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2019/06/26
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2023/11/28
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36 min.
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29 days
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Join Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, as they interview experts on the hottest topics in healthcare ranging from COVID-19 to social determinants of health to bringing humanity back to medicine.
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Wisdom From a Scottish GP: The Lost Art of Convalescence
2023/11/28
The final Medicine and the Machine podcast guest, physician and author Gavin Francis, shares his approach to keeping his occupation rewarding and satisfying.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Gavin Francis, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), Department of Primary Care, Edinburgh University; General Practitioner, Department of Primary Care, Community Clinic, Edinburgh
Free For All. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/free-for-all-why-the-nhs-is-worth-saving/
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/recovery/
Adventures in Human Being. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/adventures-in-human-being/
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His Rare Disease's Cure Was Sitting on the Pharmacy Shelf
2023/10/31
He's alive thanks to a repurposed drug. Now his dream is to find cures for millions of people from among drugs we already have.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chasing My Cure. https://chasingmycure.com/
His Doctors Were Stumped. Then He Took Over. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/his-doctors-were-stumped-then-he-took-over.html
Every Cure. https://everycure.org/
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Physicians: Shape Your AI Future or Someone Else Will
2023/10/02
Dr Eric Topol discusses the present and future of AI in medicine with historian and futurist Dr Adam Rodman.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, Instructor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-director, iMED Initiative, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
SHORT CUTS: MEDICINE, Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas, Adam Rodman, MD, MPH; ISBN: 9781785789946. https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/short-cuts-medicine/
Bedside Rounds podcast. http://bedside-rounds.org/
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Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine
2023/09/07
A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/
Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Newhouse Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Random Acts of Medicine. Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. Penguin Random House. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/random-acts-of-medicine-by-anupam-b-jena-md-phd-and-christopher-worsham-md/
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How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic
2023/08/15
The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost
Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3
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Bob Wachter's Viral Tweet and Thoughts on AI in Medicine
2023/07/25
The gig was up, but when he finally got COVID, it was pretty far down on his ER problem list.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/
Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
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AI Comes to Medicine: This Time, It's Serious
2023/06/27
Information pollution is just the beginning. We're in for an uncomfortable ride.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Tragedy, Hope, and a Medical Mystery: 'The Covenant of Water'
2023/06/07
Dr Eric Topol and Dr Robert Harrington interview Dr Abraham Verghese about his fiction writing methods and Oprah's enthusiasm for his latest novel.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/
Robert A. Harrington, MD, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California
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There's No Place Like Home for Hospital Care
2023/05/01
Dr Helen Ouyang on why she writes so much about the hospital-at-home movement: It's the future, one way or another.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Helen Ouyang, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Your Next Hospital Bed Might Be at Home, The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/magazine/hospital-at-home.html
Hashtag Prescription, Harper's Magazine. https://harpers.org/archive/2016/06/hashtag-prescription/
Acute Hospital Care at Home Individual Waiver Only (not a blanket waiver), CMS.gov. https://qualitynet.cms.gov/acute-hospital-care-at-home
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Rogue Faculty and Academic Freedom in the Age of Misinformation
2023/03/15
Should our nation's academic institutions rein in faculty who amplify conspiracy theories and spread potentially harmful falsehoods?
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Robert A. Harrington, MD, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford University; Chair, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California
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How AI and Chatbots Can Make Us Healers Again
2023/02/21
ChatGPT and large language models offer physicians the chance to do what they went to medical school for: connect with patients and help them regain their health.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Aaron B. Neinstein, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Vice President, Digital Health, UCSF Health, San Francisco, California
Our AI Future is Better Than You Think: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02021-9
Tidepool: https://www.tidepool.org/
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Hannah Fry: The Mathematician Who Knows Uncertainty Is Unavoidable
2023/01/18
Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese chat with the UK's professor Hannah Fry about taking risks and asking the right questions.
This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Hannah Fry, MSc, PhD, Professor, Mathematics of Cities, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine https://hannahfry.co.uk/book/hello-world/
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RKKiddienurse 2023/03/05
AI and….
Interesting and thought-provoking : re: AI and decreasing the doctors’ workload. What about nurses? Re: hospital at home idea: As nurse who has done p...
nbolay 2023/08/08
Dangerous
The “Rogue” episode alone is enough to justify a one star. Experts who state “I know the truth” on complex rapidly evolving medical situations should...
runner rewind 2023/01/27
One of my fav authors and trusted resources working together!!
What a combo. First episode, Dr Hanna Key, drew me in and Drs Topol and Verghese easy banter and thought-provoking questions will keep me coming back...
obacker19 2020/09/29
Thoughtful, insightful and actionable! 🙌
Whether you’re well established as someone innovating at the intersection of medicine and AI, or just getting started as a catalyst for change - this ...
Mayanrn 2020/07/18
Dr. Anthony Faucci
Awesome podcast. Uplifting in much needed times. Fan for Life.
taahir87 2019/07/23
Great but...
While the content and speakers are thoughtful, insightful and interesting I find the quality of sound of the podcast to be quite low. Sounds electroni...
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