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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

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

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