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What we are about: Occupy Healthcare

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Ben Miller — 1 Comment ↓

A little over one year ago, this website was started in an attempt to become a “location where the community can come to discuss healthcare.” We wanted a “place where meaningful healthcare issues can be raised and worked on together.”…

Tagged with: change, occupy healthcare, transformation
Posted in healthcare, Innovation

Gambling for treatment: A rare disease profile of tuberous sclerosis

Posted on May 4, 2012 by John-Novack — 5 Comments ↓

By Marlo Schepper Grolnic When I was 41 weeks pregnant, after what was supposed to be a routine ultrasound, my OB gave me the shocking news: my baby had a tumor in his heart. This tumor had a fancy name–a…

Tagged with: advocacy, children, healthcare, occupy healthcare, rare disease, tuberous sclerosis
Posted in Our Stories

What’s in a name?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Ben Miller — 1 Comment ↓

There is power in a name. There is power in branding that name. There is power in recognition. When we started Occupy Healthcare, we did so because we wanted to bring attention to so many of the issues plaguing us…

Tagged with: healthcare, innovation, occupy healthcare
Posted in healthcare

Kick the can: A possible model for occupy healthcare’s next step?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by pursuitofPH — 2 Comments ↓

The recently launched “Kick the Can” website, a project of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy aiming to “give the boot” to sugary drinks, is cleanly designed, intuitive to use, and provides important and actionable information organized into the…

Tagged with: occupy healthcare, public health, website
Posted in Community, Health behavior, healthcare, public health

The role of relationship building in creating change

Posted on January 23, 2012 by pursuitofPH — 1 Comment ↓

I came across this post by Craig Lefebvre last year, blogged about it at the time, and have since printed out his list and put it up by my desk – it so eloquently captures what I think should be some of…

Tagged with: change, health, healthcare, occupy healthcare, relationships
Posted in healthcare, Innovation

Healthcare and revolution – Who’s afraid of Cuba?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by NateOsit — 2 Comments ↓

I’m tired of hearing about the next new revolutionary drug that’s going to change the face of medicine. I’m tired of hearing about how the iPad is going to revolutionize healthcare. I’m tired of hearing about the social media revolution…

Tagged with: Cuba, healthcare, healthcare revolution, occupy, occupy healthcare, public health, revolution, Social Determinants of Health, social movements, universal healthcare
Posted in healthcare, Innovation, public health, Social Determinents of Health

A better healthcare system for humanity

Posted on November 8, 2011 by NateOsit — 7 Comments ↓

For one to be a revolutionary doctor or to be a revolutionary at all, there must first be a revolution. Isolated individual endeavour, for all its purity of ideals, is of no use, and the desire to sacrifice an entire…

Tagged with: broken, community, global health, health disparities, health equity, healthcare, occupy, occupy healthcare, revolution, Social Determinants of Health
Posted in Community, Health behavior, healthcare, Innovation, public health