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Peer-to-peer Healthcare at the White House

by Susannah Fox | Mar 10, 2011

It’s hard to say this without sounding like I’m bragging, but that’s not going to stop me: I’m going to the White House tomorrow to talk about Pew Internet Project’s latest research on peer-to-peer healthcare. The White House Office of...

NPR’s Talk of the Nation: Patients Seek Moral and Medical Support Online

by e-Patient Dave | Mar 4, 2011

Yesterday (March 3), NPR’s popular program “Talk of the Nation” covered something we discuss often: how e-patients find information and find each other, online. Featured guests were Pat Furlong, mother of two boys with a rare disease, who started an...

Healthcare Out Loud

by Susannah Fox | Feb 25, 2011

Last fall, at the e-Patient Connections conference, I gave a sneak preview of some survey results which are set to be have been released on the Pew Internet site on Monday, Feb. 28. I hoped to spark new ideas for a savvy, plugged-in audience and I ended up surprising...

Cancer 2.0

by Susannah Fox | Dec 13, 2010

Given the evidence that people are ready, willing, and able to engage in online discussions about cancer prevention and treatment, what steps are being taken to ensure that the U.S. (and the world) does not miss this latest opportunity for education and discovery? The...

The Future of Health: Robots, Enchanted Objects, and Networks

by Susannah Fox | Nov 22, 2010

I have seen the future of health and it’s networks (with apologies to Lincoln Steffens). Chronic disease is exploding in the U.S. The number of primary care health professionals is declining. Behavior change is difficult. But what are we going to do about it?...

To improve health and health care faster… (fill in the blank)

by Susannah Fox | Nov 1, 2010

I was honored to be invited to TEDMED by the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their team encouraged all attendees to complete one of three sentences: “To improve health and health care, we need to start asking…” “To...