Two-time Cancer Survivor's 10 Tips for the Healthcare System

Much has changed over the last 20 years for people with cancer. Pat Elliott describes how far things have come for patients while also shedding light on how more improvements are still necessary. With Pat?s permission, I am excerpting an email she shared with Brad Tritle who is one of my co-editors on the upcoming HIMSS book ?Engage! Transforming Health Care Through Digital Patient Engagement?. The following is a brief profile of Pat:

• Professional background: Journalism, Marketing and PR Management for hospital systems, a global enterprise level EMR firm and global tech firms including Intel and HP.
• Personal: Two time cancer survivor. Breast cancer as a young adult, in full remission. Now living with a rare, chronic form of leukemia (CML) diagnosed three years ago.
• Online bio:?http://www.empowher.com/users/pat-elliott?and?http://www.cmleukemia.com/pat-elliott.html

In her email, she outlined the dramatic improvements she?s experienced with her recent experience. It?s striking that virtually all of the improvements have come from sources outside the healthcare systems. Astute healthcare leaders recognize that the next wave of improvements can and should come from the healthcare providers themselves. Those leaders will gain a major advantage if they adapt (see Xboxification of Healthcare?and Healthcare?s Age of Agility?for ideas on fostering innovation). Here?s how Pat describes the differences (most good, a few not so great)?

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Source: http://bighealthreport.com/6523/two-time-cancer-survivors-10-tips-for-the-healthcare-system/

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