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HealthChangers: Mark Ganz

December 16, 2020 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Ten bowling pins lined up

I learn from every conversation I have with Cambia’s outgoing CEO, Mark Ganz — lucky for everyone, we recorded this latest one! Here’s a quote I loved: “A wise person once told me that the way to make progress in some ways is to think of a bowling analogy. You don’t try to knock 10 pins down […]

Filed Under: key people, reforming hc, trends & principles Tagged With: Cambia Health Solutions, Mark Ganz

Case study: Breast cancer

December 7, 2020 By Susannah Fox 16 Comments

Sunflower in a field of other sunflowers

When we get sick or receive a new diagnosis, we often feel alone, but we shouldn’t. There are people who have been in the same situation and are eager to help if they only knew how to find us.  That is the case with my friend Meagan. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: breast cancer, case study, peer-to-peer healthcare, sunflowers

What if we had people’s trust?

November 30, 2020 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Trust

I’d like to revive the spirit of the “What if health care…?” conversation, this time in the context of data and trust. What could we build with health data if we had people’s trust? How about: An algorithm to prevent suicide. An app to prevent addiction relapse. An app to help adolescents living with chronic […]

Filed Under: health data Tagged With: #whatifhc, addiction, adherence, Airbnb, FasterCures, Johnson & Johnson, Project HealthDesign, suicide prevention, Trustworthiness

Acceptable uses of health data

November 23, 2020 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Cat peering out from under a computer keyboard

My former colleagues at the Pew Research Center continue to publish the best research on the impact of the internet on American society, bar none. My fandom extends to creating a fact sheet summarizing their recent surveys about Americans’ data worries. The results are indications about what people think and feel about the shifting technology […]

Filed Under: health data Tagged With: FasterCures, fitness, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, self-tracking, social media, Tracking for Health

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

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