A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman

On Tuesday April 25th 2023, the world lost a bright flame. After a long journey with cancer, Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey passed away peacefully with family and friends by her side. Quinlan was one-of-a-kind and if you had the good fortune of meeting her in-person or interacted with her online, she undoubtedly left an impression. She was one of the few people who had zero qualms about speaking her mind – and that is one of reasons why I admired her. Outspoken Advocate I got to know Quinlan through the early #hcldr tweetchats that we hosted (and still host) on Tuesday nights at 8:30pm ET. At the time, I had never seen someone who was so forthright and direct when expressing healthcare opinions. No matter the topic, Quinlan had piercing insights to share. Here is one of her first tweets on the #hcldr tweetchat (and emblematic of Quinlan’s persona): System, and care, is so f’ing fragmented that no one knows real numbers. #hcldr — Mighty #HeathenS. Casey🇺🇦🌟 (@MightyCasey) July 24, 2013 Quinlan was an outspoken advocate for better healthcare. She advocated for: more patient involvement in care decisions, improved access to data, better privacy protection, more accountability from providers/payers/employers, medication affordability, and more patient-led innovation. Quinlan never minced words and was almost always spot-on in her assessment of the situation. I will never forget sitting beside her in breakout sessions and hearing her both heckle the presenter...
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