The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care
- ISBN-10
- 0465061834
- ISBN-13
- 9780465061839
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-13
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Eric Topol
Description
Now with a new postscript covering the unfolding health care revolution Mobile technology has transformed our lives, and personal genomics is revolutionizing biology. But despite the availability of technologies that can provide wireless, personalized health care at lower cost, the medical community has resisted change. In The Creative Destruction of Medicine, Eric Topol—one of the nation's top physicians—calls for consumer activism to demand innovation and the democratization of medical care. The Creative Destruction of Medicine is the definitive account of the coming disruption of medicine, written by the field's leading voice.
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