One of the most stubborn barriers to patient empowerment is the cultural assumption that since the way professionals learned was hard, you must need to be really smart, and you need to be taught in a carefully thought out, methodical… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
Value in medicine depends on information - as I said in 'Let Patients Help,' 'People perform better when they're informed better.' It follows that to make patients and families more effective in care, they need to know more. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
I've been online since 1989; I was sysop on several CompuServe forums. — 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 Image
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 Image
I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
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 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,… — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
