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    A Smarter, More Precise Way to Think about Public Health

    A Smarter, More Precise Way to Think about Public Health

    Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant mortality rates all over the world. The goal: to save lives by bringing the right interventions to the right populations at the right time.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Biology
    Keywords:
    Medicial informatics Big data Public health
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    The Taboo Secret to Better Health

    The Taboo Secret to Better Health

    Our poop and pee have superpowers, but for the most part we don't harness them. Molly Winter faces down our squeamishness and asks us to see what goes down the toilet as a resource, one that can help fight climate change, spur innovation and even save us money.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Recycling (Waste etc.) Excretion
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    How To Do More With Less in Healthcare

    How To Do More With Less in Healthcare

    As medicine advances, so does the complexity and price of healthcare. For inspiration on ways to keep healthcare affordable, Jan Denecker shares three simple, yet effective innovations from the developing world, where constraints on resources have caused the healthcare industry to adopt a mentality of doing more with less.

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Medical care Health services administration
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    There's No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health

    There's No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health

    When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak -- it makes us human."

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Mental health
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    Talk About Your Death While You're Still Healthy

    Talk About Your Death While You're Still Healthy

    Do you know what you want when you die? Do you know how you want to be remembered? In a candid, heartfelt talk about a subject most of us would rather not discuss, Michelle Knox asks each of us to reflect on our core values around death and share them with our loved ones, so they can make informed decisions without fear of having failed to honor our legacies. "Life would be a lot easier to live if we talked about death now," Knox says. "We need to discuss these issues when we are fit and healthy so we can take the emotion out of it -- and then we can learn not just what is important, but why it's important."

    Keywords:
    Death
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    What If We Paid Doctors To Keep People Healthy?

    What If We Paid Doctors To Keep People Healthy?

    What if we incentivized doctors to keep us healthy instead of paying them only when we're already sick? Matthias Müllenbeck explains how this radical shift from a sick care system to a true health care system could save us from unnecessary costs and risky procedures -- and keep us healthier for longer.

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services and Public Health
    Keywords:
    Medical care Medical economics Medical care Cost of
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    Healthcare's Compassion Crisis

    Healthcare's Compassion Crisis

    Stephen Trzeciak was at the top of his game as a research scientist until an unexpected question from his 12-year-old son transformed his life's work. "What is the most pressing problem of our time? Do we really know? And what would happen if we actually did?" In this talk, Trzeciak discusses the erosion of compassion in healthcare, and proposes a new methodology: "compassionomics."

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Nursing
    Keywords:
    Medical care Patient medical personnel Compassion
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    Video
     
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    What Americans Agree on When It Comes to Health

    What Americans Agree on When It Comes to Health

    We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

    Subjects:
    Public Heath and Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Medical care Social medicine
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    Video
     
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    How Nurses Can Help Drive Healthcare Innovation

    How Nurses Can Help Drive Healthcare Innovation

    Ever since Florence Nightingale revolutionized healthcare during the Crimean War by pointing out that infection was killing as many soldiers as bullets, nurses have pushed the envelope of medical practice. But why, asks nurse entrepreneur Rebecca Love, are they rarely involved in the design of healthcare products and workflows? In this passionate talk, she shows why the collective wisdom of nurses, the frontline of medical practice, needs to be incorporated into every stage of healthcare design.

    Subjects:
    Nursing and Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Nursing Medical instruments apparatus -- Design construction
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    A Grassroots Healthcare Revolution in Africa

    A Grassroots Healthcare Revolution in Africa

    Half the world's population doesn't have access to basic health care. The answer to bridging this divide lies in pharmacies, which Boris A. Hesser believes can be developed into bonafide centers of community care. In this forward-thinking talk, Hesser explains how he and his team are working to bring affordable health care to everyone, everywhere.

    Subjects:
    Management of Health Care Services
    Keywords:
    Medical care Community health services
    Resource Type:
    Video