Rebel Patients and Caregivers Podcast – Part II
- Susannah Fox, Author - Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, USA
- Paul Barach, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin, USA
- Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA - Former Vice President, Product and Clinical Evaluation, Biofourmis, USA
Inspiring patients are creating solutions and setting new standards for what’s possible in health and outcomes. In Part II of THMT’s Rebel Health podcast, anyone working inside healthcare who is fed up with the status quo, and ready to create change, should listen. The discussion is raw, bold and honest – all to improve health outcomes, keep people safe, find effective treatments. If you need an ally and strategies, Rebels are standing by to help including Telehealth and Medicine Today.
Discussion Topics
- Outlining steps for patients, caregivers, and survivors to tap into the innovative ecosystem outside of traditional healthcare.
- How healthcare has fallen short in addressing the needs of patients with rare conditions?
- What are some of the challenges that clinicians are facing when they come across patients who have rare or unexplained conditions?
- Has mainstream healthcare abandoned its workforce?
- The evolution successful early grassroots groups and how they became part of mainstream medicine?
- Has a lack of transformation in healthcare (clipboards, fax machines, and retro software) influenced the patient-led revolution and helped expedite progress in this space?
- Where do healthcare professionals fit in this revolution?
- Thoughts on actions listeners can take?
