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Jun 14 2026
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Alone in a Dark Hospital Room, She Asked Claude

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, ePatient, Podcasts, Video

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Using AI to track symptoms, weigh medication options, and advocate. Not a cure, a toolkit. An honest, careful path without handing over the wheel. Read More

May 11 2026
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Nurses’ Week, Handel’s Messiah, Oldest Maternity Hospital!

By Danny van Leeuwen Clinician, Leader, Podcasts, Traveler, Video

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From a 10-bed lying-in hospital to Handel’s Messiah, the Rotunda Maternity Hospital has operated continuously for 281 years. A Nurses’ Week story. Read More

Apr 18 2026
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Participatory Governance: Right People Right Question

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, ePatient, Leader, Podcasts

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Participatory governance in healthcare means asking the right people the right questions. Three stories where listening as leadership changed everything.
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Mar 10 2026
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Transparency in AI: How the Sausage Gets Made

By Danny van Leeuwen Caregiver, ePatient, Informaticist, Podcasts, Researcher

Transparency sounds simple until you’re standing in a meatpacking plant. Health Hats digs into what we want to know—and why it matters.

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Mar 01 2026
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Crutches, Caves, and Currents: Tubing in Belize

By Danny van Leeuwen Podcasts, Traveler, Video

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Health Hats walks & floats through ancient Maya caves in Belize with forearm crutches, teamwork, trust, and shared decision-making every step of the way.

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Feb 08 2026
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If You Have a Body, You’re an Athlete: Training for MS

By Danny van Leeuwen Podcasts, Traveler

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Former Nike exec Mark Hochgesang interviews Danny on Heavy Hitter Sports Podcast about MS & being an adaptive athlete. Just back from Belize! Training works.

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Jan 17 2026
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Trust Me, I’m Deciding. When Data Meets Doubt.

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, Podcasts, Video

Trust: 120 episodes and still learning. This time: how we decide to act on health data. It’s messy. Let’s wade in together.

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Dec 28 2025
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Retirement Improvisation – Onward: 2025 Holiday Letter

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, ePatient, Family man, Informaticist, Musician, Podcasts, Traveler, Video

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Health Hats Danny celebrates 50 – years with his honey & pounds lost. With gratitude for privilege, & best health thru family, media, music, travel, & advocacy.

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Nov 23 2025
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A Third on the Shelf: Rethinking Power in Community Research

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, ePatient, Podcasts, Researcher, Video

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Kirk & Lacy on shifting research funding away from federal grants: what happens to community partnerships when the money—and the rules—change?

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Nov 02 2025
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Give Me My Damn Data. Then What? Managing Permissions.

By Danny van Leeuwen Advocate, Consumer, ePatient, Informaticist, Podcasts, Researcher, Video

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Your health data belongs to you—but how can you share it safely? Fabienne Bourgeois, MD, exposes the complex truth about privacy, permissions, and data control.

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