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speaking75x113Dave deBronkart is an accomplished international speaker on responding to challenges with optimism and resourcefulness. He earns top ratings by understanding each audience to deliver the host’s unique objective. More⇒

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book75x113Author of books and numerous articles in journals and magazines, Dave writes as a patient who got great care, an activist for the role of patients, and a voice of the patient’s perspective in the future of care. More⇒

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pondering75x113A cancer survivor and former high tech marketer, Dave serves on the BMJ patient advisory panel, was Mayo’s 2015 Visiting Professor in Internal Medicine, and advises on branding and product from the patient perspective. More⇒

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"Cracking the Code: The Real Cost of Health Care"

Do you understand your health costs? NOLA journalists dig in hard

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Regular readers know I’ve long been crusading for price transparency (I call it “visible prices”), so we can spend more wisely on our families’ care and so we can reward innovators who offer quality services at a better price.

That’s the norm in every other industry, but it hasn’t been in healthcare. A new series by investigative reporter Lee Zurik on New Orleans station WVUE, and another by Times-Picayune reporter Jed Lipinsky, are digging into the how and why, and crowdsourcing real-world price information. I appear in Lee’s first episode. Read on ⇒

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Highly rated international speaker and author “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart delivers custom keynote addresses tailored to the needs of your audience. See videos of past speeches, testimonials, and contact information.

Delivering the opening keynote at Medicine 2.0, Toronto, September 2009
Delivering the opening keynote at Medicine 2.0, Toronto, September 2009. Photo: Gunther Eysenbach, Creative Commons BY-SA

Recent additions (details below)

  • January 18: added Feb 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14 tentative Dec. 6
  • December 3: added 1/24
  • November 15: added 11/20

Winter 2019

  • January 24, York, PA:  WPN LIFT Collaborative Meeting. Keynote.
  • January 31, UMC Gröningen, Netherlands: All About Data. Closing keynote.
  • February 1-2, Switzerland: Private meetings
  • February 5, Vienna: DIA Europe 2019. Opening Keynote.
  • February 7, Budapest: Consulting and social media work day with Medical Futurist Dr Bertalan Mesko.
  • February 10, Ft. Lauderdale:  Pri-Med Annual Conference South.  Keynote with Dr. Danny Sands.
  • February 11-14, Orlando: HIMSS Interoperability Showcase.
    • Feb. 13, 9:45am – 10:15am HL7 booth 4849. Speaker.
    • Feb. 14, 11:10am HL7 booth 4849.  Speaker.
  • March 6 (approx), Europe: tentative

Spring 2019

  • May 3, Houston: Pri-Med Annual Conference Southwest.  Keynote with Dr. Danny Sands.
  • May 22, Boston: 2019 Azara User Conference. Keynote.

Fall 2019

  • December 6, Northeast: tentative.

Past events

Earlier events, 2008-2013, are on the past events archive page.

