It’s time to prioritize health creation – not just care and prevention
This post introduces MedCity News readers to the ongoing thinking at Wellthcare, a concept that […]
View ArticlePernicious moralising: When public health fails
The last few weeks have been exceedingly busy as we finalised the Wellthcare Manifesto, interviewed […]
View ArticleFrugal Innovation: Learning from the developing world
In this post, I am reproducing a chapter from The Alpine Review by Charles Leadbeater. He argues […]
View ArticleMedicaid as a catalyst for community
In California, it’s a tale almost worthy of Hollywood. In 2008, Alex Briscoe, the Director […]
View ArticleCreating health: avoiding the trap of lazy superiority
I’m finding it hard to start this post because I have to start with an […]
View ArticleCreating a parallel system to health care
This post was first published on Wellthcare. This week I’ve despaired at how the needs […]
View ArticleSeeing beyond the bio-medical model
This post was first published on Wellthcare. In over a year of exploring what it takes […]
View ArticleHow doctors’ failures will lead to social unrest
This post was first published on Wellthcare. The cost of health care is contributing to […]
View ArticleComplex, Plural and a Constant Struggle: The Future of Health
There was a moment, when I was sitting stage-side at TEDMED 2013, when I saw […]
View ArticleWhat true collaboration looks like when the goal is improving health
Nine organisations have joined Wellthcare to debate and plan how to make creating health the […]
View ArticleUnderstanding What Communities Really Value
There is nothing more convincing that someone citing research, and yet we often don’t know […]
View ArticleCreating health: 12 emerging principles that redefine the meaning of the word
The Creating Health Collaborative was formed to understand why, despite their potential, broader definitions of […]
View ArticleTransforming disadvantaged communities
It’s pretty well understood that people from disadvantaged communities have more important things to worry […]
View ArticleSurfacing Stories To Change Culture
It’s our lifestyles that are the problem. Our habits are making us sick. Our cultural […]
View ArticleRe-Aligning Revenue With Care
There is much talk of the unsustainability of today’s health care systems and yet often […]
View ArticleA New Series On Creating Health
Yesterday saw the launch of a new series in Stanford Social Innovation Review called ‘Communities Creating […]
View ArticleTo improve medical care, understand patients’ perspective
A discussion between healthcare professionals highlights need to challenge status quo by understanding how patients live and factor patients’ needs into medical treatment.
View ArticleFinding Family Well-Being In Texas
As more and more people echo that it’s going to take more than health care […]
View ArticleThe Time And Money To Find Health
Finding new business models takes time. And time is money. How much time and money […]
View Article‘Agency’: A London Charity Explores The Evidence
In a departure from my usual interview format, today I am sharing a conversation with Ollie […]
View ArticleDiscovering Health Care, Not Sick Care
It’s becoming fashionable to say that health care is really ‘sick care’ but who is […]
View ArticleIt Takes Time, Money And Beer
Perhaps the hardest thing to do in health care is provide a safe environment for […]
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