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Author: Jay Parkinson
Do celebrities get the best care?
I bet celebrities and other VIPs (as they’re known in hospitals) get some of the worst healthcare in America. And, when I mean worst, I mean the most. I did my residency in the West Village in NYC. There seemed to be a new celebrity in the ER every other day. “Oh my god, Lindsay [...]
Posted in health Tagged healthcare, sickcare
The Future Well in Vogue
We're happy to be included in Vogue Living's "Being Human" edition, curated by Ilse Crawford, that highlights from around the world "design that puts people first." This is exactly our mission with The Future Well.
This is health.
I spoke in Boston on Friday at Health Tech 2011 about “What is health?” and how the internet can enable better health for you and your community. I've articulated before on this site our definition of health, but it's obviously a complicated concept. So we're starting a weekly theme on the site, "This is health." [...]
Posted in design Tagged this is health
Health apps are about as effective as public health ads.
A quick glance at the iPhone app store for medical and health-related iPhone apps shows that, if you want to manage your health via your iPhone, you have a ton of options built with relatively little effort and cost. I have about 100 apps on my iPhone, but the average user has about 40. I [...]
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Most health solutions aren’t medical, they’re social.
A few months ago, I discovered that my stove was broken. I've lived in the same apartment for over three years. I never cooked. I always went out to eat at restaurants in my neighborhood. I live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We've got some of the best places to eat in all of NYC. I ate [...]
Posted in culture Tagged behavior, exercise, food, healthcare
How you spend your time determines your health.
Do you spend 8 hours in front of a screen at work? Do you then spend your free time watching TV or poking around the internet when you get home? How much time are you spending cooking healthy meals to eat with friends and family? How much time are you doing physical activities that make [...]
Posted in design Tagged behavior, exercise, innovation, productivity
Public Health 2.0: It won’t come from Public Health 1.0
I received my Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins in 2006. I took a course on transportation safety where we focused on designing roads for safety, making airlines safer, and decreasing the risk of medical helicopter crashes. In 2007, I worked for Public Citizen, Ralph Nader's consumer advocacy group. Ralph's book, Unsafe at Any [...]
Posted in design Tagged Public Health 2.0, the future, transportation
Doctors should inspire.