Healthcare’s most memorable TV moments in 2013
With the Obamacare rollout of the health insurance exchanges and its leadup, healthcare has certainly […]
View ArticleEric Topol’s role as AT&T Chief Medical Advisor adds rock star luster to...
Dr. Eric Topol, the cardiologist and author who has built a reputation as an advocate […]
View ArticlePatients, physicians narrowing gap on consumer-driven care
Patients and consumers in healthcare are more inclined to incorporate new technologies into the delivery […]
View ArticleIs technology ‘dehumanizing’ medicine? Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Verghese discuss
Dr. Eric Topol, the well-known editor-in-chief of Medscape and expert on genomics and digital health, […]
View ArticleEric Topol calls out 6 startups that are giving healthcare power to the people
#Doctors being squeezed by many new trends in #healthcare & #tech. Via @EricTopol@NYeHealth#DHC14pic.twitter.com/5EMQKFPMlZ — Wen […]
View ArticleTopol and San Diego coroner turn to genetics to understand sudden,...
Despite all our tricks of medical deduction, sometimes a death can just be left unexplained: […]
View ArticleTopol: What would a medical smartphone look like?
My medical smartphone #PWSYN inspired by @xkcdComicpic.twitter.com/pwVz22C1Ai — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 27, 2014 […]
View ArticleProviders still lagging in patient engagement
Healthcare organizations and providers are still largely confused, or at least slow, when it comes […]
View Article5 powerful speeches that changed medicine for the better
The right talks at the right time by the right people. Did you hear them? And did you really listen?
View ArticleTopol: Clinical trials offer exciting examples of convergence of digital...
Dr. Eric Topol said, “When I wrote ‘Creative Destruction of Medicine’ four years ago there was zero convergence…Now there are so many examples.”
View ArticleEric Topol: Frustrated that doctors are slow to adopt pharmacogenomics
“We basically have a medical community that doesn’t embrace the use of genomics,” Dr. Eric Topol said. “Often times these days, it’s the patients that are clamoring.”
View ArticleThis week on MedHeads: News from #BIO2015 and the Health Innovation Summit
On MedHeads this week, Meghana Keshavan and Neil Versel join Stephanie Baum to discuss important news from the BIO and Health Innovations conferences.
View ArticlePrecision Medicine: 8 must-follow Twitter users (updated)
While it’s challenging to keep up to date with all the news in precision medicine, Twitter’s a good place to get a constant stream of good information – if you know where to look. These Twitter users...
View ArticleIs your chemotherapy working? This simple test could tell you
It takes several months and several tests to determine whether chemotherapy is working. San Diego startup Biological Dynamics just raised $22.8 million for its simple, inexpensive blood test that can...
View ArticleTopol: Apple Watch helps colleague’s patient self-diagnose heart condition
Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health in San Diego and director of the Scripps Translational Research Institute, is creating yet another buzz on Twitter with a post about...
View ArticleEric Topol wears genetic data on his sleeve to promote carrier screening
Eric Topol proves the relevance of his “prewomb to tomb” mantra on individualized medicine by sharing his own genetic information – he’s a carrier for two rare diseases. Topol spoke with MedCity News...
View ArticleMD Connect lists physicians on Twitter; Here are some more in health IT
If you are into health IT and digital health, you should follow these physicians on Twitter.
View ArticleTopol talks digital health with CNBC’s Jim Cramer (video)
Cramer is a fan of Topol’s current book, “The Patient Will See You Now.”
View Article‘Moneyball’ meets medicine: DePodesta joins Topol at Scripps
After reading Dr. Eric Topol’s latest book, New York Mets executive Paul DePodesta was struck by the parallels between baseball and medicine when it comes to crunching data.
View ArticleLife Science Limericks: 2015 Edition
Up next: Digital health ditties? Biotech ballads? Payer/provider paeans?
View ArticleHealth data should belong to patients, Topol argues
What constitutes health data is no longer so easily defined. Neither is how the information is used.
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Topol calls patient data ownership a future civil right
“I don’t see Epic, Allscripts or Cerner in existence in another decade,” Topol said.
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What Mark Zuckerberg told Dr. Eric Topol about his interest in healthcare
Dr. Eric Topol, the digital health evangelist and cardiologist at Scripps, offers a tantalizing look into what the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and medical philanthropist, cares about in healthcare.
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This week in patient engagement: Topol fights pain, a nurse learns empathy
Evidence-based medicine didn’t work for Dr. Eric Topol when he had complications after a knee replacement, so he started experimenting. Meanwhile, an oncology nurse apologized to her patients for not...
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HealthSparq seeks ‘idiotic’ stories with #WhatTheHealthCare campaign
The campaign’s business objective is to put HealthSparq at the forefront of the patient engagement discussion and provide “a brand lift,” said Burt Rosen, vice president and chief marketing officer for...
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Living in the moment: Point-of-care market tops $18B
The point-of-care transformation is well underway as healthcare and tech companies dive into a market now worth over $18 billion a year.
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Insights and recommendations from Eric Topol’s NHS report
Topol’s report posits a more individualized, patient-centered system driven by a population empowered by personal genomic and health information.
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Dr. Eric Topol on finding the way back from the “abject failure” of EHR...
During a presentation at Nvidia’s GTC 2019 Conference in San Jose, Topol sketched out a vision of a world where this multi-modal data is collected and assessed from “the pre-womb to the tomb” and run...
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NHS invests $300M in the development of new AI capabilities
The National AI lab is meant to support clinicians in efforts to estimate future needs of healthcare resources, identify the best sites of care for patients and help automate routine and administrative...
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Digital health, digital therapeutics, digital medicines – what’s in a name?
Digital health companies faced bad news going into 2020, from job cuts to dissolving pharma partnerships. But these struggles are part of an industry that is finding its identity in a crowded...
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