Matthew Zachary, founder of Stupid Cancer and I’m Too Young for This Foundation, and my non-DNA-linked brother, is on his next journey podcasting and building a health media enterprise. In this podcast, we go way, way back, flipping the script with me interviewing him (well, when he let go of the reins), revisiting the early days of online patient communities, digital health, and our evolving friendship — still crazy and loving after all these years. Hearkening back to the earliest Wisdom of Patients era evoking the names of Matthew Holt, Scott Shreeve, Amy Tenderich, Indu Subaiya, Adam Bosworth, Roni Zeiger, Susannah Fox, Amir Lewkowicz, Jack Barrette, Jamie Heywood, Benjamin Heywood, Halle Tecco, Jean-Luc Neptune, et al…
Matthew Zachary and Jane enter the digital health Wayback Machine to re-visit Health 1.0, 2.0, and right now
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 19 August 2020 in
I was invited to be a Judge for the upcoming CES 2025 Innovation Awards in the category of digital health and connected fitness. So grateful to be part of this annual effort to identify the best in consumer-facing health solutions for self-care, condition management, and family well-being. Thank you, CTA!
Thank you Team Roche for inviting me to brainstorm patients as health citizens, consumers, payers, and voters in the Healthcare Transformers series.
For the past 15 years, the annual CES conference in Las Vegas has been my go-to meeting for updating my research and network in digital health and consumer-facing electronics that people find meaningful for their well-being, families, and home lives. I'll be back in Vegas in January for a full week of Media Days, one-on-one meetings, and speaking about my perspectives on health consumers.