The Patient Will See You Now

“In his new book, The Patient Will See You Now, Topol expertly builds upon his earlier path‑finding work and explores how smartphone adoption, big data, new digital monitors of medically relevant information streams, ubiquitous computing, and larger networks are all combining to revolutionize health care far beyond what most now expect‑with the exciting promise of lower costs and higher quality simultaneously. Coming from a world‑class physician with a unique perspective on the rapidly changing nature of medicine, Topol’s prescription for patient empowerment is a must read.”

“Dr. Eric Topol is a pioneer of the medicine of the future and the future is now! Read this book and empower yourself for total well‑being.”

“Eric Topol has written a must‑read manifesto for patients who feel helpless. Filled with knowledge and engaging stories, this book shows how you can harness technology to be the master of your medical care‑or at least, a better partner for your doctor. I want Dr. Topol for my doctor.”

“This book is full of technical wizardry and intriguing questions.”

“Dr. Topol’s vision is compelling, combining an empowering view of technology with the recognition that medicine requires something more.”

“Dr. Topol’s overriding thesis is that the old days of ‘doctor knows best’ are as good as gone. No longer will doctors control medical data, treatment or profits. Instead, thanks to the newest science, humanity will finally achieve truly democratic health care.”

“Topol is one of medicine’s most innovative thinkers about the digital future… A valuable contribution to a fascinating subject.”

“In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol charts how digitisation is slowly transforming medicine. Most industries have already been digitised‑‑the media, music, banking‑‑but perhaps the most important transformation will be in medicine, which still resembles something from the middle ages. Your mobile phone, for example, will analyse your heart beat for possible heart disease. Your DNA will be used to create new therapies and cures. The ‘tricorder’ of Star Trek, which analyses your health by simply scanning your body, is coming.”

“A groundbreaking book… I think this book is revelatory and just plain smart.”

“Dr. Eric Topol is one of the nation’s leading thinkers on the future of medicine.”

“Topol does a terrific job of laying out the immense potential of smartphones and iMedicine technologies to democratize medicine like never before… Topol’s writing style makes it very accessible for the lay person without any ‘dumbing down’ that would be a turnoff to health professionals. This is a must read for anyone that cares about healthcare… I can’t think of a book that does a better job of projecting how the future of medicine will unfold and the critical role individuals will play in their own health (beyond the obvious).”

“It is rare to find a book that addresses quite technical topics so clearly, while interweaving stories about the variety of personalities who are shaping the field… The book is both scholarly, supported by careful footnoting, and encyclopedic – nearly every recent development challenging traditional notions of medicine is carefully evaluated.”

“The mantra defining the future of medicine, according to physician and author Eric Topol, is ‘Nothing about me without me.’ And in his new work, The Patient Will See You Now, that mantra animates a vision of medicine that, in everyday practice, is radically democratized and digitized, made accessible and dialogic through the use of handheld devices, open‑access records, iDocs, physician avatars and more.”

“In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol unveils a visionary new world of patient empowerment through apps.”

“Topol envisions a new era where we could have… access to our own medical data and the tools to heal ourselves without being completely at the mercy of our doctors… With an impressively well‑researched cache of examples, he explains the various gadgets attached to smartphones to carry out complex medical examinations that cost pennies, the potential for using the same cheap technology in poor countries where expensive medical equipment cannot be deployed and the potential for the opening up of patient data – which could then be shared across the world through the Internet to find diagnoses and trends on an unprecedented scale.”

“Cardiologist Topol argues for taking down the boundaries separating the medical and digital worlds, boldly exploring how patients can shape the medicine of the future.”

“With its many charts, graphs, and citations, this forward‑thinking work will appeal to all educated health‑care consumers.”

“Topol forecasts and engineers a new chapter in medicine… He foresees a future medical world profoundly bolstered by wireless Internet, where ‘each individual will have all their own medical data and the computing power to process it.’”

“A visionary physician predicts a technology‑driven, patient‑centered revolution in health care. In this work about the changes afoot in the world of medical care, Topol, in this natural follow‑up to his previous book, demonstrates the combination of intelligence and ambition that is apparent in his successful medical career… Not content to simply critique the current system (though he does so thoroughly and convincingly), the author strides optimistically into the future of health care… An expertly detailed, precisely documented exploration of the ‘power of information and individualization’ in health care.”

“Dr. Eric Topol is uniquely positioned to map out a new era of democratized medicine.”

“The most extraordinary time for health care lies ahead. Dr. Topol presents a highly innovative vision and model for how, in an era of big data for each individual, medicine can be democratized.”

“We are seeing a sea‑change in medicine, a time when the old paradigms no longer apply. As a physician and a scientist, Eric Topol has been both contributor and commentator to this revolution and therefore, one of the few people who can weave together and explain the stunning advances in seemingly unrelated fields. His personal voice, his ability to explain the most complex developments in science in a simple and engaging manner, and the clarity of his vision of the future make this compelling reading. I couldn’t put this book down and I learned so much. It has changed my perspective of what is to come.”