My TEDxHIT talk: Patients are not an empty carriage

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This talk was given at TEDxHIT and it tries to give a new prespective on the doctor patient relationship and the need for a fresh look at that from the medical establishment.

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Uri GorenTEDXHIT

2014

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In testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in 2004

“In our country, patients are the most underutilized resource, and they have the most at stake. They want to be involved and they can be involved. Their participation will lead to better medical outcomes at lower costs with dramatically higher patient/customer satisfaction”

http://vimeo.com/84443951

Jana Beck, https://github.com/jebeck

“Patients can improve healthcare: it’s time to take partnership seriously”"LET THE PATIENT REVOLUTION BEGIN”BMJ 2013;346:F2614