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Review this health care TED talk:  Health Care Should be a Team Sport (2013)

https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_dishman_health_care_should_be_a_team_sport?language=en

Eric Dishman: Health care should be a team sport | TED Talk When Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago. Now, Dishman puts his experience and his expertise as a medical tech specialist together to suggest a bold idea for reinventing health care -- by putting the patient at the center of a treatment team. www.ted.com

Eric Dishman believes that health care should be a team sport with the patient at the center of team, literally serving as a point person for their own care.  How do you feel about this?  Is this a valid model? Do you think that this idea can be implemented in the United States?  Why?  Be sure to discuss any barriers to or social /political forces that may help to creating this type of healthcare paradigm.