American - Writer | -
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
ServiceValueMedicineSameBenefits
Please, let patients help improve healthcare. Let patients help steer our decisions, strategic and practical. Let patients help define what value in medicine is.
ValueMedicineDecisionsHelpDefine
I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.
PartnerViewNewPatientAdvocate
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 role in my own care, and even in the design of care.
PowerCareDesignHelpPlayMy Own
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 minds (and hearts) to work that's beyond most people's capacity, and perhaps save a few lives.
WorkTimePeopleMedicineWhyMinds
I've been online since 1989; I was sysop on several CompuServe forums.
BeenOnlineSinceSeveral
I want to be clear: not all patient communities are great, any more than online communities of any sort. But when a good one gets going, boy is it sweet.
GoodGreatSweetWantBoyMore
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Dave deBronkart quotes