Public Q&A: career advice
I made a big career change recently and received quite a few emails asking how & why I did it. I also get a regular flow of inquiries from people new to the health/tech field who ask how I...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: How to support an introvert in an increasingly connected world?
All signs point to a social revolution in health. As I’ve put it, the internet gives us access not only to information, but also to each other. Crucial advice can come from a just-in-time...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Alternatives to Facebook and YouTube?
Kathleen Bogart, PhD, studies how people communicate across disability. I met her through the work I’ve done with the Moebius Syndrome Foundation (and I wrote about her research in 2012: Facial...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: How do you know when you are heading in the right – or wrong –...
Here’s a question I received recently: What kinds of indicators tell you if you are going in the right — or wrong — direction in your work? I decided to answer it here, as a public Q&A, because it...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Online patient communities
A community colleague recently asked me where he might find the latest numbers on the percentage of U.S. adults who participate in online patient communities. In the spirit of “public Q&A” I’d like...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Avoiding burnout
How do you avoid professional burnout? Two clinician friends of mine recently shared their divergent paths: one is starting a company, the other is taking a sabbatical. Since avoiding extreme, chronic...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Empowering people in their relationships with clinicians
In the spirit of public Q&A, I’m sharing an intriguing question I received recently from a community colleague. Check out my answer and then add your ideas and suggestions in the comments below. Do...
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Public Q&A: How to connect teens with health peers
In the spirit of Public Q&A, I am sharing a question I received from someone who helps run outreach and support programs for a disease-focused nonprofit: “In your research did you learn about what...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Is there data to help a public health campaign reach 12-17...
Here’s a data request I can’t fulfill, so I’m sharing it in the hopes that our community may provide some help: We are going to do a general market campaign targeting at-risk youth and youth who have...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Mobile peer support for behavior change
In the spirit of public Q&A, I’m posting my answers to a good question: Do you know of a research team currently studying mobile peer support in the context of behavior change? My reply: First,...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: career advice
I made a big career change recently and received quite a few emails asking how & why I did it. I also get a regular flow of inquiries from people new to the health/tech field who ask how I...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: How to support an introvert in an increasingly connected world?
All signs point to a social revolution in health. As I’ve put it, the internet gives us access not only to information, but also to each other. Crucial advice can come from a just-in-time...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Alternatives to Facebook and YouTube?
Kathleen Bogart, PhD, studies how people communicate across disability. I met her through the work I’ve done with the Moebius Syndrome Foundation (and I wrote about her research in 2012: Facial...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: How do you know when you are heading in the right – or wrong –...
Here’s a question I received recently: What kinds of indicators tell you if you are going in the right — or wrong — direction in your work? I decided to answer it here, as a public Q&A, because it...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Online patient communities
A community colleague recently asked me where he might find the latest numbers on the percentage of U.S. adults who participate in online patient communities. In the spirit of “public Q&A” I’d like...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Acronyms, protocol, and other lessons learned from switching fields
If you have switched career tracks, what lessons did you learn? What advice would you have for someone entering a new company, organization, or even a new culture? Here’s an excerpt from my 2016...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: conference organizing
A friend asked me to share some of my tips about how to organize a useful, comfortable, inclusive health care conference. Meeting planning is not what I do for a living, but since I attend about a...
View ArticleHow might we push power out to the edges of the network?
Cambia Health Solutions’ podcast, HealthChangers, invited me to share a few lessons learned, both personally and professionally. Listen in or read the transcript (below): Leslie Constans: One of the...
View ArticleWhat if your clinician gave you a prescription to check out a patient group...
Amy Gleason (@PatientSide) captured this line of mine, delivered on a panel at the Health Datapalooza yesterday. Her tweet generated an interesting cascade of reactions ranging from: “This is...
View ArticlePublic Q&A: Peer support for parents of teens with cancer
Helen Burstin, MD, reached out to ask if I know of an online peer-to-peer support group for parents of teens with cancer. For anyone who knows Helen: Don’t worry, it’s not for her own family. She is...
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