The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands Audiobook (Free)

In THE INDIVIDUAL WILL TRULY SEE YOU Right now, Eric Topol, among the nation’s top physicians, examines what he calls medicine’s ‘Gutenberg moment.’ Much as the printing press liberated knowledge from your control of an elite class, new technology is certainly poised to democratize medicine. In this brand-new era, individuals will control their data and become emancipated from a paternalistic medical program where ‘the doctor understands best.’

Cell phones, apps, and accessories will literally place the lab and the ICU in our pouches. Computer systems will replace doctors for many diagnostic duties, and enormous data sets gives us new means to strike conditions that have long been incurable. Regardless of these benefits, the road forward will end up being complicated: some in the medical establishment will withstand these adjustments, and digitized medicine will raise critical issues surrounding privacy. However, the result-better, cheaper, and even more humane health care for all-will be worth it.