We're all essentially surgically connected to our smartphones, and we're still in the early stages of realizing their medical potential. But they should be a real threat to the medical profession. - Eric Topol 1 Share Now -
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down. - Eric Topol 4 Share Now -
I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible. - Eric Topol 5 Share Now -
The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation. - Eric Topol 6 Share Now -
For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. - Eric Topol 7 Share Now -
The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation. - Eric Topol 8 Share Now -
I use a portable pocket ultrasound device instead of a stethoscope to listen to the heart, and I share it with the patient in real time. 'Look at your valve, look at your heart-muscle strength.' So they're looking at it with me. Normally a patient is tested by an ultrasonographer who is not allowed to tell them anything. - Eric Topol 9 Share Now -
When I went to medical school, the term 'digital' applied only to rectal exams. - Eric Topol 10 Share Now -
