The Creative Destruction Of Medicine: How The Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care Eric Topol

• Auteur : Eric Topol
• Editeur : Basic Books
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/01/2012
• Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg
• Nombre de pages : 320
• Dimensions : 23.6 x 16.8 x 3.3

Résumé
Modern medicine is designed for groups. The interactions of drugs, patients and diseases are unpredictable - clinical trials are population based and do not account for personal idiosyncracies, much less medical histories. The author introduces a fresh approach - by bringing the era of big data to the clinic, laboratory, and hospital.

Biographie
Eric Topol, MD, is Professor of InnovativeMedicine and the Director of theh Scripps Translational Science Institute. He founded the world's first cardiovascular gene bank at the Cleveland Clinic, and lives with his family in California.

Critique / Article

William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., President, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies The Creative Destruction of Medicine is an engaging look into how the discoveries in genetics and biology will change the landscape of medicine. Along the way, Dr. Topol provides a fascinating compendium of stories about the shortcomings of medicine as it is currently practiced and how the revolutionary discoveries coming since the first sequencing of the human genome a decade ago will shape the delivery of healthcare in the 21st century.Paul E. Jacobs, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm IncorporatedDr. Topol believes that medicine, catalyzed by extraordinary innovation that exploits digital information, is about to go through its biggest shakeup in history. His newest book calls for a 'jailbreak' from the ideas of the past. In the next phase of medicine, powerful digital tools including mobile sensors and advanced processors will transform our understanding of the individual, enabling creativ