Past Events – 2014

  • Jan. 15, San Antonio: A2E Annual Conference. Keynote.
  • Jan. 16, Virtual Conference: Heartland Kidney Network. Speaker.
  • Jan. 20: London. British Medical Journal Partnering with Patients project. Patient Advisor.
  • Jan. 27, Kansas City, MO: Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute: PCORI Decision Aid project meeting. Participant.
  • Feb. 13-14, D.C.: National Quality Forum Annual Conference. Participant.
  • Feb. 19, D.C: The Brookings Institution.Panelist.
  • Feb 22, Modesto: Cardiac Symposium – Cardiovascular Update for the Practitioner. Keynote.
  • Feb. 23-25, Orlando: HIMSS 14
    • 2/23: Consumer and Patient Engagement Symposium. Keynote and closing remarks.
    • 2/24: Interoperability Showcase. Opening speech (30 min).
    • 2/24: Orion Health “Lunch & Learn” – room 321B.
  • Feb. 27-28, Canada: Quality Forum 2014: Inspire. Collaborate. Act, BC Patient Safety & Quality Council. Keynote.
  • March 6-9, New Orleans: American Medical Student Association National Convention.Keynote.
  • March 14, Massachusetts: DF/HCC Kidney Cancer Survivor Symposium. Attendee.
  • March 17, Philadelphia: Wharton School of Business. MBA lecture on eHealth, in John Glaser’s class.
  • March 20, Webinar: Krames StayWell. Speaker.
  • March 28-30, Fort Worth: High Reliability Organizations. Panelist.
  • April 4, D.C.: National Board of Medical Examiners, 100th Annual Meeting. Keynote.
  • April 7-8, D.C.: National Quality Forum: Person Centered Care Outcome Measures. Participant.
  • April 10-11, Virginia: 2014 VHREF Spring Conference. Keynote.
  • April 17-18, Philadelphia: National Board of Medical Examiners task force meeting on Patient-Centered Assessment. Participant.
  • April 26-27, Santa Monica: Dignity Health, private event. Keynote.
  • May 1-2, San Francisco: Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit by Vendome Healthcare Media. Keynote.
  • May 14, Cambridge, MA (Harvard Faculty Club): Health Policy Seminar for Hematologists. Guest speaker.
  • May 15-18, San Francisco: Conference for Global Transformation. Participant.
  • May 19, Phoenix: Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association Care Improvement Symposium. Keynote.
  • May 28, Dartmouth: New event! TDI Seminar Series at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. Academic seminar: presentation followed by debate and discussion.
  • June 2-4, Mississippi: University of Mississippi Medical Center. Speaking.
  • June 5, Point Clear, AL: 
    Mississippi Health Association    . Keynote.
  • June 7-14, Switzerland: IKF’s annual Swiss tour. Multiple keynotes and private meetings; launch of the German edition of “Let Patients Help.” 
  • June 17-18, Nashville: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Keynote.
  • June 20, Elkhart Lake, WI: Wisconsin Hospital Association Rural Health Conference.Keynote.
  • June 24, Iowa: Telligen (Iowa REC and Quality Improvement Organization). Keynote.
  • June 26-27, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice.Speaker.
  • July 7-8, Victoria, British Columbia: Vancouver Island Health. Keynote and Board Workshop.
  • July 13-19, Boothbay Harbor, Maine: vacation and talk on July 17: Boothbay Health & Wellness Foundation “Third Thursday” forum. Guest speaker.
  • July 23, Providence, R.I.: Patient Centered Medical Home conference, sponsored by NCQA and Rhode Island Quality Institute. Keynote.
  • August 11-14, Melbourne, Australia:
    • August 11: Participatory Health Conference 2014. Keynote and discussion panel.
    • August 12: Health Informatics Conference. Keynote, with Dr. Danny Sands
  • August 25-26, Stockholm: Digital Health Days. Keynote.
  • August 27, Stockholm: Let Patients Help! – in healthcare and research” – half day workshop with researchers at Karolinska Institutet. Sold out – see event details on EventBrite page.
  • September 3-4, Washington: National Integration Academy Council meeting (project of AHRQ).
  • September 9, Burlington, Vermont: Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) Summit. Keynote.
  • September 17, Nashville: HIMSS Summit of the Southeast. Keynote and workshop!
  • September 18, Europe: special event – to be announced
  • September 24, Seattle, WA: Seattle Rotary. Speaker – largest Rotary Club in the world.
  • September 25, Billings MT: Montana Hospital Association Annual Meeting. Keynote.
  • September 27: ESMO european cancer conference – session co-leader.
  • October 9, Arkansas: Arkansas Hospital Association Annual Meeting. Keynote.
  • October 15, Philippines (via video): The 2014 Bernardino Agustin Lecture, Philippine Society of Medical Oncology
  • October 18, DC: American Academy of Nursing Annual Conference. Panel.
  • October 20, DC: Community Health Workers: Getting The Job Done in Healthcare Delivery. Workshop conducted by NEHI.
  • October 21-23: Mayo Clinical Center for Social Media Summit. Participant.
  • October 29, Twitter: #QualityChat tweetchat, with British Columbia Patient Safety & Quality Council (noon Boston time)
  • November 1, Kansas City: Cerner Physician Community Meeting. Keynote.
  • November 2-3, Los Angeles: Healthcare IT Summit produced by The Channel Company. Opening keynote.
  • November 8, Chicago: Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting. Thought Leader session.
  • November 9-11, San Diego: Exponential Medicine (formerly FutureMed). Workshop and speech (with surprise)
  • November 12: Charlotte, NC. North Carolina / South Carolina Rural Hospital Association. Sponsored by the Duke Endowment.
  • November 24, via webcast: Irish Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI). Web chat.
  • December 8 & 9, Providence, RI: Brown University’s Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership. Speaker.
  • December 16-17, Bethesda: National Integration Academy Council (NIAC) meeting (project of AHRQ). Participant.

