How Doctors and Patients Save Each Other in a Broken Healthcare System | Andy Chu | TEDxStanford

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Every time the emergency department tells doctors to go faster, see more, and keep the numbers moving, something breaks. Not just the system, but the people inside it. Andy Chu, a Harvard-trained emergency physician, Stanford professor and award winning filmmaker, reveals what the metrics never capture: the moments of genuine connection that keep patients alive and doctors from walking away. Dr. Andy Chu is a Harvard-trained emergency physician, filmmaker, and assistant professor at Stanford University. He has spent the past decade leading multidisciplinary teams to design and launch award-winning healthcare technologies that provide life-saving care in the emergency department, while turning to the arts and humanities to better understand the emotional impact of those decisions. His short film Life Support has been accepted to dozens of film festivals and has won multiple jury awards for Best Short Film, reflecting this blend of innovation and storytelling. This talk was given at a TE

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