It has been a busy couple of days at Health 2.0, but we’ve come to an end and I have a lot of summarizing to do! Look for reflections and inspirations taken directly from the conference over the next few weeks.
Let’s begin the reflecting and inspiring with Dave deBronkhart or as he is better known to the world—e-Patient Dave. Dave beat stage IV (!) kidney cancer in 2007 and since has told his story near and far, testified in the capitol on behalf of patients’ data rights, and had quite an interesting experience transferring his health records into Google Health (it was entirely the fault of the hospital, not Google).
Dave replied to a comment today on his blog and said something so profoundly simple and perfect about healthcare, I just had to share.
Someone asked, referring to the healthcare debate and access to care, “How do we move this forward?”
Dave replied, “I think a first step is to have a clear vision of current reality. If we become aware of the human impact and suffering that comes from our situation, we'll be better empowered to use our creative energies.”
The more we share our stories of healthcare (good and bad), the more the human impact will overcome the naysayers who want everything to remain the same. And if you need some evidence of just how truthful this all is, check out Dave’s post from today: To Have, And Have Not, part 2
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
And that’s a wrap.
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Keith Olberman made this case very powerfully in an hour long commentary last evening, in which he recounts his recent hospitalization of his father and his exposure to our healthcare system - you can see the first part of it at http://www.wikio.com/video/1788220
Thanks Dr. Geoff! And nice work again at Health 2.0! You guys were stars.
Will definitely check out Olberman's piece. I watch him at the gym almost every night, but obviously missed this one yesterday...cheers!
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