Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data

http://www.ted.com 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.

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[Joven Christopher]

Oh, a talk that isn't an absolute waste of time. Joy.

[SEThatered]

Totally agree with this guy. And it's valid not only for medicine, but for many others as well. It doesn't take that much time to make it understandable.

[Rob Del Vecchio]

The speaker's arrogance is a big turn-off. You're not going to sway your audience by riding a high horse and screaming "God forbid doctors print things in color LOL". Yes, it feels good in the moment, but you won't inspire people that way.

[geezeweezebabypls]

All thse info slips are given only to satisfy the LAW system or companies not being sued!! not to educate patients. so this will be not implemented very soon.

[KaylinJH]

you are sitting around watching youtube videos.... you have time to spare

[Baden1]

This makes good sense.

A good read is "The End of Illness:

by David Agus. A must read!

[Tom Bouthillet]

You took a very good talk and blew it with your comment about doctors not understanding lab values. You came across like a righteous policy wonk. News flash: you don't have all the answers bud. A color coded lab values page isn't new. I get one at my annual physical every year.

[baseemahAli]

brillant!!

[John Worth]

superb. people are capable, they can be trusted to understand their data. just design it so they can read it.

[Bhagat Singh]

One word- Ayurveda. This talk becomes redundant.

[Trishan Panch]

This is painfully basic.