Dave deBronkart
Dave deBronkart, known on the internet as e-Patient Dave, is the author of the highly rated Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook and one of the world's leading advocates for patient engagement. After beating stage IV kidney cancer in 2007 he became a blogger, health policy advisor and international keynote speaker. An accomplished speaker in his professional life before cancer, he is today the best-known spokesman for the patient engagement movement, attending over 200 conferences and policy meetings internationally in the past two years, including testifying in Washington for patient access to the medical record under Meaningful Use.
A co-founder and current co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine, e-Patient Dave has appeared in Time, U.S. News, USA Today, Wired, MIT Technology Review, and the HealthLeaders cover story "Patient of the Future." His writings have been published in the British Medical Journal, the Society for General Internal Medicine Forum, iHealthBeat, and the conference journal of the American Society for Clinical Oncology. In 2009 HealthLeaders named him and his doctor to their annual list of "20 People Who Make Healthcare Better," and he's appeared on the cover of Healthcare IT News and the Australian GP magazine Good Practice.
Dave's TED Talk Let Patients Help went viral, for years was in the top half of the most viewed TED Talks of all time, and has over a half million views; volunteers have added subtitles in 26 languages, indicating the global appeal of his message. In 2012 the National Library of Medicine announced that it's capturing his blog in its History of Medicine Division.
Dave deBronkart, known on the internet as e-Patient Dave, is the author of the highly rated Let Patients Help: A Patient Engagement Handbook and one of the world's leading advocates for patient engagement. After beating stage IV kidney cancer in 2007 he became a blogger, health policy advisor and international keynote speaker. An accomplished speaker in his professional life before cancer, he is today the best-known spokesman for the patient engagement movement, attending over 200 conferences and policy meetings internationally in the past two years, including testifying in Washington for patient access to the medical record under Meaningful Use.
A co-founder and current co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine, e-Patient Dave has appeared in Time, U.S. News, USA Today, Wired, MIT Technology Review, and the HealthLeaders cover story "Patient of the Future." His writings have been published in the British Medical Journal, the Society for General Internal Medicine Forum, iHealthBeat, and the conference journal of the American Society for Clinical Oncology. In 2009 HealthLeaders named him and his doctor to their annual list of "20 People Who Make Healthcare Better," and he's appeared on the cover of Healthcare IT News and the Australian GP magazine Good Practice.
Dave's TED Talk Let Patients Help went viral, for years was in the top half of the most viewed TED Talks of all time, and has over a half million views; volunteers have added subtitles in 26 languages, indicating the global appeal of his message. In 2012 the National Library of Medicine announced that it's capturing his blog in its History of Medicine Division.
Laugh, Sing and Eat Like a Pig
A program based on Dave's book of the same name revealing how an Empowered Patient Beat Stage IV Cancer (and what healthcare can learn from it). Motivational and Inspirational.
Health IT and Meaningful Use
A discussion about opening health care information directly to patients on an unprecedented level, thus creating a new dynamic in how information is delivered, accessed and used by the patient. This is revolutionizing the relationship between patient and health care providers, which in turn will impact insurance, careers/jobs, quality of life and the distribution of finances across the entire spectrum of health care.
Let Patients Help Healthcare
Based on the book of the same name. Discussion about patient empowerment and patient engagement.
Patient Experience, Empowerment, Engagement: a business leader's view
A futurist looks at AI in healthcare
Inspirational / motivational
