The Health 2.0 Conference Photo Essay

By: Brian Dolan | Apr 23, 2009        

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Jay Parkinson and Danny Sands

Cisco exec and ePatient Dave’s doctor Danny Sands (far right) compares physicians to quarter backs and patients to footballs: Doctors need to keep their eye on the ball — patients need to be the focus, he explained. ePatient Dave later joked he was proud to be one of Dr. Sands’ balls. Seriously.

American Well’s Roy Schoenburg (far left), HelloHealth’s Jay Parkinson (second from left) and Mass General Stoeckle Institute’s Susan Edgman-Levitan (second from right) listen in as Sands crafts his ill-fated metaphor. (To be fair, he later retracted it.)

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  • http://e-patients.net e-Patient Dave

    Thank you so much for including the qualifier that prefaced my impromptu thought! Kudos: you’re the only observer I’ve seen who told it accurately!

  • http://mobihealthnews.com Brian Dolan

    Our first celebrity commenter! Thanks, e-Patient Dave. We do strive for accuracy in our reporting. Enjoyed your quip at Dr. Sands’ expense. Keep it up, sir.

    -Brian

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