ePatient conference: Ten most memorable quotes and stats (Day 2)

Another set of fantastic quotes from the floor of the ePatient conference. Read the best of Day 1 here.

1. “The idea that I can pretend I know everything is just wrong. There is huge power in being willing to say I don’t know. Let’s look it up together.” - Danny Sands, MD, on how medicine needs to open up to empowered patients


2. "“I wanted to understand the literature as well or better than any physician I would go to see” - Craig Lipset, Pfizer, on his own experience as an ePatient


3. "...And expect the patients, now informed and comprehending,
   To sit idly by awaiting your instructions?" - part of a poem delivered by patient advocated Regina Holliday


4. "Health activists are the top 10% of epatients, reaching 15,000 patients on average." - Jack Barrette, with WEGO (Cool quote but I'm a little dubious of his overall POV - one of his slides showed the "1% Rule" - data date: 2006. Forrester has updated that to almost 25%)


5. “Our generation of physicians was never satisfied not communicating well with people. These tools give people choices and an ability to be there with patients.” - Ted Eytan, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente, on why better tools make practicing medicine more fulfilling


6. “Because of this site, now I know what my doctor is talking about”- Jeanne Barnett, CysticFibrosis.com on what community members say to one another


7. "Are we expecting them to broadcast that they like their herpes medicine … and then someone to comment back?" - Jonathan Richman, Dose of Digital Blog, Bridge Worldwide, on the limits of what pharma can really expect from social sharing


8. “I’m not in the business of changing systems; I’m in the business of helping people use the system as it is.” - Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent, on what it takes to navigate the healthcare system today


9. “It would be nice to talk about sex and stuff with a doctor who hasn’t known me since I was seven years old” - one simple, but really powerful line, from Novartis' Becoming Christopher film


10. "Instead of trying to tell an entire story in one commercial – what about a series of three?"- Jonathan Mayberry, author of Patient Zero, on how to make better connections in advertising