Name: It's time to redesign medical data
Uploaded: 2011-01-25T15:58:07Z
Duration: 16 min 16 s
Description: Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it.

Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it.

Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data

It's time to redesign medical data

Unveiling the power of patient engagement, it's highlighted that personal health decisions, not fear, drive behavior change.

Lab tests, a goldmine of health insight, are lost in translation. A redesign could turn data into actionable health decisions.

A call to action for patients: Ask for results, understand them, explore options, and decide 'what's next' for empowered health.