Health data should belong to patients, Topol argues
What constitutes health data is no longer so easily defined. Neither is how the information is used.
View ArticleTopol calls patient data ownership a future civil right
“I don’t see Epic, Allscripts or Cerner in existence in another decade,” Topol said.
View ArticleWhat 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.
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleHealthSparq 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...
View ArticleLiving 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.
View ArticleInsights 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.
View ArticleDr. 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...
View ArticleNHS 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...
View ArticleDigital 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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