In other industries, value is defined by the ultimate stakeholder - the one who benefits, or not, from the service. We should do the same in medicine. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
In my book, 'Let Patients Help,' one chapter is titled 'Let patients vote on what's worth the cost.' That's sensible, right? In other industries, consumer preference is a key determinant in prices. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
Think about the possibility: why is it that iPhones and iPads advance far faster than the health tools that are available to you to… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
I am here on behalf of all the patients that I have ever met, all the ones I haven't met. This is about letting… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
In other industries, value is defined by the ultimate stakeholder - the one who benefits, or not, from the service. We should do the… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
In my book, 'Let Patients Help,' one chapter is titled 'Let patients vote on what's worth the cost.' That's sensible, right? In other industries,… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
As I've met clinicians in my travels, time after time I've been inspired to hear why people went into medicine: to apply their way-above-average… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
Careful writing is important for many reasons, not least that intelligent but hurried reporters will trust the presser, resulting in a cascade of secondary… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
I've been online long enough to know if I don't like the first results I get, I go look for more. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
Please, let patients help improve healthcare. Let patients help steer our decisions, strategic and practical. Let patients help define what value in medicine is. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
Ever tried to get sleep in a hospital? Ever wonder if anyone even taught them what care is? Some hospitals are great, but some… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
I'm an e-patient: equipped, enabled, empowered, engaged. I'm no clinician, but I do everything in my power to help them, to play an active… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
Diagnosed incidentally with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, I had bone metastases in my femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium;… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share