Past Events – 2015

  • January 7, London: BMJ patient panel meeting
  • January 29, Miami: Private corporate event.
  • February 9, Washington D.C: DNV GL and Sustainia roundtable on the Future of Healthcare in the US. Participant.
  • February 23, Philadelphia: Wharton School of Business. MBA lecture on eHealth, with John Glaser.
  • February 26, Las Vegas: Private event: Keynote.
  • March 6, Vermont: Private event
  • March 9, Orlando: InterSystems Healthcare Leadership Conference. Keynote.
  • March 18-19, Augusta, ME: Maine Quality Counts
    • 18: Healthcare Town Meeting
    • 19: Patient Provider Partnership Learning Session. Keynote.
  • March 19, Boothbay Harbor, ME: Boothbay Region Health Center Community Evening. Speaking, participating
  • March 23-25: Mayo Clinic – Visiting Professorship in Internal Medicine. Announcementhere.
  • March 26 Video Conference: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Lecture.
  • March 29 – April 4, Switzerland: Ufficio del Medico Cantonale – Sanita Elettronica e Oltre, “e-Health & Beyond”. Keynote.
  • April 12-13, Chicago: HIMSS15; InterSystems
    • 12: Private Event: 7:00pm-10:00pm Shedd Aquarium
    • 13: Book Signing: InterSystems booth 961 1:00-3:30pm
  • April 18, Newark: International Kidney Cancer Coalition. Keynote and panelist.
  • April 23, Toronto: Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Panelist.
  • April 30-May 1, DC: GetWell Network. Roundtable.
  • May 7, Toronto:
    • Health Technology Forum: evening chat.
  • May 8, Massachusetts: BIDMC/DF/HCC Kidney Cancer Survivor Symposium. Attendee.
  • May 12-13, Bethesda: National Integration Academy Council (NIAC) meeting (project of AHRQ). Participant.
  • May 15-17, San Francisco: Conference for Global Transformation. Workshop leader.
  • May 27, DC: NEHI Advancing Value in Oncology: Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation.Speaker.
  • May 28, DC: ANA Healthly Nurse Grand Challenge. Participant.
  • June 1, Toronto: eHealth Conference: InterSystems. Speaker & book signing.
  • June 2, New Hampshire: Private event. Speaker.
  • June 4-6, Grantsville, Maryland: Regina Holliday’s “Cinderblocks” event
  • June 7-13, Lucerne, Switzerland: IKF’s annual Swiss tour. Multiple keynotes and private meetings.
  • June 16-17, Chicago: National Healthcare Innovation Summit.  Attending.
  • June 17, London (via web): The King’s Fund, Digital Health Days Congress. Speaker.
  • June 26, Webcast: Rebels At Work, Corporate Rebels United and Change Agent Worldwide,Rebel Jam. Speaker.
  • June 29, London: Private event.
  • July 17, Boston area: Private corporate event
  • July 22, 1 pm ET, web: Phreesia webinar (free registration): Let Patients Help – 45 minutes + 30 minutes Q&A
  • August 13-14 D.C.: RWJF National Leader Summit on Integration of Behavioral Health & Primary Care. Participant.
  • August 30-Sept. 02, Nijmegen, Netherlands:
  • September 10, Lancaster PA: Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, 2015 Patient Safety & Quality Symposium. Keynote.
  • September 11-19, Alaska: multiple events in Anchorage and Soldotna.
  • September 23-27, Palo Alto: Medicine X. Speaker at Medical Education event.
  • October 1, Webinar: Experience Innovation Network. Speaker.
  • October 5, Toronto: Bayshore Healthcare 2015 Leadership Conference. Keynote speaker.
  • October 7, online: HealthSparq webinar. Participant; details TBA.
  • October 12, New York: Medicine X Pop-Up event. Free – join us all!
  • October 20, PA: Private Event. Keynote. 
  • October 28, mid-Atlantic: Private Event. Keynote.
  • October 29, Wallingford, CT: Connecticut Hospital Association 2015 Nurse Leadership Forum.  Keynote.
  • October 29, Boston: Connected Health Symposium. SPM member reception Thursday night.
  • November 5, D.C.: American Psychological Association Presidential Innovation Summit. Closing keynote.
  • November 10, Sacramento:
    • CalOHIII Transforming Healthcare Summit 2015. Keynote.
    • Health 2.0 Sacramento meetup. Featured speaker.
  • November 24, via Skype: @Berci’s meetup in Budapest: Let’s Create Digital Healthcare!Featured speaker.
  • November 30, midwest: Private event.
  • December 2, Texas: Texas Hospital Association. Keynote.
  • December 3, Texas: LaVerne Gallman Distinguished Lectureship in Nursing at University of Texas School of Nursing.
  • December 14, Keene, NH: Antioch University New England. Guest Lecture.

