2012 Keynote Speaker Highlight

"Let Patients Help: How the e-Patient Movement is Transforming Healthcare"

Advocate and activist “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart, the leading spokesperson for the e-Patient movement, uses his personal health journey to inform and motivate others on how engaged and empowered patients can radically change healthcare.

Dave deBronkart,
Founder e-Patient Dave/Patient Advocate

Dave deBronkart, known online as "e-Patient Dave," is the leading spokesperson for the e-Patient movement-Empowered, Engaged, Equipped, Enabled. A high tech executive and online community leader for many years, he was diagnosed in 2007 with Stage IV kidney cancer, with median survival 24 weeks. He used the internet every way possible to partner with his care team; today he is well. His first book on healthcare is "Laugh, Sing and Eat Like a Pig."

“Fasten Your Seatbelts: Managing the Velocity of Change in Healthcare”

Ian Morrison,
Futurist; Author, The Second Curve: Managing the Velocity of Change and Healthcare in the New Millennium

Ian Morrison is an internationally known author, consultant, and futurist specializing in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on health care and the changing business environment. He combines research and consulting skills with an incisive Scottish wit to help public and private organizations plan their longer-term future.

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