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Carlos Rizo

E-patients, Cyberchondriacs, and Why We Should Stop Calling Names

August 30, 2010 By Susannah Fox 63 Comments

New concepts need gimmicks. Proven concepts do not. The phenomenon of using the internet to gather and share health information is now mainstream. It’s time to change how we talk about it, revising and maybe even retiring certain terms. Carlos Rizo and I invite you (everyone!) to join our discussion on Wed. Sept. 1 at […]

Filed Under: trends & principles Tagged With: Alex Howard, Amy Tenderich, Carlos Rizo, Clay Shirky, Cyberchondriac, e-patients, Harris Interactive, Jen McCabe, Pew Internet

The Power of Data and the Power of One

May 5, 2010 By Susannah Fox 13 Comments

I am struck, once again, by the power of data and the power of one. Carlos Rizo, Chief Imagineer of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, posted this very intriguing tweet on May 2: The power of open data: To find problems in complicated environments, and possibly even to prevent them from emerging. Clicking through, I […]

Filed Under: policy issues, trends & principles Tagged With: Carlos Rizo, Gov 2.0, health 2.0, open data, Personal Democracy Forum, pew internet project, Regina Holliday, Ted Eytan

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