Seek Not Sleep: Navigate health choices with technology | Smit Patel | TEDxOhioStateUniversitySalon

Smit's talk focuses on how students can SMARTly navigate and have a 4.0 on their health system knowledge. Today most students feel victimized about having lack of accurate knowledge, resources or options to choose their own coverage. What most students still don’t
know is WHO they pay, WHY they pay and WHAT they pay for. Unprecedented urgency lies in making our students' smart citizens of their own health. Smit is a Doctorate of Pharmacy candidate at The Ohio State University. He's worked in 8+ healthcare fields including pharma industry, non-profit, advertising, etc. Currently with a HDS, a startup, he is working to break in this unjust $300B market to provide TRANSPARENCY and fight the raging cost of healthcare using innovative technology.
Captivated by the challenges to make the future of healthcare a reality today, he is obsessed by the disruptive spirits of technology that aids in Innovation and improves access. He is also patenting a medical device that combines sensor technology with virtual reality to improve neurological functioning in patients. He was honored to be in the newest class of MIT-Harvard health innovation initiative and was selected to pitch for an innovative device which won him a sweet spot as a Top 5 finalist. He love crafting ideas and turning them into innovation, one conversation at a time. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at

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