Month: May 2017

#WEGOHealthAwards Winners Series Podcast: Barby Ingle

Year in and year out we come across Patient Leaders who continue to change the health world. These Patient leaders are true stars who continue to shine and don't fit into just one category. Basically, they've done it ALL! During the WEGO Health Awards, we like to recognize these Patient Leaders with the Lifetime Achievement…

Announcing The 6th Annual WEGO Health Awards

It seems like only yesterday we tied the ribbon on our last Patient Leader Survival kit and sent it out to our 14 WEGO Health Activist Awards Winners. But, guess what Patient Leader Network? It's that time again! The WEGO Health team is ready for another year of recognizing and celebrating #PatientLeaders in the online…

#WEGOHealthChat Recap – Chronic Awareness: Awareness Never Stops

In case you missed our May #WEGOHealthChat, we’ve got this awesome recap for you! In this Twitter chat hosted by Amanda Greene (@LALupusLady), who is a passionate lupus patient leader, we the important of awareness and how to keep it in the forefront of everything you do! Don’t miss our monthly twitter chats on the second…

#WEGOHealthAwards Winners Series Podcast: Tory Aquino

There are many reasons Patient Leaders get involved in advocacy, Tory's just happens to be her daughter. Tory's daughter, Mariah, was active and full of energy from birth, so it was alarming when her daughter started complaining of joint pains and suddenly became inactive at age four. The cause of Mariah’s suffering was a mystery…

How I Birthed a Breech Book: 8 Steps for Self-Publishing a Book

"Have you ever thought of writing a book?” That was the comment I kept hearing from medical and nursing students when sharing my story with them. After several years of hearing this, I decided to listen. I'm glad I did. In between making the decision to write a book, and seeing it published, it was…

10 Tips for Being a Social Media Correspondent at a Conference

I attended the #HealtheVoices conference by Janssen in Chicago this past weekend as a social media correspondent for WEGO Health. I went into the event knowing that there was a lot going on so I did a few things to prepare and this set me up for an easy social media sharing frenzy over the…