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Building for Success: How Good Clinicians Can Empower Patients

Building for Success: How Good Clinicians Can Empower Patients

by | Jul 12, 2023

Editor’s note: Ibrahim Rashid contracted Long COVID more than two years ago. The experience is propelling his patient advocacy and entrepreneurship, as co-founder of the digital health company Strong Haulers. In this excerpt from his new book, Strong Hauler: Learning...
The Power of the Prescription Pad

The Power of the Prescription Pad

by | May 17, 2023

At some point in our lives, we’ll be handed a little sheet of paper from our physician that has scribbled on it the medication we need, how much of it, and how often we should take it. These little slips of paper are power. They tell us that in order to get better, we...
How All of Us in Healthcare Can Close the Empathy Gap

How All of Us in Healthcare Can Close the Empathy Gap

by | Jan 11, 2023

I recently saw The Color of Care, a documentary highlighting the disparate and inequitable care received by Black and Brown individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the movie, Executive Producer Oprah Winfrey opined that one of the primary issues with...
Expert Advisory Boards: A New Model for Co-Exploration

Expert Advisory Boards: A New Model for Co-Exploration

by | Jan 4, 2023

A few years ago I learned that non-profit organizations MUST have a Scientific or Medical Advisory Board in order to be listed on NIH’s website as an informational resource for patients. Likewise, many foundation grants require a non-profit to have a similar...
A Citizen’s Response Corps for Digital Health

A Citizen’s Response Corps for Digital Health

by | Nov 15, 2022

Editor’s note: In his new book, The Long Haul – Solving the Puzzle of the Pandemic’s Long Haulers and How They Are Changing Healthcare Forever, journalist and patient Ryan Prior depicts the courage of patients with Long COVID who were the first to name,...

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