Ever tried to get sleep in a hospital? Ever wonder if anyone even taught them what care is? Some hospitals are great, but some sure aren’t. Dave deBronkart Read Quote
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, consumer preference is a key determinant in prices. Dave deBronkart Read Quote
Too often, hospital staff are incented by management to get work done without worrying about care, and clinicians are too often not even trained to think about care. Dave deBronkart Read Quote
Me being me, I put the numbers from my hospital’s website from my tumor sizes into a spreadsheet. Dave deBronkart Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Where does my body end and an invader start? And cancer, a tumor, is something you grow out of your own tissue. How does that happen? Where does medical ability end and start? Dave deBronkart Read Quote
Think about the possibility: why is it that iPhones and iPads advance far faster than the health tools that are available to you to help take care of your family? Dave deBronkart Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Dave deBronkart Read Quote
