I’m humbled and grateful when someone sees value in my work. It indicates the potential of inviting engaged patients into the conversation.
Boards and Steering Committees
- Rheumatoid Patient Foundation advisory board
- Co-chair, Society for Participatory Medicine
- Editorial board, Journal of Participatory Medicine
- Berci’s Webicina.com – advisory board
- Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media – advisory board
- AdhereTx advisory board
- NeHC (National eHealth Collaborative) Consumer Consortium on eHealth – steering committee
- National Integration Academy Council (steering the creation of a National Academy for Integration of Primary Care and Mental Health)
- Happtique Certification Program Blue Ribbon Panel
Awards
January 2012: Klout’s Top 10 healthcare influencers
From PCWorld: “Your Klout score is based on three major ranking factors.
- True Reach is the number of people who act on and share your content, with spam and bots removed from the equation.
- Amplification is a measure of how likely people are to act upon your shared content.
- Network gives you marks for having top influencers in your circle; if they share your content, your Klout score goes up.
March 2011: Twitter Powerhouses (Huffington Post)
“… they participate in the international, empowering conversation that Twitter provides to hundreds of millions. … What’s different about these men and women? … they push beyond the boundaries of creativity, and use social media to impact and enrich the lives and ambitions of their followers.”
February 2011: Health Engagement Strategy. Blog post here.
January 2011: Nominee for Best Patient Blog, Medgadget, January 2011
December 2009: Health Leaders magazine’s “Twenty People Who Make Healthcare Better” (with Dr. Danny Sands)
And from my previous life, in web marketing and analytics:
November 2008: Salesforce.com “Appy Award” for marketing excellence
Accepting the award from CEO Marc Benioff




