This Doc’s Prescription? Use This App, Twice Daily
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Cardiologist Eric Topol, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, says smartphone apps and add-ons can now perform ultrasounds, electrocardiograms, and tests of blood pressure. He says the apps give him—and his patients—a better portrait of day-to-day health.
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Eric Topol
Eric Topol is the author of several books, including Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again (Basic Books, 2019) The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands (Basic Books, 2015), practicing cardiologist at the Scripps Clinic, and a genomics professor at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Related Links
- The Guardian: Yes, Those Free Health Apps Are Sharing Your Data With Other Companies
- Time: To Promote Wellness, Public Health Departments Are Launching Apps. Will They Work?
- Mobile Health News: Topol Goes Prime Time With His Message About Smartphones, Smart Monitors
- BBC News: ‘Tipping Point’ for Mobile Health Apps
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