Carlos Rizo

trends & principles

E-patients, Cyberchondriacs, and Why We Should Stop Calling Names

Susannah Fox | August 30, 2010

New concepts need gimmicks. Proven concepts do not. The phenomenon of using the internet to gather and share health information is now mainstream. It’s time to change how we talk about it, revising and maybe even retiring certain terms. Carlos Rizo and I invite you (everyone!) to join our discussion on Wed. Sept. 1 at [...]

The Power of Data and the Power of One

Susannah Fox | May 5, 2010

I am struck, once again, by the power of data and the power of one. Carlos Rizo, Chief Imagineer of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, posted this very intriguing tweet on May 2: The power of open data: To find problems in complicated environments, and possibly even to prevent them from emerging. Clicking through, I [...]