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Should peer health community moderators get paid?

September 2, 2021 By Susannah Fox 29 Comments

Sandhill cranes taking flight at sunrise

Evidence is piling up in favor of peer health communities. The question is: How do we sustain them for the long-term? Here are 3 studies (of many) about the benefits of peer-to-peer health advice: A survey of the #bcsm community found that participation lowered people’s anxiety and increased their overall knowledge of breast cancer. A survey of […]

Filed Under: key people, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: #bcsm, breast cancer, CGM in the Cloud, Deanna Attai, diabetes, epilepsy, patientslikeme

Inventing the future

June 2, 2021 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

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If you want to meet the future faster, go out to the edges of your field of vision. Find out what pioneers and rebels are doing and learn from them. Sometimes that means taking a virtual helicopter ride up to the zenith of tech development, as I did recently, watching Dario Gil, SVP and Director […]

Filed Under: health data, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Amy Tenderich, Ben Eloff, Dario Gil, diabetes, diabetesmine, Hhs, IBM, Invent Health, KidneyX, Maja Vukovich

Credible, useful, helpful, trustworthy

November 16, 2020 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

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Inspired by a conversation with my FasterCures colleagues, I began looking into survey data related to trust and credibility, particularly: What entities and resources do people turn to when they need advice about important topics? Edelman, a global communications firm, has been measuring trust and credibility for 20 years. Their most recent Trust Barometer asked […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: diabetes, Edelman, FasterCures, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, Tom Ferguson, Trustworthiness

“Human stories really are what drive us…”

May 22, 2019 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

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The more we open access to the data, information, and tools people need to solve their own problems, the better. That’s the essential message of the research and consulting I’m engaged in these days, helping leaders to see the opportunities that spring, for example, from tapping into the zeitgeist of social platforms and new data […]

Filed Under: key people, peer-to-peer health care, positive patterns Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Dana Lewis, diabetes, Health Data, HopeLab Foundation, OpenAPS, teens, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

Better health, together

May 13, 2019 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

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

InquisitHealth is a company that truly understands that health is social. They are able to knit people and best practices together to create “better health, together.” What an inspiring story they share in this video about peer to peer health care! (If you are an email subscriber, be sure to click through to see this video […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: diabetes, InquisitHealth, peer-to-peer healthcare

Half of 18- to 22-year-olds seek peer health advice online

April 22, 2019 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

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A 2018 national survey by Hopelab and Well Being Trust uncovered an astonishing finding: Fully half (51%) of 18- to 22-year-olds say they have tried to find people online with health concerns similar to their own. That is double the percentage of teens (14- to 17-year-olds) who reported doing this activity and it’s much higher […]

Filed Under: demographics, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: addiction, Breast Cancer Survivor, cancer, diabetes, diet, fitness, HopeLab Foundation, mental health, pregnancy, STIs, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

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