Past Events – 2016

  • January 8, The White House: Dialogue on Men’s Health.  Panel.
  • January 13-15, Palo Alto: diaTribe Foundation. Executive Innovation Lab on Diabetes and Obesity. Participant.
  • February 16, New Jersey (via Web): The College of New Jersey, New Media and Health Communication Course. Guest lecturer.
  • February 17, Raleigh: ProPatient content production.
  • February. 25-27: Private retreat.
  • March 1-2, Alberta: Alberta Health Services, HPSP 2016 Healthcare Providers Conference.  Keynote.
  • March 5, Trento, Italy: IBA Proteus User Meeting. Keynote.
  • March 8, London: The BMJ Awards judging. Cancer Care Team of the Year category.
  • March 14, San Antonio: 2016 Parenteral Drug Association Annual Meeting. Keynote.
  • March 15, Austin: Dell’s Healthcare Think Tank. Panel.
  • March 24:  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Lecture.
  • March 29, Cambridge, MA: New England HIMSS regional meeting. Speaker. Open to the public; discount or free to SPM members.
  • April 1-2, DC: FHIR Code-a-thon. Part of 2016 Health Data Palooza.
  • April 4-7, London: Private event.
  • April 13, Ontario: eHealth Centre of Excellence, Partnerships in eHealth. Keynote.
  • May 1, Cambridge: MIT Hacking Medicine 2016. Judge
  • May 3, Boston: NEHI One Health Care Summit. Featured speakers Eric Dishman and Susannah Fox. Attendee.
  • May 8-10, D.C.: Health Datapalooza. Attendee.
  • May 11, Sacramento: Indian Health Services California Providers’ Best Practices & GPRA Measures Continuing Medical Education. Keynote.
  • May 12, Newport Beach, CA:  Compassionate Care Coalition of California 8th Annual Conference & Summit. “Ignite, Inspire, Innovate.  Taking Palliative Care to the Next Level.” Keynote.
  • May 18-19, SanDiego: Private event.
  • May 19-21, Grantsville, MD: Cinderblocks3. The Partnership with Patient Continues.  Speaker.
  • May 21, Webcast, live from Cinderblocks (above): IKF, Switzerland. Lecture and e-patient interviews.
  • June 2, Vic, Spain: 3rd University of Vic Health Meeting. Speaker.
  • June 3-5, Brussels: European Cancer Patient Coalition. Speaker.
  • June 10, VT:  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Communications & Marketing Team Retreat.Speaker.
  • June 11-14, New Orleans: American Diabetes Association 76th Scientific Sessions. Consultant to diaTribe.
  • June 14, Shanghai, via video: Private event. Speaker.
  • June 22, Boston: Harvard Medical School: Rogue Therapeutics. Closing Keynote.
  • June 26-29, Geneva Switzerland: Nursing Informatics 2016 Congress. Opening keynote – open to the public!
    • June 27: Health Information Technologies for Geriatrics: The Big Picture.Panelist.
  • June 28, Europe: Private event. Keynote.
  • July 14-15, D.C.: Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Steering Committee.  Advisory.
  • July 26, Southeast: Private event. Keynote.
  • August 8, Concord, NH: Foundation for Healthy Communities. Keynote speaker.
