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Discovery Diaries with Damon Davis

May 16, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Rebel Health: A field guide to the patient-led revolution in medical care

Damon Davis has a new podcast, Discovery Diaries, and I was honored be among his first guests. We got into a wide range of topics: the origins of my interest in patient-led innovation; artificial intelligence and how patients, survivors, and caregivers should be included in the design of AI tools; our time working together at […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: AA, Ben West, Black Panther Party, Bryan Mazlish, caregivers, Damon Davis, Dana Lewis, diabetes, E-Patient Dave, Fda, food allergy, Hhs, Hugo Campos, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, peer-to-peer healthcare, Regina Holliday

The Other 80

April 22, 2024 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Screenshot from Derek Sivers' TED talk How to start a movement

Claudia Williams created The Other 80 podcast to talk about how medical care only accounts for 20% of health outcomes. The other 80% includes factors like food, housing, transportation options, social connection, etc. I was honored to be interviewed for episode #27, now available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can hear in my voice […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Claudia Williams, Dana Lewis, Derek Sivers, Hugo Campos, John Costik, Open Notes, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Rebel Health, Sara Riggare, Stanford Medicine X

Cheese, whisky, and health data

October 14, 2019 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

cheddar cheese being sliced by a sharp knife

Here’s how I’ve been talking about health data interoperability recently, with an appeal to people’s patriotism (and their appetites): At the start of the video, I thank Mona Siddiqui, MD, for her service as the Chief Data Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To learn more about her portfolio, check out […]

Filed Under: health data, policy issues Tagged With: Cambia Health Solutions, data liberation, Health Data, Hipaa, Hugo Campos, medical devices

Why should anyone care about health data interoperability?

September 16, 2019 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Medical records closes at 5pm on Friday by Regina Holliday

A question I hear quite often, sometimes whispered, is: Why should anyone care about health data interoperability? It sounds pretty technical and boring. If I’m talking with a “civilian” (in my world, someone not obsessed with health care and technology) I point out that interoperable health data can help people care for themselves and their families […]

Filed Under: health data Tagged With: Amazon, Clinical Trial Data, FHIR, Health Data Rights, Hugo Campos, medical devices

Data as an engine of disruption in health care

October 22, 2018 By Susannah Fox 32 Comments

Medical records closes at 5pm on Friday by Regina Holliday

Continuing my practice of “flipping” an event — posting what I hope to get across in advance in order to jump start the conversation — here is a preview for a panel set to take place on Oct. 23. My co-panelists (Iya Khalil, Deborah Kilpatrick, and Don Rucker) and I will talk about data as an engine […]

Filed Under: health data, medical records, policy issues Tagged With: Anil Sethi, Blue Button, Deborah Kilpatrick, Deven McGraw, Don Rucker, EHR, electronic medical record, FasterCures, flip teaching, Harlan Krumholz, Hugo Campos, Iya Khalil, Lisa Bari, Lucia Savage, Milken Institute, Open Notes

Conference organizers:
Steal these ideas!

March 5, 2018 By Susannah Fox 19 Comments

Conference stage lit up in violet with a white X hanging over the panelists

On February 21, Larry Chu, MD, announced that Stanford Medicine X would take a hiatus. He shared the following story: Eight years ago, I posted a tweet announcing my intention to launch my first conference at Stanford. I received a variety of responses, but the one that remains the most poignant is the one I received from […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, e-patient stories, positive patterns Tagged With: #medxsm, Abby Norman, Bill Simpson, Britt Moody, Charlie Blotner, conferences, Erin Moore, Geri Lynn Baumblatt, Hugo Campos, Julie Flygare, Larry Chu, Sean Ahrens, Stanford Medicine X, Terry Marlin

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