The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands

Eric Topol, MD

Jan 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer

About this audiobook

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 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.

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About the author

Eric Topol, MD, is a professor of innovative medicine, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, and founder of the world's first cardiovascular gene bank at the Cleveland Clinic. He lives with his family in La Jolla, California.

AudioFile Earphones Award winner Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. He earned an Audie Award nomination for Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.