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President’s Cancer Panel: Input, Please–Susannah Fox

November 30, 2010 By Susannah Fox 36 Comments

What evidence would you bring to convince cancer researchers and policy makers to pay attention to how the internet is changing health and health care? That’s my challenge for the Dec. 14 meeting of the President’s Cancer Panel, “The Future of Cancer Research: Accelerating Scientific Innovation” (PDF of the agenda).

Filed Under: policy issues, pts as teachers, research issues Tagged With: ACOR, Andrew Schorr, Bill Claxton, cancer, Center For Studying Health System Change, Chordoma, Erin McCartney, hints, Institute Of Medicine, national cancer institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, patientslikeme, Pew Internet

Pandas, Lobsters, and Health Care

July 15, 2010 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

Joe Kvedar asks an excellent question in his post, The Next Phase of Connected Health: Connected Personalized Health: What are the best variables to consider when taking connected health programs from pilot to scale? He imagines a matrix with three axes: severity of chronic illness, patient readiness, and technology readiness. That makes sense to me, […]

Filed Under: general, trends & principles Tagged With: Adam Rifkin, Alexandra Carmichael, BJ Fogg, Center For Studying Health System Change, Facebook, Google, Innovator's Prescription, Joe Kvedar

The Pew Internet/Health FAQ

November 20, 2009 By Susannah Fox 11 Comments

A big part of my job, and one I love, is answering questions, mostly from reporters. Sometimes I have just the data or insight someone needs, often I recommend someone else. Here is a sample of frequently-asked questions and my current answers. Please add your questions and answers in the comments: What are you curious […]

Filed Under: public Q&A, trends & principles Tagged With: Anonymity, Baloney Detection Kit, British Medical Journal, Carl Sagan, Cdt, Center For Studying Health System Change, Daniel Solove, Diagnostic Aid, Family Caregivers, Google, Health Privacy Project, Jules Polonetsky, Medical Library Association, Pew Internet, Taxonomy

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