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maker movement

Solvers attack problems

May 31, 2022 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Axes, pliers, hammers hung on a wooden wall

Solvers identify challenges, then test and develop new concepts, code, and inventions to meet their needs. They work on a problem with a singular focus because their life – or the life of a loved one – often depends on their ability to find or invent a solution. Some Solvers openly share their designs online for […]

Filed Under: key people, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Invent Health, maker movement, MIT Press, peer-to-peer healthcare

Pandemic problem-solving

April 29, 2020 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Hands feed fabric into a sewing machine

The COVID19 pandemic is forcing everyone to learn new skills on the fly.  Clinicians are teaching each other how to hotwire a ventilator to serve more than one patient.  People are 3D printing spare parts for medical equipment and learning how to sew protective masks. Parents are sharing strategies for convincing their teenagers to stay home – and […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: COVID19, maker movement, peer-to-peer healthcare

Celebrating invention and innovation

July 15, 2019 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

Tools by Dorli Photography on Flickr

We are going to need all the ingenuity and help we can get to untangle and improve health and health care. Everyone should have access to the data, information, and tools they need to solve problems. That includes access to each other – peer to peer. My hope is for people to look at a […]

Filed Under: positive patterns Tagged With: #InventHealth, Fda, George Hacks, Hhs, Invent Health, Lemelson Center, maker movement, prize competitions, veterans

Public Q&A: Empowering people in their relationships with clinicians

January 21, 2019 By Susannah Fox 32 Comments

Painting shows three people reaching out as they climb a giant Rolodex

In the spirit of public Q&A, I’m sharing an intriguing question I received recently from a community colleague. Check out my answer and then add your ideas and suggestions in the comments below. Do you know of any particularly good or interesting services to empower patients in their relationships with doctors, especially ones which involve […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A Tagged With: #InventHealth, Clinicians, Facebook, Inspire, Invent Health, maker movement, patient activation, patientslikeme, peer-to-peer healthcare, Smart Patients, Streetwyze, Voro

If we give people access to the tools they need to solve problems, they will

March 28, 2018 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

A woman building an device by hand

One of my core beliefs is that if we give people access to the data, information, and tools they need to solve their own problems, they will. The Maker movement is an example of a group of people who embody this idea. They modify and improve the world around them. They look at a problem and not only say, […]

Filed Under: positive patterns, trends & principles Tagged With: #InventHealth, George Hacks, Invent Health, maker movement, Stanford Medicine X

How to judge an innovation

March 21, 2018 By Susannah Fox 11 Comments

A drawing of a lightbulb with a stethoscope appears next to the words George Hacks

Update: George Hacks is being held again this year, January 26-27, 2019. I’ll serve as a judge once again and I can’t wait to see what students come up with! George Hacks is a medical and assistive device hackathon happening this weekend in Washington, DC. The students organizing the event have done a stellar job recruiting […]

Filed Under: hc's problem list, positive patterns Tagged With: #InventHealth, #makehealth, George Hacks, home health care hacks, Invent Health, maker movement, prize competitions

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