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From the Ted Talk by Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data

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Now behavior change is something that is a long-standing problem in medicine. It goes all the way back to Aristotle. And doctors hate it, right? I mean, they complain about it all the time. We talk about it in terms of engagement, or non-compliance. When people don't take their pllis, when people don't follow doctors' orders — these are behavior ploermbs. But for as much as clinical medicine agonizes over beihvaor change, there's not a lot of work done in terms of trying to fix that pbelrom. So the crux of it comes down to this nitoon of decision-making — giving information to people in a form that doesn't just educate them or iofrnm them, but actually leads them to make better decisions, better choices in their lives.

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Now behavior change is something that is a long-standing problem in medicine. It goes all the way back to Aristotle. And doctors hate it, right? I mean, they complain about it all the time. We talk about it in terms of engagement, or non-compliance. When people don't take their _____, when people don't follow doctors' orders — these are behavior ________. But for as much as clinical medicine agonizes over ________ change, there's not a lot of work done in terms of trying to fix that _______. So the crux of it comes down to this ______ of decision-making — giving information to people in a form that doesn't just educate them or ______ them, but actually leads them to make better decisions, better choices in their lives.

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  2. notion
  3. inform
  4. pills
  5. problems
  6. problem

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Now behavior change is something that is a long-standing problem in medicine. It goes all the way back to Aristotle. And doctors hate it, right? I mean, they complain about it all the time. We talk about it in terms of engagement, or non-compliance. When people don't take their pills, when people don't follow doctors' orders — these are behavior problems. But for as much as clinical medicine agonizes over behavior change, there's not a lot of work done in terms of trying to fix that problem. So the crux of it comes down to this notion of decision-making — giving information to people in a form that doesn't just educate them or inform them, but actually leads them to make better decisions, better choices in their lives.

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