The Mortal and the Machine
Sylvie LeotinOn the ache of being mortal inside systems that cannot see what it means to be human—and the hope of building systems that preserve the human spirit. Written by a dancer, engineer, innovator, healthcare scholar, humanist, and cancer survivor.
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The Ache and Wonder of Living With Machines
You’ve felt it, even if you didn’t have a name for it.
The medical system that scans your body in extraordinary detail but dismisses you when you say something is wrong. The insurance company that denies the treatment your doctor says you...
What Clinical Metrics Miss About Patient Safety and Equity
From a hospital bed with a serious illness, I witnessed what healthcare metrics often overlook. As a cancer survivor and systems design expert, I began to notice how well-meaning systems can quietly fail—unseen errors, overlooked risks, and...
Why Does Healthcare Feel Like an Obstacle Course for Patients
Welcome to the inaugural post of “Ask the Patient.” As a cancer survivor who has experienced medical gaslighting, medical bias, negligent procedures, medical errors, unnecessary surgeries, and various other challenges at one of the nation's...
Seven Strategies to Fix Health Communication—From Patient Experience Research
During my cancer journey, I experienced a series of devastating communication breakdowns that led to misdiagnoses, treatment delays, unnecessary surgeries, and a great deal of preventable suffering. When I shared what happened during a trau...
What Patient Experience Reveals About Healthcare's Tech-Human Divide
I learned about my cancer diagnosis through an email from a leading cancer center. This moment, following twelve consecutive core biopsies and a brutally negligent procedure, highlighted everything that is wrong with modern medicine. As a t...
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Dancer, technologist, innovator, scholar, humanist, and cancer survivor. Exploring what technology, medicine, and a world increasingly shaped by machines fail to see about human beings—and how we might build systems that preserve the human spirit.
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