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Designing for Better Health

March 3, 2010 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

This is a banner week for people who think good design contributes to better health. On Monday, DiabetesMine and the California HealthCare Foundation launched the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Last year the contest garnered more than 150 entries and awarded a grand prize, a “most creative” prize, and a kids’ category prize. I can’t wait […]

Filed Under: positive patterns Tagged With: Better Health, california healthcare foundation, Center Stage, Clinical Experience, Clinical Settings, Cognitive Decline, Demonstration Projects, design, Design Challenge, diabetes, diabetesmine, Health Care Initiatives, National Advisory Committee, National Program Director, observations of daily living, ODLs, Patti Brennan, Pew Research Center, Premature Infants, Project HealthDesign, Real People, Rise To The Challenge, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Stress Levels, Strict Policies, Taking Center Stage

Senator Ted Kennedy was an e-patient–Susannah Fox

August 27, 2009 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen makes a compelling case in her column today: How to get Kennedy-esque health care on your budget. Anyone with internet access can gather the information they need to make better health decisions, as e-Patient Dave and Karen Parles did, and refuse to take “no” for an answer, as Sen. Kennedy did.

Filed Under: key people, news & gossip, patient networks, trends & principles Tagged With: Anyone With Internet Access, Better Health, Budget, Cnn, Elizabeth Cohen, Esque, health care, Health Decisions, Senator Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, white paper

Patient Power: Andrew Schorr–Susannah Fox

October 6, 2008 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Andrew Schorr‘s recent comment also merits a separate post: I am a 12-year leukemia survivor and very grateful to the ACOR community members who helped me numerous times along the way. I have dedicated my life to creating community online and also, in a supplementary way, on radio. But my concept of community is a […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, others' e-patient stories Tagged With: Andrew Schorr, Better Health, Bladder Cancer, Brain Tumor, Cnn, Common Goal, Generous Support, Health Care Professionals, Health Concerns, Lung Cancer, M D Anderson, Medical Centers, Myomectomy, Patient Comments, Patient Power, Renowned Experts, Team Approach, Trusera, Uterine Fibroids, Young Adults

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