Ken Long - What Healthwise is doing in the US

When people talk about the problems facing Indian healthcare, the primary focus is on the shortage of doctors, and how we

need to invest more money in training new ones. While opening medical colleges is rather profitable for politicians (which is

why they do this all the time), this does not address the underlying issue. More doctors just create more demand for medical

services, and much of this medical care is unproven, unnecessary and expensive! Too many doctors often leads to overtesting

and overtreatment -- and not always to better medical care !

Our initiative, Health Education Library for People (HELP), has adopted an innovative approach. Conceived over ten years ago,

it's India's first patient education library. Our website, www.healthlibrary.com, focuses on empowering patients with

information. As time progressed though, we realized that this was not sufficient. The entire ecosystem needs an overhaul to

fix the underlying issues that plague healthcare in India.

The video is the talk given by Mr.Ken Long, Vice President, International Operations, Healthwise, USA, What Healthwise is doing in the US to promote InformationTherapy--what we've learned so far.

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