All throughout graduate school, and really long before that, I always assumed that everyone around me was super competent, highly motivated, and very hard working. It wasn’t until we started hiring for my company, InquisitHealth, that I realized there’s a lot more variability than I had expected. And so surrounding myself with those types of team members wasn’t […]
We’re excited to be part of the inaugural Patchwise Labs community. Over the past several years, we’ve been heads down, working to more fully understand the science of peer-to-peer mentoring by leading real-world implementations across multiple diseases. Working with patient foundations, research organizations, pharma, health plans, and health systems we’ve proven positive clinical outcomes by addressing barriers related […]
One of the greatest challenges we face in the healthcare industry is understanding how to talk convincingly with parents in the anti-vaccination movement. “Anti-vaxxers” believe in abstaining from vaccinations and regular vaccine schedules for fear of them causing autism and other side effects in their children. This anti-vaxxer movement has grown in force, despite the […]
I first saw Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos, speak at a Wired Health conference in 2013. She was the highlight of the event, an underdog with a game-changing technology that could improve millions of lives and disrupt the entire blood testing industry. David taking on Goliath. In 2015, The Wall Street Journal uncovered the truth, Theranos […]
InquisitHealth leads new cross-sector partnerships to engage “hardly reached” patient populations living with chronic diseases to address their underlying social determinants of health, while promoting healthy behavior change. Watch a real-life case study: Meet Deborah. Our results suggest that for safety net populations, addressing these two factors together is the best way to improve their health; on […]