Tackling Health Information Overload

Listen to the latest episode of WGBH's Innovation Overload podcast for my discussion with Kara Miller. We talked about the importance of user-friendly design in changing health behaviors, and Robert Koch's discovery of germ theory and search for a cure to TB.

Thanks to Kara for the great conversation!

Sick of getting lost in page after page of health websites? Thomas Goetz, founder of Iodine and author of "The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine", says what we’re missing is good design.

What Weight Watchers Can Teach Us About Health

I recently spoke with Workforce about what Weight Watchers can teach us about health and what employers need to learn in order to change employees' health behaviors.

“Behavior change is the biggest opportunity that we have, but also the biggest challenge. It’s such a juicy target, but people aren’t so easy to cajole. But I believe that, just because it’s hard, it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t keep trying.”

We also chatted about visualizing health data, Flip the Clinic (more on that soon), Iodine, and my role as Entrepreneur in Residence at RWJF. 

Thanks to Workforce's Rita Pyrillis for the in-depth profile.