The patient will see you now [electronic resource] : the future of medicine is in your hands / Eric Topol.
2015
R858 .T657 2014eb
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The patient will see you now [electronic resource] : the future of medicine is in your hands / Eric Topol.
Author
Topol, Eric J., 1954-
ISBN
9780465040544 (electronic book)
0465040543 (electronic book)
9780465054749
0465054749
0465040543 (electronic book)
9780465054749
0465054749
Publication Details
New York : Basic Books, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (350 pages)
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R858 .T657 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
610.285
Summary
"In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, examines what he calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment." Much as the printing press liberated knowledge from the control of an elite class, new technology--from the smartphone to machine learning--is poised to democratize medicine. In this new era, patients will control their data and be emancipated from a paternalistic medical regime in which "the doctor knows best." Mobile phones, apps, and attachments will literally put the lab and the ICU in our pockets. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. In spite of these benefits, the path forward will be complicated: some in the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine will raise serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result--better, cheaper, and more humane health care for all--will be worth it. The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Medicine turned upside down
Eminence-based medicine
A precedent for momentous change
Angelina Jolie : my choice
My GIS
My lab tests and scans
My records and meds
My costs
My (smartphone) doctor
The edifice complex
Open sesame
Secure vs. cure
Predicting and preempting disease
Flattening the earth
The emancipated consumer.
Eminence-based medicine
A precedent for momentous change
Angelina Jolie : my choice
My GIS
My lab tests and scans
My records and meds
My costs
My (smartphone) doctor
The edifice complex
Open sesame
Secure vs. cure
Predicting and preempting disease
Flattening the earth
The emancipated consumer.