2016 Medicine X main stage speaker Dillan Barmache is taking his message of empowerment to Motormorphosis, a conference fostering communities of non-speakers in the digital age. Being different [...]
It always feels good when another patient tells me how much they appreciate my advocacy work. Often the next thing they say is, “I could never do what you do.” But getting involved is easy. [...]
Forget holding the line. Ai-jen Poo finds opportunities to advance new social causes in the face of political adversity. She’ll deliver a keynote address at Medicine X 2017. Ai-jen Poo has reason [...]
Eli Lilly & Co. lead consultant Jerry Matczak, understood the power of social media and had the openness to listen and meaningfully engage with the activist patients he found there. He was an [...]
Patients, when represented as event stakeholders, generate richer conversation and wider dissemination of information on the social web, a new Medicine X study shows.
Amy Edmondson has shown that organizations thrive when employees, from the front line to the C-suite, feel comfortable asking questions, voicing concerns and sharing ideas.
Matthew Argame was in college when he first recognized the power of sharing personal stories — even, or especially, the difficult ones. Now, he’s thriving as an advocate for people with disabilities.
Brain tumors have unacceptably low survival rates and exceedingly high medical costs, often leaving survivors suffering from lifelong functional deficits. In order to see improved outcomes, brain [...]
Outraged by House Republicans’ repeal-and-replace bill, patient advocates Liz Salmi and Hugo Campos issued an invitation to those with pre-existing conditions: Come out.