Keynotes

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Long COVID: Enabled by Social Media, Patients Define an Urgent New Need

Dave deBronkart 10:00 - 10:50 AM CT Join June 8 at 10:00 AM

OVERVIEW

"Citizen scientist" patient groups have been known since the dawn of the Web, but never has there been as potent and urgent an example as the "Long COVID" community that arose in desperation last year: COVID-19 patients who never get better. Their ability to connect, convene, document their symptoms and crowdsource their data led within months to acceptance by establishment medicine - the CDC, NIH and more.

These are "superpatients" - a term coined in 2019 by our speaker "e-Patient Dave." They're patients who extend science when medicine's not getting the job done. Long COVID patients are the most spectacular example, and the first to rapidly gain scientific recognition. In this session we'll learn the history of these super-engaged patients and examine exactly how social media is enabling their achievement - and what health care can learn from it.

Speaker

Dave deBronkart / "e-Patient Dave"
Founding co-chair, HL7® Patient Empowerment Workgroup
Moderator, FHIR® DevDays Patient Innovator Track
BMJ Patient Advisory Panel inaugural member, 2014-2020
OpenNotes Advisory Board
Co-founder and Chair Emeritus, Society for Participatory Medicine


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How Stress, Burnout and Fatigue Impacts Performance

Bobbie Rae Nicole Strummond10:00 - 10:50 AM CTJoin June 10 at 10:00 AM

OVERVIEW

At this keynote, Bobbie will discuss the overarching theme of how to identify, prevent, and mitigate burnout. The talk will specifically address the well-being of health care providers and the influence burnout has on patient safety. Though the concept of burnout is not new, the Covid Pandemic has raised national interest and awareness of the health care provider’s mental health and wellness. There is growing evidence that health care workers are exposed to unique organizational, occupational, and environmental stressors that require a more systematic approach for mitigation and prevention. Taking a systematic approach, how can strategies in health care social medical and digital marketing not only raise awareness but contribute to tackling it?

Speaker

Bobbie Nicole Ray-Sannerud, Psy.D (Dr.Psychol)
Program Director, Precision Medicine
Group Technology & Research (GTR)