Below are links to all of the content we generated for Eric Topol's The Patient will See You Now, 19 blog posts and 2 one-hour long chats.

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Aug 1, 2016

#NephJC Book Club: the wrap up #PWSYN

Aug 1, 2016

Despite the summer and vacations, we had two very successful chats. This post has links to the full archive of the discussion as well as two curated Storifys.

Aug 1, 2016

Jul 26, 2016

Chapter Fifteen: The Emancipated Consumer

Jul 26, 2016

In the final chapter Topol discusses what needs to happen in order to get from where we are now to a truly emancipated patient. It is a tall order. Dr. Sparks dissects the chapter.

Jul 26, 2016

Jul 23, 2016

Chapter Fourteen: Flattening The Earth

Jul 23, 2016

In the penultimate chapter, Topol turns to the developing world and how digital technologiee have the potential to improve health for the poorest humans.

Jul 23, 2016

Chapter Thirteen: Predicting and Preempting Disease

Jul 23, 2016

Special guest Scott Brimble reviews the thirteenth chapter on predicting and preempting disease. Scott adapts the lessons of David Sackett and has a skeptical angle on the chapter.

Jul 23, 2016

Chapter Twelve: Secure vs. Cure

Jul 23, 2016

Topol takes on privacy and security in our digital world. This is the darkest chapter of the book. It is filled with problems and the answers he poses seem thin and inadequate.

Jul 23, 2016

Chapter Eleven: Open Sesame

Jul 23, 2016

Intelligent analysis of all the big data we are on the verge of creating in medicine will be the engine that drives future innovation. In cahpter 11, Dr. Topol outlines how open source organization will allow us to harness the potential of this data.

Jul 23, 2016

Jul 22, 2016

Chapter Ten: The Edifice Complex

Jul 22, 2016

In chapter ten, Dr. Topol describes the hospital of the future which will be very different than today's hospital. Dr. Daniel Coyne is not convinced.

Jul 22, 2016

Jul 21, 2016

Chapter Nine: My (Smartphone) Doctor

Jul 21, 2016

Eric explores how digital tools will allow virtualization of the entire medical encounter. Hello Tricorder.

Jul 21, 2016

Chapter Eight: My Costs

Jul 21, 2016

In chapter 8 Topol looks at the absurd costs of medical care. He also shines a light on possible solutions. Dr. Burgner takes us through it.

Jul 21, 2016

Chapter Seven: My Records and Meds

Jul 21, 2016

Tool looks at electronic medical records and how they can be the bridge to better care. He discusses the potential for EMRs to allow patients to have real access to their medical information. Also pills with electronic trackers.

Jul 21, 2016

Chapter Six: My Lab Tests and Scans

Jul 21, 2016

In this chapter Topol discusses the future of lab tests. It is a bit dated as he lauds Theranos prior to their implosion, so it is a kind of trip down memory lane.

Jul 21, 2016

Capter Five: My GIS

Jul 21, 2016

GPS is so successful at concurring location that getting lost is outdated. Eric discusses The personal GIS, or geographic information system that integrates all the 'omics of a single individual and which could make medicine outdated.

Jul 21, 2016

Jul 19, 2016

Chapter Four Angelina Jolie: My Choice

Jul 19, 2016

Chapter Four. The intersection of genes, breasts and the power of celebrity. The story of Angelina Jolie's choice and how it changed the conversation on patient empowerment.

Jul 19, 2016

Jul 18, 2016

Chapter Three: A Precedent for Momentous Change

Jul 18, 2016

Topol goes deep into the revolution that was the printing press and how similar it looks to the current smartphone revolution.

Jul 18, 2016

Chapter Two: Eminence-Based Medicine

Jul 18, 2016

Paternalism has defined the doctor-patient relationship for millennia. However this aspect of medical cultureis collapsing. Dr. Lerma dissects chapter 2, a deep dive into medical paternalism.

Jul 18, 2016

Jul 16, 2016

Chapter One: Medicine turned Upside Down.

Jul 16, 2016

Eric Topol begins this book by setting the stage of why patients will become more empowered. Topol argues that patients are not going to settle for the amount of power physicians are comfortable yielding, but rather that forces larger than medicine will fundamentally alter the traditional patient-doctor relationship.

Jul 16, 2016

Jul 15, 2016

The NephJC Summer Book Club is coming

Jul 15, 2016

You still have time to buy Eric Topol's The Patient Will See You Now in time to be ready for #NephJC's summer book club. We will be discussing this on July 26 and 27 at the usual @NephJC times.

Jul 15, 2016