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How technology can empower patients, including 4 diagnostic tools for your iPhone

Posted By Brooke Borel
April 11, 2013 at 11:49 am EDT

Eric Dishman is used to thinking about how technology can transform the world of health care. As an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health Strategy & Solutions Group, his job is all about finding innovative new approaches to healthcare. And he’s no stranger to talking about them. At TEDMED 2009, in the […]

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Bridging the gulf in mental health care: Vikram Patel at TEDGlobal2012

Posted By Ben Lillie
June 27, 2012 at 11:57 am EDT

A vast gulf in care Vikram Patel asks us to imagine two men who live in the same town. They have the same education, the same jobs, and everything else the same. Both present at a hospital with chest pains — but one is treated and one is not. Why? The second one has a […]