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Eric Topol says Cleveland Clinic ‘doing really well,’ happy at Scripps
Dr. Eric Topol’s identity as a physician remains closely connected to Cleveland Clinic. His biography prominently states he is “well known for leading the Cleveland Clinic to become the #1 center for...
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Ex-Cleveland Clinic colleagues Topol, Nissen at odds on personalized medicine
Dr. Steven Nissen Two of the Cleveland Clinic‘s greatest doctors ever, Eric Topol and Steven Nissen, have carved out contrasting views on one of the hottest topics in healthcare: personalized medicine....
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Eric Topol: We’re still in the Stone Age of medicine
A new era of digital healthcare will make medicine more precise and participatory, but we certainly aren’t there yet, said prominent cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol. Topol has been making the rounds...
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When Dr. Eric Topol’s name became a verb
Renowned cardiologist and digital health evangelist Dr. Eric Topol has been busy making the media rounds pumping up his new book, which discusses how technologies like wireless sensors and genomics...
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Eric Topol: Cheney heart transplant raises ethical questions
Prominent cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol said former Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart transplant operation over the weekend raises “ethical” questions about age and waiting lists as they relate to organ...
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Could this study finally settle one mHealth, data-sharing debate?
Dr. Eric Topol The push for regular interaction between patients and doctors, for mHealth and for data transparency has only begun. But the results from Scripps Translational Science Institute‘s...
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Will the Neil deGrasse Tyson of medicine please stand up?
There are many inspirational names in modern-day healthcare and, partially due to reform, room for even more. But a commenter on Reddit posed the question of whether there is anyone who is as...
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Activism, art and the future of patient empowerment: Q&A with Regina Holliday
73 Cents by Regina Holliday Regina Holliday is a well-known patient advocate, activist and artist. A widow and mother, she fights for patient empowerment through her paintings, writing and even her...
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Topol, Scripps cardiologists on moving beyond the mHealth hype
Kinsa Health’s smartphone thermometer What does mobile health need more than anything right now? Real-world clinical evidence that demonstrates its benefits patients, physicians and payers, says a trio...
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Six smart takes on the 23andMe FDA standoff
Here are a few long reads beyond just where the FDA warning letter told genetic testing startup 23andMe to put it. Check out these smart takes while you’re stuck in line at the grocery for an hour....
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Healthcare’s most memorable TV moments in 2013
With the Obamacare rollout of the health insurance exchanges and its leadup, healthcare has certainly held the media’s eye in 2013 more than usual. But most of healthcare’s best TV moments this year...
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Eric Topol’s role as AT&T Chief Medical Advisor adds rock star luster to...
Dr. Eric Topol Dr. Eric Topol, the cardiologist and author who has built a reputation as an advocate for disruption in healthcare, is going to advise AT&T’s digital health division on its mobile...
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Patients, physicians narrowing gap on consumer-driven care
Patients and consumers in healthcare are more inclined to incorporate new technologies into the delivery system than the physicians who administer most of the care, but the gap between the two is...
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Is 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, recently conducted an interview with physician-turned author Dr. Abraham Verghese, who is also a...
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#Doctors being squeezed by many new trends in #healthcare & #tech. Via @EricTopol@NYeHealth#DHC14pic.twitter.com/5EMQKFPMlZ — Wen Dombrowski MD (@HealthcareWen) November 17, 2014 Eric Topol, the...
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: No heart attack, no stroke, no slip of a cyanide pill…The post-mortem yields nothing, and families are left...
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 Dr. Eric Topol recently unveiled what his “medicalsmart phone” would include,...
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Providers still lagging in patient engagement
Healthcare organizations and providers are still largely confused, or at least slow, when it comes to effective patient portals and other technologies that may help spur better patient engagement,...
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5 powerful speeches that changed medicine for the better
This post is sponsored by MedCity ENGAGE. Healthcare today is about new ideas, new players, new approaches and new tech. But in the past few years only a handful of visionaries have delivered to...
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Topol: Clinical trials offer exciting examples of convergence of digital...
One of the exciting and frustrating things about convergence, particularly in healthcare, is that it’s tough to predict how the hybrid technologies will find their way to market. The process of...
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