Medicine and the Machine

• Uché Blackstock, One of the Great Young Activists in Medicine   Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese talk with emergency medicine physician Uché Blackstock about the real changes that could bring about health equity. 'I'm hopeful,' she says.
  Medscape, September 24, 2020
• Rushing a COVID-19 Vaccine Could Lead to 'Perpetual Limbo'   Natalie Dean talks about why it's critical to complete vaccine trials before starting widespread use, and the continued importance of contact tracing, rapid testing, masks, and physical distancing.
  Medscape, September 14, 2020
• COVID Immune Responses Explained   Akiko Iwasaki explains why waning COVID antibody levels are not a cause for alarm; cytokine 'hurricanes'; herd immunity; long COVID; sex differences in infection; and more.
  Medscape, August 21, 2020
• Fauci to Medscape: 'We're Gonna Get Through It'   In a discussion with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese, Anthony Fauci describes how we'll make it through the pandemic as a country and scientific community.
  Medscape, July 17, 2020
• Wearable Tech May Detect COVID-19 Infection Before Symptoms   Eric Topol explains how digital technologies can help identify COVID clusters and contacts.
  Medscape, June 29, 2020
• Bellevue Starts to Reopen After COVID Peak   After a month that felt like years, Bellevue hospital staff are starting to reform their daily routines in a changed world. Dr Danielle Ofri shares her insights.
  Medscape, May 27, 2020
• Revolutionizing Medicine With a Simple Touch and a True Exam   How the simple idea of touch could start a revolution to take back medicine. The Lancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton explains.
  Medscape, May 20, 2020
• AI for Eyes Is 'Nothing Short of Remarkable'   Pearse Keane joins Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese on this episode of Medicine and the Machine to discuss the unique opportunities for AI and deep learning in ophthalmology.
  Medscape, May 06, 2020
• With 'Horrendous' Decisions Afoot in COVID-19, Teams Are Key   With the COVID-19 pandemic stressing physicians and clinical teams, Tait Shanafelt, a physician wellness expert, says institutions need to provide clear, transparent information and support.
  Medscape, April 24, 2020
• 'We're Going to Make It Through This,' Stanford Dean Says   During the COVID-19 pandemic, our 'most valuable resource is and always will be the people,' Stanford dean Lloyd Minor says.
  Medscape, April 10, 2020
• 'Our Job Is to Save as Many People as Possible,' ICU Doc Says   'Usually in our clinical practice, you feel confident about a lot of the therapies that you're considering,' Angela Rogers, MD, said. But everything in the ICU is different with COVID-19.
  Medscape, April 02, 2020
• Stanford Hospitalist: 'What I Wish I'd Known 2 Weeks Ago'   Even with warning, the surge of COVID-19 patients came faster than expected, and hospitalists may need to be ready for 70% loss of staff availability, says Stanford's chief of hospital medicine.
  Medscape, March 27, 2020
• Clinicians' 'Number-One Wish' for Artificial Intelligence   Dr Eric Topol and AI researcher Dr Fei-Fei Li discuss how AI can augment and enhance the human work of healthcare.
  Medscape, February 06, 2020
• Bringing Humanity Back Is the 'Greatest Gift AI Can Give'   In this episode of Medicine and the Machine, Drs Topol and Verghese discuss the loss of humanity in medicine, and how AI offers an exciting opportunity to bring time and presence back to patient care.
  Medscape, January 02, 2020
• Mindsets Can Make the Difference in Clinical Medicine   'Stripping away those human qualities of warmth and competence in our study took away the entire benefit,' Alia Crum explains on this episode of 'Medicine and the Machine.'
  Medscape, November 27, 2019
• Caregiving and the Soul of Medicine   'We have to return to certain core ideals of healthcare in which caregiving is crucial and in which doctors are able to participate,' says Arthur Kleinman.
  Medscape, November 01, 2019
• It's Time for Physicians to Organize -- For Our Patients' Sake   In this 'Medicine and the Machine' podcast, Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese talk about the impact that physicians could have on the practice of medicine if they organized their million members.
  Medscape, October 04, 2019
• Spend Money on AI or Just Give Doctors More Time?   Danielle Ofri joins Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese on this 'Medicine and the Machine' podcast to discuss whether technology will improve care or whether resources are better spent elsewhere.
  Medscape, September 04, 2019
• AI May Save Some Time, but It Can't Listen to a Patient   Danielle Ofri joins Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese on this 'Medicine and the Machine' podcast to discuss whether AI can offer clinicians, and ultimately patients, more time, a scarce commodity.
  Medscape, August 22, 2019
• Topol and Verghese on Where the Physical Exam Is Going   In this Medicine and the Machine podcast, Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese discuss the ritual and evolution of the physical exam and its inevitable--and exciting--integration with technology.
  Medscape, July 03, 2019