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| Kelly Young, Kari Ulrich,Virna Elly at Mayo Clinic Social Media Summit 2011 |
There is a lot of talk about influential people in health care, many are lists of physicians, health care executives and organizations. There is another group of that cannot be forgotten. Lets lead a discussion about influential patients. Here are some e-patients that have been most influential to me. Lets add on to this list! Let me know what e-patients are influencing you and why? What qualities makes a patient influential?
Kelly Young Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis with humor, wisdom and strength.
Twitter: @rawarrior http://rawarrior.com/
Virna Elly Fighting Diabetes with courage, intelligence and squirrels.
Laura Haywood-Cory Fighting Heart Disease with compassion, empathy and determination.
Melissa Travis Fighting Lupus with grace, education and whit.
Sarah E. Kucharski Fighting Fibromuscular Dysplasia with honesty, integrity and wombats.
Kari, you should be sure to put yourself on this list!
ReplyDeleteOne for the list: Carolyn Thomas, another Mayo-trained heart disease survivor; she's one of the few (if not the only) WomenHeart champions in Canada: http://myheartsisters.org/
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