Eric Topol Pushes a Patient-Centered Healthcare

Democratizing Medicine: Eric Topol Pushes a Patient-Centered Healthcare Topol notes that digital health tools can help the patient "come alive" "The mantra should be 'nothing about me without me'. You are your data and you need to control and own your data. And there are new tools now that we didn't even hear of four years ago that can help," he said.  "I believe technology can actually enhance the intmacy of the doctor/patient relationship," Topol concluded.  "When we're giving the patient the data in real time that they're entitled to, it puts the doctor and patient on equal footing. The patient has come alive, to a much higher degree." Read More

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