  • August 14, San Diego: AADE16 Pre-Diabetes Day (American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting)
    • Brief statement at end of Donna Ryan’s keynote
    • Panelist presenting on e-patient communities, 9:15
  • August 17-19, Orlando: IEEE EBMC ’16. The Quantified Self: Visions for the next decade of persistent physiological monitoring.
    • 8/18, 1:30 pm: panel presentation: “I Barely Survived Cancer and Nobody Knows Why”
    • 8/19, 8 am: session on e-health papers – co-chair
  • August 25, Boothbay Harbor, ME: Boothbay Region Health Center. Speaking, participating
  • September 3, Switzerland: Hirslanden National Academy, private event. Speaker.
  • September 13, Columbus OH: Aultman Hospital. Independent Hospital Network Board Retreat. Speaker.
  • September 20, Bretton Woods, NH:  New Hampshire Hospital Association. Speaker.
  • September 20, 8:30 pm ET: guest on the weekly #HCLDR (Health Care Leaders) Twitter chat! 
  • September 21, Boston: HealthXL Global Gathering: Behavior Change, Chronic Disease Management, Patient Engagement. Speaker.
  • September 25-28, Santa Clara: Health 2.0 10th Annual Conference. Participant in patient awards.
  • September 29, virtual speech, Spain.  Participant.
  • September 30, Newton, MA: 9th Annual Kidney Cancer Symposium. Participant.
  • October 18-19, San Diego: MedCity News. Engage, Innovation in Patient Engagement. Keynote.
  • November 2, Denver: Colorado Hospital Association. Keynote speaker.
  • November 15, Chicago: Private event. Keynote.
  • November 17-18, Amersfoort, NL: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. 50th Conference of the Dutch Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Speaker.
  • November 23, via webcast: University of Southern California. Lecture.
  • November 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday.
  • November 28-29, Chicago: Insight Night at RSNA. Speaker.
  • December 1: Private advisory meeting.
  • December 6-7, Washington D.C.: National Integration Academy Council (NIAC) meeting (project of AHRQ). Participant.
  • December 6, Washington D.C.: Leapfrog Group Annual Meeting. Speaker.
  • December 12, Washington D.C.: RTI PCOR advisory meeting. Participant.

Past events – 2017

    • January 6, Las Vegas: Digital Health Summit at CES: “Confronting the Sleep Epidemic Head-on.” Speaker and panelist.
    • January 9, webcast: Rotman School of Management. Lecture.
    • January 27, Orlando: Society for Simulation in Healthcare – “Patients: The Heart of Simulation” Research Summit. Opening keynote.
    • January 28, Dallas: Commission for Case Manager Certification New World Symposium. Final day’s keynote.
    • January 31, NH: Dartmouth Giesel School of Medicine. Guest lecture.
    • February 19-22, Orlando: HIMSS 2017
      • Monday 2/20 1:00pm: Dell Meetup at the Tweetup, Healthcare Consumerism. Participant.
      • Monday 2/20 4:00pm: Connected Health forum in the Philips Booth. Speaker.
      • Interoperability Showcase. Participant.

Past events – 2018

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