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Why nurses are key to medical innovation

Nurses represent the front line of health care -- from first breaths to last moments, and everything in between. But there's a vital place nurses are missing in action, says Ben Gran. He makes a compelling case for integrating their invaluable insights and experience into health tech innovation to help make care (and the process of providing it) better for generations to come.

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Nurses represent the front line of health care -- from first breaths to last moments, and everything in between. But there's a vital place nurses are missing in action, says Ben Gran. He makes a compelling case for integrating their invaluable insights and experience into health tech innovation to help make care (and the process of providing it) better for generations to come.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxOulu, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

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Ben Gran believes nurses' experience and knowledge can be used outside of hospital settings to achieve a better health care system.

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