In the penultimate chapter, Topol turns to the developing world and how digital technologiee have the potential to improve health for the poorest humans.
Chapter Thirteen: Predicting and Preempting Disease
Chapter Twelve: Secure vs. Cure
Chapter Eleven: Open Sesame
Chapter Ten: The Edifice Complex
Chapter Nine: My (Smartphone) Doctor
Chapter Eight: My Costs
Chapter Seven: My Records and Meds
Chapter Six: My Lab Tests and Scans
Capter Five: My GIS
Chapter Four Angelina Jolie: My Choice
Chapter Three: A Precedent for Momentous Change
Chapter Two: Eminence-Based Medicine
Chapter One: Medicine turned Upside Down.
Eric Topol begins this book by setting the stage of why patients will become more empowered. Topol argues that patients are not going to settle for the amount of power physicians are comfortable yielding, but rather that forces larger than medicine will fundamentally alter the traditional patient-doctor relationship.
Required reading for This Week's Chat
The introduction by Matt Graham-Brown is excellent but I think the post by Josh Farkas will be a major influence on the discussion. Don't miss it.
Next NephJC: Pip/Tazo + Vanco = AKI
This has been a hot topic that has been gaining momentum. See the discussion in NephMadness 2015 and ALiEM. We should have an official summary up in a day or two. Please join us for the discussion next week.
Lecture on Diabetic Kidney Disease
#NephJC on AKI timing: some comparisons
Next #NephJC: Timing of renal replacement therapy in AKI
Next week, on May 31 in American and June 1 in Europe, we will be discussing the two major AKI studies looking at the timing of renal replacement therapy:
Look for a formal background post later this week.
Stop the presses!
Landmark trial dropped in the NEJM yesterday. We will be covering AKIKI on May 31 and June 1 instead of the Pip/Tazo trial. Sorry for the change in plans. We will reschedule Pip/Tazo and AKI, probably for the first week in July, but with ERA-EDTA approaching who knows?