our own system
Hi there, I'm Drew Weilage and I'm working to make healthcare better for patients.
This is a blog with links to healthcare goings on, trends, and uncategorized interestingness as well as attempts to filter my own healthcare thinking through essay.
I am greatly aware of my idealistic, naive even, views on a number of topics. But frankly, I think healthcare is in dire need of more of the "what's possible/what could be" type of thinking. I'm greatly protective of my unabashed idealism but always open to reason and discourse about any of it.
This is round two of my blogging life, the first being archived here.
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Deeper Thoughts
- Health is a Platform
- Health is Co-Created
- Make Healthcare Awesome
- Don't Call It Quality
- Healthcare Needs Hackers
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Behavior change through online networks
Unlike infectious diseases and news, behavior change spreads faster through online networks that have many close connections instead of many distant ties. Redundancy is key, as people are more likely to engage in a behavior if they see many others doing it.
In other words, when starting a new, healthy behavior (say exercise), knowing ten random people who run may help motivate you. But if that group of ten people is a close-knit group of running buddies who all know each other, the chances of sticking to your new routine go up. Way up.
