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Crazy, crazy, LongCovid, obvious

January 25, 2021 By Susannah Fox 15 Comments

Flock of geese flying in one direction together

LongCovid is an extraordinary challenge to the human body. It’s been met with an extraordinary response from the human spirit. As I wrote in a previous post, we are watching patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers move through the stages of peer-to-peer health innovation at a fast clip. Faster than I’ve ever seen in my […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, pts as teachers Tagged With: Body Politic, Kevin Kelly, LongCovid, NIH, peer-to-peer healthcare

Peer-to-peer Healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious.

May 25, 2011 By Susannah Fox 103 Comments

Here’s my simple definition of peer-to-peer healthcare: Patients and caregivers know things — about themselves, about each other, about treatments — and they want to share what they know to help other people. Technology helps to surface and organize that knowledge to make it useful for as many people as possible. An idea whose time […]

Filed Under: participatory research, peer-to-peer health care, trends & principles Tagged With: altruism, Children's Hospital Boston, Ian Eslick, Kevin Kelly, MIT Media Lab, patientslikeme, peer-to-peer healthcare, Pew Internet, Quantified Self, TuDiabetes

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