The founder of the Patient Revolution is Dr. Victor Montori, a leader in the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit at Mayo Clinic and an endocrinologist at Mayo. Dr. Montori is interested in how knowledge is produced, disseminated and taken up in practice — and how this leads to optimal health care delivery and patient outcomes. His book, Why We Revolt,…
Why We Revolt: An Interview with Dr. Victor Montori
Diabetes Advocacy, Guest Diabetes Blogger, Healthcare, Real Life DiabetesBright Spots & Landmines: An Interview with Adam Brown
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesAdam Brown has written a new – TERRIFIC – book for the diabetes community, full of the same brilliant, actionable advice that we’ve come to happily expect from his diaTribe columns. His book, Bright Spots & Landmines, is billed as “the diabetes guide I wish someone had handed me,” and that sentiment is absolutely correct. This book is a powerful tool that people living…
Denise Jonas Talks About Diabetes Support
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Family, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesDenise Jonas is the mother of a kid with diabetes, only her kid with diabetes happens to be Nick Jonas (known in the teen circles as “OMG Nick Jonas,” first name “OMG”). Denise recently stepped in as celebrity spokesmom for the Disney Online and Lilly Diabetes collaboration I (and lots of others) blogged about this morning, and she was able to take…
If living with a chronic illness gave people superhero powers, it would explain Jenni Prokopy of ChronicBabe. Jenni, creator of the empowerment resource ChronicBabe, wanted to “provide an online community for younger women with chronic health issues who want to live their best lives.” And she definitely did. When she’s not promoting her site, traveling to conferences, and bringing sexy…