How Patients Can Become Leaders for Change

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America Bracho, executive director of Latino Health Access shares an inspirational testimony on “what happens when patients become leaders on the health team?” In this TEDMED talk, Bracho speaks about her background as a physician from Venezuela and of Irma, a community health worker who succeeded in bringing the first park and community center to a predominantly Latino area of Santa Ana.

In this Q&A, Havey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine asks Bracho to provide some practical insight into what qualities make a good community health leader.