The baby boomer surge is forcing society to face decisions about costs - and particularly what is valuable. It's senseless for clinicians and governments to bear these choices alone; a sad effect of needless paternalism is that it places a… — 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
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 Image
The most underutilized resource in all of health care is the patient. — Dave deBronkart Copy Share Image
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 Image
