“e-Patient Dave” deBronkart Twitter: @ePatientDave facebook.com/ePatientDave LinkedIn.com/in/ePatientDave [email protected] What e-Patients Want and Why They Need to Be Empowered
“e-Patient Dave” deBronkart Twitter: @ePatientDave facebook.com/ePatientDave LinkedIn.com/in/ePatientDave [email protected]
What e-Patients Want and Why They Need
to Be Empowered
You can tell a lot about a futurist
by how their predictions pan out
Lesson 2, from 40 years in business:
Empowerment “Increasing the capacity !of individuals or groups"
to make choices [about what they want]"
and to transform those choices !into desired actions & outcomes”!
World Bank, 2002!
People perform better when they’re
informed better.
Lesson 3, obvious in every industry but healthcare
How can it be
that the most useful and relevant and
up-to-the-minute information
can exist outside of traditional channels?
How a kidney cancer wife found the info she needed • No insurance;
no treatment. Then:
• Three bad hospitals; no help. Then:
• A friend said “I know a guy... on Twitter”
“Data Liberación!”
Todd Park Innovator Entrepreneur HHS Chief Technical Officer US Chief Technical Officer
Federal government gets on board
AliveCor: iPhone EKG 12/3/12: “FDA clears iPhone heart monitor, doctors can pre-order” Feb 2014: OTC
The IOM says e-patients are an essential part of tomorrow’s healthcare.
Patient-Clinician Partnerships Engaged, empowered patients— A learning health care system is anchored on patient needs and perspectives and promotes the inclusion of patients, families, and other caregivers as vital members of the continuously learning care team.
Withings
Withings Wi-Fi scale
Fitness wristband & heart band
YMCA Diabetes Prevention Class (food training & physical activity)
MyFitnessPal diet tracking app
Strong spousal support
My doctors can’t see this in their computers!
Half of everyone who’s ever been 65 is alive today
Population today: ~7.0 billion End of World War II: ~2.3 billion