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Patient-led research is a key element of pandemic response

August 14, 2020 By Susannah Fox 11 Comments

Puzzle with missing pieces

On August 12, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies hosted the fifth webinar in their series focused on COVID-19 and clinical registries. If you missed it — or want to watch it again — here’s the video: Here, also, are the panelists’ slides and a collection of tweets posted in advance of and during the […]

Filed Under: health data, participatory research, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, research issues Tagged With: Body Politic, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, COVID19, Emily Sirotich, Gary Wolf, Gina Assaf, Hannah Davis, Helen Burstin, LongCovid, patient registries, Quantified Self, rheumatoid arthritis

Advancing clinical registries to support pandemic treatment and response

July 27, 2020 By Susannah Fox 23 Comments

Close up of fuzzy dandelion seeds

The biomedical research model has a blind spot. People living with a condition or disease are traditionally seen as passive sources of data, not active participants in the research. We as a society miss out on promising avenues of inquiry. It’s time to widen our lens. On August 12, I’ll moderate a discussion about how […]

Filed Under: health data, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Body Politic, British Medical Journal, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, COVID19, Emily Sirotich, flip teaching, Gary Wolf, Gina Assaf, Hannah Davis, Helen Burstin, LongCovid, patient registries, Quantified Self, rheumatoid arthritis

A field guide to The Diagnosis Difference

November 26, 2013 By Susannah Fox 67 Comments

The Pew Research Center released a report today on people living with chronic conditions: The Diagnosis Difference. Policy makers, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, investors, clinicians — all health care stakeholders — can use the data to map the current landscape. There are still barren patches, where people remain offline and cut off from the resources and […]

Filed Under: demographics, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, Heart Conditions, High Blood Pressure, Lung Conditions, Pew Research Center, Rare Disease, rheumatoid arthritis

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