Dr Topol to med students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

Here are some excerpts of the Baylor College of Medicine commencement address by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, delivered yesterday, May 22, 2012. This should be required reading for anyone involved in health care, which is basically all because everyone of us will be a patient one day.

Eric Topol to medical students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal examination".

"Sleep with your cell phone and premium right up there with food and water. We have evolved into a new species of man. We are Homo distractus! "

The benefits of digital medicine are clear to Topol Dr. who shares the story of a patient who has seen last week: "I asked him to put your fingers on the 2 sensors on the back of my iPhone case so I could make her electrocardiogram, ECG — that was normal. And access, among others. Then instead of using a stethoscope to listen to his heart, I used a handheld high-resolution ultrasound pocket and in a minute I could see each facility — heart muscle thickness and heart function, valves, size of 4 Chambers. Why would you ever listen to lub-dub when I can see everything? I have not used a stethoscope for over 2 years to listen to a patient's heart. "

From the YouTube channel of Baylor College of Medicine (BCM): 2012 commencement Speaker, Dr. Eric Topol, May 21, 2012: spoke

Here's the presentation by Eric Topol at the health of Google:

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Start address of Baylor College of Medicine by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute

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Trinh Quoc-Dien, MD @ qdtrinh: makes it sound fresh. "@ DrVes: Dr Topol to studs med: when I was in school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

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