The Invisible Stakeholder:
Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief

January 6, 2010 · Filed Under Why PM, policy issues, reforming hc, trends & principles · 32 Comments

The following is the proposal I submitted Tuesday, to speak at O’Reilly / TechWeb’s Government 2.0 Expo, May 25–27 in Washington.
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The Invisible Stakeholder:
Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief

“These are exciting and very promising times for the widespread application of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, while also reducing costs, but there is much yet to do, and in my comments I want to note especially the importance of the resource that is most often under-utilized in our information systems – our patients.”
– Charles Safran MD, testimony to the House Ways & Means subcommittee on health [Emphasis added]

Quite current, yes? No: Dr. Safran said those words in June 2004.¹ And not much has changed.
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