key findings from the national survey of 14- to 22-year-olds focused on digital health and social media use, sponsored by Hopelab and Well Being Trust, which took a special look at people living with […]

Filed Under: demographics, key people, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Hhs, HopeLab Foundation, Joe Kvedar, peer-to-peer healthcare, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, podcasts, Reframe Health, Tom Ferguson, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

Let yourself in on your own secrets

December 31, 2014 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

I respect secrets. When my grandmother died at age 96 and a half, her final words were: “Erase my email.” Why? I don’t need to know. And she is not someone you want to cross (present tense — her spirit is still here with me, urging me to live a big life.) But I am […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Frank Warren, Meghan Daum, PostSecret, Unmentionables

Let’s fix the culture of stress

October 13, 2014 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

The Unmentionables panel at Health 2.0 addressed issues we don’t talk about in public but which deeply affect our health and well-being. I posted the first set of videos last week — here is the second batch. Michael Painter, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, talked about his personal perspective on stress and building a culture […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, key people Tagged With: #health2con, Alexandra Drane, health 2.0, Kent Bradley, Michael Painter, On Purpose, Unmentionables, Vic Strecher

“We must redefine health to include life.” – Alexandra Drane

October 7, 2014 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

The first videos from the Unmentionables panel at Health 2.0 are up: http://www.viddler.com/v/f3f37d94 Note that this video contains both the opening and closing segments — tons of wonderful research and insight courtesy of Alexandra Drane. Look out for our two surprise guests who share some fascinating data and very quotable quotes: “In health care we […]

Filed Under: key people Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Esther Perel, Fred Trotter, health 2.0, Jonathan Bush, Unmentionables, video

Five years on: The Unmentionables of Health 2.0

September 20, 2014 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Three generations of hands

Five years ago, Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya bravely turned over their main stage to Alexandra Drane and a posse of thinkers, doers, and builders working on removing the real barriers to good health — all the stuff that nobody wants to talk about but which we know is at the center of people’s lives. Alex called […]

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: #health2con, Alexandra Drane, Esther Perel, health 2.0, Jonathan Bush, Kent Bradley, Maureen O'Connor, Michael Painter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Unmentionables, Vic Strecher

The unmentionables of health care

October 7, 2013 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

I plan to write more about my field trip to the future California, but for now here is the Storify I created about one incredible panel: Unmentionables 2013 at Health 2.0 Santa Clara. [<a href=”//storify.com/SusannahFox/unmentionables-2013″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Unmentionables 2013” on Storify</a>]

Filed Under: trends & principles Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, caregivers, Gabrielle Glaser, health 2.0, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Jessica Hagy, Joan Kennedy, Ramin Bastani, Unmentionables, Wendy Lynch

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