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The Decision Tree: What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Long Life

by Susannah Fox | Feb 14, 2010

Warning: Do not read The Decision Tree unless you’re ready to make some kind of change in your life. Thomas Goetz catalogs the recent advances (and setbacks) in medicine & personal health, but also maps out the possibilities for how things could get...

Participation Matters

by Susannah Fox | Oct 2, 2009

In politics and in health care, participation matters as much as access. The passion we saw in the political campaigns last year is matched by the passion we see when someone is trying to save a life, find a better treatment, or just manage the health of a loved one....

Participatory Medicine at PdF09: Can we get a do-over?

by Susannah Fox | Jul 8, 2009

The poli-tech tribe gathered in New York last week for the Personal Democracy Forum and, as Craig Newmark put it, welcomed “our new nerd overlords.” Esther Dyson, Jamie Heywood, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and I were asked to take on a breakout panel...

Mobile could be a game-changer – but only for those who get in the game.

by Susannah Fox | Apr 23, 2009

Original title: Health 2.0 meets Ix: Susannah Fox’s presentation Here are my prepared remarks for the “Navigating the New Health Care Delivery System” segment at the Health 2.0 meets Ix conference (with the lines I added to respond to other themes...

Participatory Democracy, Participatory Medicine

by Susannah Fox | Apr 17, 2009

A sneak preview of my remarks at the “Health 2.0 meets Information Therapy” conference appears on the IxCenterBlog: Participatory Democracy, Participatory Medicine. A good discussion of the issues has already begun there and on The Health Care Blog....