
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.)


April 27th, 2009 at 9:56 am
[...] pre-meeting: AHRQ: Older doctors stifling innovation (an item also covered by Denise Silber). And a picture overview (does the title (’Photo Essay’) indicate a real lack of words so [...]
April 27th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
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!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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
April 28th, 2009 at 9:59 am
[...] Even though it’s not Friday, this photograph was taken on Friday. It is courtesy of Linda Davis, who responded to my tweet asking if anyone had documented the most impactful moment I experienced at Health 2.0 meets Information Therapy in Boston. In addition, there was a photo in this series of panelists Peter Neupert, Roni Zieger, and myself, listening to Dave from the balcony. [...]
May 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
[...] MobiHealthNews photo essay [...]