When I went to medical school, the term 'digital' applied only to rectal exams. Eric Topol More Quotes by Eric Topol More Quotes From Eric Topol The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down. Eric Topol cocoonsorbittaken A lot of the diagnosis and monitoring functions will be done through little devices - smartphones - by the patient with computer assistance. So it's a real big change in the model of how we render healthcare. Eric Topol smartphonesrealchange The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable. Eric Topol lagphysicianslong The digitization of human beings will make a parody out of doctor knows best. Eric Topol parodydoctorshumans Where today people surf the web and check their e-mail on their cell phones, tomorrow they will be checking their vital signs. Eric Topol phonescellspeople I am prescribing a lot more apps than medications these days. Eric Topol medicationthese-daysapps It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure. Eric Topol pressurebloodpeople Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages. Eric Topol agedarklooks I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily. Eric Topol informationboredenough 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 ultrasoundsrealheart Not only can consumers handle their personal genetic information, but they are getting genomically oriented and anchored about such data. Eric Topol consumersdatainformation For diabetes in particular, we know there's a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn't that be great? Eric Topol glucosekidneysnormal There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging. Eric Topol exposurecanceryears Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate. Eric Topol drugcommunityhate 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 knowingsidesmight For some men, the inflammation of their arteries is a result of really low good cholesterol. Eric Topol resultslowsmen About half of all people don't take medications like they're supposed to. Eric Topol medicationhalfpeople 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 benefitsheartpeople The stethoscope for listening to the heart is over. It's obsolete. Eric Topol obsoletelisteningheart Medicine is incredibly ritualistic. Eric Topol medicine
