Dr. Eric Topol
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954 appearances
18 recordings
4 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 14 May
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Differential diagnosis, people.
It could be hyperaldosteronism or Barger syndrome.
Carter, put that damn book down.
Well, I love seeing patients.
I really like to listen and help them as much as I can.
And that's what medicine's all about.
That's what drew me in 40 years ago.
I think most people are familiar with there's been tremendous erosion of this technology.
patient-doctor relationship because we're talking about seven minutes for a routine follow-up visit or 12 minutes for a new patient, very limited time.
That time is often lost as far as face-to-face contact by typing into keyboard, looking at screens rather than face-to-face, eye-to-eye with patients.
And then, of course, there's the data clerk function.
of doing all the records and ordering of tests and prescriptions and pre-authorizations that each doctor saddled with after the visit.
So it's a horrible situation because the reason we went into medicine was to care for patients.
And you can't care for patients if you can't even have enough time with them, listen to them, you know, really be present
have a trust, and basically have this, what used to be back in the 70s and 80s, a precious, intimate relationship.
So we don't have that now, by and large, and we've got to get that back.
If I were to simplify it into three words, it would be the business of medicine.
And basically, the squeeze was on to see more patients in less time to make the medical practice money.
Who would have the audacity to say technology can make us more human?
Well...
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