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Podcasts: What are you listening to?

January 28, 2019 By Susannah Fox 34 Comments

Rhubarb strawberries and a knife

What podcasts are you listening to? I’m on a kick to listen to a wider range this year and I’d love to get and share some suggestions. Quick note: It is way too difficult to find and subscribe to podcasts. Some have websites, most don’t. You have to search for them on iTunes, Stitcher, or […]

Filed Under: key people Tagged With: a16z, Anil Sethi, BackStory, Bill Thomas, Bryan Vartabedian, Ciitizen, Dan Diamond, David Shaywitz, Esther Perel, How to be a girl, Joe Kvedar, Kara Swisher, Leslie Kernisan, Lisa Suennen, Marlo Mack, npr, pandemic, podcasts, Preet Bharara, Sam Sanders, Slow Burn, The Moth, transgender, Uncivil

Well/Connected

January 11, 2019 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

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

Dr. Joe Kvedar interviewed me for his podcast, Well/Connected, and I thought I’d share footnotes for all the resources I mentioned. Key findings from the national survey of 14- to 22-year-olds focused on digital health and social media use, sponsored by Hopelab and Well Being Trust, which took a special look at people living with […]

Filed Under: demographics, key people, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Hhs, HopeLab Foundation, Joe Kvedar, peer-to-peer healthcare, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, podcasts, Reframe Health, Tom Ferguson, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

The Future of Health: Robots, Enchanted Objects, and Networks

November 22, 2010 By Susannah Fox 37 Comments

I have seen the future of health and it’s networks (with apologies to Lincoln Steffens). Chronic disease is exploding in the U.S. The number of primary care health professionals is declining. Behavior change is difficult. But what are we going to do about it? Here are three ideas I’ve brought back from my travels: robots, […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, patient networks, reforming hc Tagged With: altruism, connected health, David Rose, James Fowler, Joe Kvedar, Nicholas Christakis, Pew Internet, robot, susannah fox

Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine

October 11, 2010 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

For this Grand Rounds, I chose David C. Kibbe & Joseph C. Kvedar’s article, “Building a Research Agenda for Participatory Medicine” (JoPM, Vol. 1, 2009). I will highlight two of their “ready-to-go” research questions: What is the role of coaching in sparking and supporting increased participation over time? What can we learn from research on […]

Filed Under: found on the net, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: altruism, David Kibbe, James Fowler, Joe Kvedar, Legacy, Nicholas Christakis, QuitNet, Schroeder Institute, smoking cessation

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

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