Medicine and the Machine
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.
Latest episodes
Apr 2, 2020 • 36min
'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.
Mar 27, 2020 • 24min
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.
Feb 6, 2020 • 34min
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.
Jan 2, 2020 • 26min
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.
Nov 27, 2019 • 39min
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.
Nov 1, 2019 • 37min
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.
Oct 4, 2019 • 32min
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.
Sep 4, 2019 • 26min
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.
Aug 22, 2019 • 32min
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.
Jul 3, 2019 • 35min
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.
