In Context: A 2-Minute Brief on Access
Has technology made healthcare more or less accessible? The answer may not be what you expect. Let's look at what's widening the gap.
This Week at TEDMED: Access & Technology
A new lens on access and technology: this week’s In Context, the Talk that sparked it, and a curated archive.
What the US healthcare system assumes about you
Assumptions shape access. Watch Mitchell H. Katz's original TEDMED Talk to better understand the big myths about access.
Learn more: Rethinking Access to Care
Explore the broader forces shaping access — from healthcare reform to drug pricing to AI – and the structural tradeoffs behind them.
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What is the U.S. health disadvantage?
What happens when communities, not doctors, lead health efforts? Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine, talks with America Bracho, founder of Latino Health Access, about the…
Harnessing the power of placebos
Stanford professor, athlete, and psychologist Alia Crum investigates how our mindset can affect health behaviors and outcomes. In her 2016 TEDMED Talk, Alia shares her research on placebos…
Talking simply, not simplistically, about health
As a journalist, improv comedian, and physician, James strives to communicate simply with the public about complex health issues, without being simplistic. In his 2017 TEDMED Talk, James…
The profound difference between seeing and looking
Some say ‘seeing is believing’. Yet, Creative Investigator Anupam B. Jena argues that “seeing is not the same thing as looking”. Anupam believes that health care insights exist…
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