I think doctors are tired: tired of the system, of the endless red tape, etc. that keeps them from the practice of medicine……. that keeps them from focussing on their patients’ care.

If we manage to change the system so that patient care is their primary focus, so that their administrative time and expense is not in excess of their actual patient time – we will improve the system dramatically.

For those doctors who are threatened by knowledgeable patients (such as the acor cohort), I say – get over it! We should all be working together to improve patient care.

I think what you have done is really brilliant because it has a very clear narrative, uses simple language and sentences and succeeds to convey you are talking about a change of energy.

A great way to introduce this concept that disturbs so many (I honestly wonder what’s disturbing about it, but that’s another story).

And having RWJF promote it is a great gift you are making to all of us. Thanks again!

Thanks Gilles for posting and Susannah for the providing the speaker info. And Matthew, we really didn’t want to make you sick. But it’s not easy making eight talking heads look interesting!

unimpressed means you must have some cool ideas of your own. How would you describe patient empowerment and its impact on the system in 2 minutes? There is always room for one additional YouTube video.

By all means, round up more visionary women and bring ‘em to us (and to RWJF, creator of the video). We’re eager to have more people of all stripes pitch in, as Society members and as Journal authors, subscribers, and reviewers.

As one data point, here’s the current editorial team for the Journal of Participatory Medicine.

Society membership levels are described here

The Journal’s registration page is here including checkboxes to volunteer as an author and/or reviewer.

(That has nothing to do with RWJF but I hear clearly that you’re an activist, so go for it: be the change you want to see in the world.)

I don’t know the folks who did this, but from my own experience introducing these concepts to people of all different backgrounds, here’s my impression:

This is a good, clear, accurate and concise quick introduction to the whole idea of data-driven, patient-centered participatory care.

For people like you and me this may be obvious. But in my experience, for many it’s an uncomfortable, questionable idea. And for others it’s a downright disturbing and unacceptable idea. (“Some of them are horrified,” as one voice says.)

“We’re at the very early stages of this revolution,” as the last voice says. That exactly matches my experience.

Unimpressed.