Peer Networks and Health Innovation

Presentation given to the innovation council at the US Department of Health & Human Services.

Blog post describing the idea here: http://theslowhunch.net/post/40256315145/peer-networks-and-health-innovation

Transcript

1. Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
   Peer Networks and Health Innovation
   Nick Grossman
   HHS Innovation Council | Jan 10, 2013
   

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2. me, me, me
   

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3. me, me, me
   

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4. me, me, me
   

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5. me, me, me
   NOT health (yet)
   

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6. me, me, me
   NOT health (yet)
   

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7. me, me, me
   NOT health (yet)
   

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8. Photo: http://blog.corewalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pot-belly.jpg
   

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9. Photo: http://blog.corewalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pot-belly.jpg
   

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10. Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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11. Together, connected,
    we can innovate,
    solve problems in new ways,
    and prosper.
    

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12. Modern humans
    -2mm
    

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13. Agriculture
    -2mm -10,000
    

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14. Printing Press
    -2mm -10,000 1440
    

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15. Dutch East India Company
    -2mm -10,000 1440 1600
    

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16. Industrial Revolution
    -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750
    

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17. The Rise of the Corporate Form
    -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750 1855
    

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18. The Internet
    -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750 1855 1980
    

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19. The Rise of Networks
    -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750 1855 1980 2000
    

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20. -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750 1855 1980 2000
    You think it’s as big as the printing press...
    

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21. -2mm -10,000 1440 1600 1750 1855 1980 2000
    But it’s actually as profound as the switch to agriculture!
    

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22. in the age of oil,
    automobiles, and mass
    production,
    bureaucratic hierarchy
    became the dominant
    way to organize work.
    

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23. in the age of oil,
    automobiles, and mass
    production,
    bureaucratic hierarchy
    became the dominant
    way to organize work.
    

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24. in the age of oil,
    automobiles, and mass
    production,
    bureaucratic hierarchy
    became the dominant
    way to organize work.
    information
    

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25. in the age of oil,
    automobiles, and mass
    production,
    bureaucratic hierarchy
    became the dominant
    way to organize work.
    information decisions
    

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26. But now…
    seriously weird
    (and wonderful)
    things happen when
    people are connected
    

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27. How can we use networks to improve our health?
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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28. power | relationships
    

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29. “Social production is
    transforming markets
    and freedom”
    Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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30. “large-scale diffusion can
    reach more people, and
    spread more quickly, in
    clustered networks than in
    random networks.”
    Damon Centola, MIT
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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31. Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    from John Wilbanks’ awesome TED talk
    health = body + genome + choices + environment
    

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32. power | relationships
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    health = body + genome + choices + environment
    

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33. kickstarter.com/year/2012
    environment
    

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34. "We estimate that collectively we served and informed 10 times
    as many individuals by embracing an open strategy. That’s
    hundreds of thousands of people. And it validates the
    Bloomberg administration’s commitment to this technology.”
    NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot
    environment
    Source: http://source.mozillaopennews.org/media/cache/0d/47/0d473ee0ad7161bfe0ed970550b6c39f.jpg
    

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35. environment
    

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36. choices
    

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37. choices
    

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38. massive health?
    choices
    

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39. genome
    

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40. body
    

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41. body
    

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42. body
    

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43. body
    Source: Lybba.org
    

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44. body
    “Facebook would never make a decision as
    important as achange to an advertising algorithm
    with a sample size as smallas a phase 3 clinical trial”
    John Wilbanks, Consent to Research
    

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45. what’s missing?
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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46. What networks need
    Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    

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47. layers: data, standards, protocols and APIs
    Photo: http://dark.pozadia.org/images/wallpapers/Gate_keeper-829604.jpeg
    

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48. GTFS
    2005
    2012
    GTFS
    GTFS
    GTFS
    GTFS
    GTFS
    ? ?
    ?
    GTFS
    lightweight standards and “pull”
    Graphic: OpenPlans.org
    

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49. access: paths around gatekeepers
    Photo: http://dark.pozadia.org/images/wallpapers/Gate_keeper-829604.jpeg
    

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50. trust and safety
    Photo: http://www.uthtime.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/trust-cubes.jpg
    

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51. TRUST 2.0
    BEFORE THE FACT AFTER THE FACT
    

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52. TRUST 2.0
    Bureaucracy
    Friction
    Permission
    BEFORE THE FACT AFTER THE FACT
    

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53. TRUST 2.0
    Bureaucracy
    Friction
    Permission
    Transparency
    Accountability
    Innovation
    BEFORE THE FACT AFTER THE FACT
    

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54. single player mode
    

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56. simplicity
    Photo: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GHCMIhZkTAs/To-Y7_uR1oI/AAAAAAAAAD8/-p1wZExvYXw/s1600/Simplicity.jpg
    

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57. “The government should invest it’s money in defining a
    standard for access that is easy to implement. So no
    attempt to standardize vocabulary or anything else that
    would bog things down for another twenty years.
    Simply an access protocol.”
    “Requirements for the operation of patient centric
    electronic medical record service providers…. high
    enough to avoid fly by night operators that would rip off
    patient data, but low enough to allow startups to compete”
    Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures
    

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58. Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/social-networks-health-0903.html
    Thanks!
    nick@usv.com | @nickgrossman | nickgrossman.is
    

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