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Should peer health community moderators get paid?

September 2, 2021 By Susannah Fox 29 Comments

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Evidence is piling up in favor of peer health communities. The question is: How do we sustain them for the long-term? Here are 3 studies (of many) about the benefits of peer-to-peer health advice: A survey of the #bcsm community found that participation lowered people’s anxiety and increased their overall knowledge of breast cancer. A survey of […]

Filed Under: key people, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: #bcsm, breast cancer, CGM in the Cloud, Deanna Attai, diabetes, epilepsy, patientslikeme

Celebrating #BCSM as a peer health innovation

August 20, 2021 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

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Cancer patients were among my first peer health innovation teachers and remain, years later, among my favorite communities to follow. I keep an eye out for hashtags like #gyncsm (gynecological cancer social media), #bcsm (breast cancer social media), and #lcsm (lung cancer social media) on Twitter. I listen to podcasts like The Cancer Mavericks (and […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, pts as teachers Tagged With: #bcsm, #gyncsm, #hcsm, #lcsm, Alexandra Drane, Alicia Stales, breast cancer, Dana Lewis, Deanna Attai, Elizabeth O'Riordan, Jodi Sperber, Jody Schoger, Leslie Schover, Matthew Zachary, peer health innovation, Trisha Greenhalgh, Unmentionables

Consumer-strength tools,
industrial-strength innovation

August 10, 2021 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

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On August 31, I’ll be part of the 2021 Federal Wearables Summit. This post is my attempt to “flip” the event by sharing what I intend to say. Please let me know what you think in the comments below. In 1986, Eric von Hippel of MIT identified “lead users” as people who identify and solve […]

Filed Under: health data, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues Tagged With: Body Politic, Cajun Navy, Eric von Hippel, Fiona Lowenstein, LongCovid, MIT Press, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Rock Health, self-tracking, wearables

Peer health playbooks

August 6, 2021 By Susannah Fox 18 Comments

Sunflowers with a bee

I’m collecting examples of peer health playbooks: the how-to guides that patients and caregivers write so that people following their path won’t stumble into the same pitfalls. If you know of one that is not listed below, please tell me about it in the comments. I AM ALS put together a step-by-step playbook of how […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: ALS, Brain Tumor, Caregiver Action Network, Carmen Bombeke, Dana Lewis, food allergy, Genetic Alliance, I AM ALS, IBD, ImproveCareNow, Katherine Onk, Lianne Mandelbaum, Meghan Marsac, Melissa Hogan, mental health

Doing the work

July 9, 2021 By Susannah Fox 19 Comments

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I am thrilled to share that I am writing a book for MIT Press about the alchemy, grit, and soul of the health innovation pipeline that is powered by people connecting with each other to solve problems. Here’s the back story, which illustrates one of my core principles: Do the work that needs to get […]

Filed Under: health data, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Bob Prior, Body Politic, Emily Sirotich, Gary Wolf, Gina Assaf, Hannah Davis, Helen Burstin, Jennifer Brea, Kate Lorig, LongCovid, MIT Press, Tanya Basu

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