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Credible, useful, helpful, trustworthy

November 16, 2020 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Sandhill cranes taking flight at sunrise

Inspired by a conversation with my FasterCures colleagues, I began looking into survey data related to trust and credibility, particularly: What entities and resources do people turn to when they need advice about important topics? Edelman, a global communications firm, has been measuring trust and credibility for 20 years. Their most recent Trust Barometer asked […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: diabetes, Edelman, FasterCures, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, Tom Ferguson, Trustworthiness

How peer-to-peer health advice can help people take their meds on time (and so much more)

July 15, 2020 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

Two sets of hands sort pills into a pillbox

(Yes, it’s the third post in 5 days from me, but when you’ve got cool stuff to share, why wait?) Matthew Zachary‘s podcast, Out of Patients, is one of my favorites because he brings his whole self to health care discussions, as you’ll hear in our conversation. It was a pleasure to unpack my latest […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: #health2con, Amy Tenderich, Atul Gawande, Brene Brown, InquisitHealth, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Invent Health, Matthew Zachary, patientslikeme, PillPack, podcasts, Tom Ferguson

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

What do you keep nearby, to inspire you?

August 1, 2015 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Tom Ferguson, MD, gave me this robot in 2002, part of the first (and only?) fourth class of awardees of the Ferguson Report Distinguished Achievement Awards. I have kept it on or near my desk ever since. Reading Tom’s old essays, even as far back as the 1970s, is humbling. He foresaw so much of the world […]

Filed Under: key people, net-friendly docs Tagged With: inspiration, robot, Tom Ferguson

I’m RWJF’s Newest Entrepreneur in Residence

September 29, 2014 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

The Entrepreneur is in

This post originally appeared on RWJF’s Culture of Health blog: I am thrilled to begin my job as the entrepreneur in residence (EIR) at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You might think that the EIR role is traditionally associated with venture capital firms, not foundations. But scratch the surface and you’ll find commonalities between the two industries. […]

Filed Under: key people, positive patterns Tagged With: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Robin Mockenhaupt, Tom Ferguson

I’m leaving Pew Research

July 17, 2014 By Susannah Fox 84 Comments

Believe it or not, 14 years ago, the idea of using the internet for health was a novel concept. That’s when Pew Internet published its first report about the social impact of the internet on health and health care, raising eyebrows across the U.S. Our data was cited in mainstream news outlets, in JAMA, and, […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Thomas Goetz, Tom Ferguson

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