Helen Burstin, MD, reached out to ask if I know of an online peer-to-peer support group for parents of teens with cancer. For anyone who knows Helen: Don’t worry, it’s not for her own family. She is asking on behalf of a friend, who writes: “I’ve been able to find groups for parents of children […]
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How might we push power out to the edges of the network?
Cambia Health Solutions’ podcast, HealthChangers, invited me to share a few lessons learned, both personally and professionally. Listen in or read the transcript (below): Leslie Constans: One of the things I wanted to kick off our conversation with was finding out a little bit about this idea of working at the intersection of health and technology […]
What’s your advice?
My dad was a survivor — of a heart attack in his 50s, kidney cancer in his 60s, and an initial diagnosis of melanoma in his 70s. Melanoma recurrence and complications of treatment are what finally got him. A lifelong runner, Dad kept meticulous notes about his mileage and heart rate on paper. He bought […]
A health & technology pioneer learns that joy, even in illness, doesn’t have an age limit
The following is a cross-post from the Atlas of Caregiving blog, which is featuring a new series of “caring conversations” with people who connect their professional experience to their caregiving experience. Susannah Fox advises companies and nonprofits on how to navigate the intersection of health and technology. She recently served as the Chief Technology Officer […]
Letter to shareholders
For tax purposes, I recently added up all the various sources of income I’d received in 2017. It was a real hodge-podge of a year since I left my appointment at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and started working on my own projects again. This exercise brought home the lesson that […]
“Well, your mother’s had a long life …”
I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by pulling out some of their best comments and quotes. Casey Quinlan, in response to “As She Lay Dying” – a son calls on the health system to involve patients and families in improving safety I’ll apologize in advance for the screaming screed that is […]
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