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reportJun 8, 2010

Health 2.0 DC: Passion and Execution at Scale

I think conferences are deeply affected by the spirit of their host city. San Francisco has its hackers and dreamers, Boston has its entrepreneurs and ivy, Paris has its pomp and worldliness. At Health 2.0 DC yesterday, my city showed that it ha…
presentationJun 7, 2010

Health 2.0 Goes to Washington

Susannah Fox talked about mobile, social health (and the power of being in the capital) at the first DC Health 2.0 conference in Washington, DC.
reportJun 3, 2010

Tensions Between Rights of Conscience and Civil Rights

Should doctors, pharmacists and other health care workers have the right to refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious beliefs? Until recently, the debate over “conscience protections” for health care workers centered largely on abortion and birth control. But in the past few years, new cases have emerged that have expanded the debate […]
reportMay 28, 2010

Lessons and Highlights from the Gov 2.0 Expo

The Gov 2.0 Expo was a smorgasbord of policy, technology, and citizen engagement. Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox share their notes.
presentationMay 20, 2010

Leveraging Social Media and the Mobile Internet in Health Messaging

A synthesis of the Pew Internet Project’s most recent research related to health and the participatory news consumer.
reportMay 5, 2010

The Power of Data and the Power of One

If someone is motivated enough to dig, interested enough to analyze, and knowledgeable enough about their chosen topic to see data with fresh eyes, they can start a revolution…
reportMar 30, 2010

2008, Hispanic and Foreign-Born Populations in the U.S. Statistical Portraits

A new demographic and economic profile of Latinos, based on 2008 census data, finds they are twice as likely as the overall U.S. population to lack health insurance coverage.
reportMar 18, 2010

Gloomy Americans Bash Congress, Are Divided on Obama

Overview As the day of reckoning for health care reform approaches, Americans have little to cheer about. Nearly everyone (92%) gives the national economy a negative rating. Closer to home, 85% say that jobs are hard to find in their community. A majority (54%) now says that someone in their household has been without a […]
reportMar 4, 2010

All Together Now: The Internet Does Not Replace Health Professionals

The kinds of health information sought and found online are different from what people can glean from most traditional sources.
presentationFeb 18, 2010

Media & Medicine in Modern America

Susannah Fox delivered a guest lecture for a history of medicine course regarding the role of the internet in health care over the last 15 years.