Rebel Health

A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care

Susannah Fox (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2025
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-55300-1 (ISBN)

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An action-oriented and radically hopeful field guide to the underground, patient-led revolution for better health and health care. Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the guidance? What should you do next? In Rebel Health, Susannah Fox draws on twenty years of tracking the expert networks of patients, survivors, and caregivers who have come of age between the cracks of the health care system to offer a way forward. Covering everything from diabetes to ALS to Moebius Syndrome to chronic disease management, Fox taps into the wisdom of these individuals, learns their ways, and fuels the rebel alliance that is building up our collective capacity for better health. Rebel Health shows how the next wave of health innovation will come from the front lines of this patient-led revolution. Fox identifies and describes four archetypes of this revolution: seekers, networkers, solvers, and champions. Each chapter includes tips, such as picking a proxy to help you navigate the relevant online communities, or learning how to pitch new ideas to investors and partners or new treatments to the FDA. On a personal level, anyone who wants to navigate the health care maze faster will want to become a health rebel or recruit some to their team. On a systemic level, it is a competitive advantage for businesses, governments, and organizations to understand and leverage the power of connection among patients, survivors, and caregivers. Proactive, optimistic, and innovative, Rebel Health is a guiding light for anyone who wishes to join the health rebel alliance and become the hero of their own story.

Susannah Fox helps people navigate health and technology. She served as Chief Technology Officer for the US Department of Health and Human Services, where she led an open data and innovation lab. Prior to that, she was the entrepreneur-in-residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed the health portfolio at the Pew Research Center s Internet Project.

Preface
Chapter 1: Seeker, Networker, Solver, Champion
Chapter 2: Seekers
Chapter 3: Tactics and Courage
Chapter 4: Networkers
Chapter 5: Visibility and Community
Chapter 6: Solvers: Treatment Innovation
Chapter 7: Solvers: Data Access
Chapter 8: Tools and Resources
Chapter 9: Champions
Chapter 10: Mission Alignment
Chapter 11: Get Started
Acknowledgements
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2025
Zusatzinfo	26 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	0-262-55300-7 / 0262553007
ISBN-13	978-0-262-55300-1 / 9780262553001
Zustand	Neuware