Eric Topol's HIMSS13 Keynote

My Twitter timeline exploded when Eric Topol took the stage to address the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society convention in New Orleans. Here's an attempt to capture it. Please comment and add more resources!

  1. Excited to address #HIMSS13 in AM bit.ly/15ub0r8 Main points: 1. Show me my data! 2. Tear down these walls! #CDoM #digitalmedicine
  2. #HIMSS13: @EricTopol just arrived in Great Hall A. He's sporting #TheWalkingGallery Jacket: ow.ly/inybA Are you today?
  3. @EricTopol showing off Massimo pulse ox device that works with iPhone. SpO2 97 percent sat! Heart rate holding up well, he says. #HIMSS13
  4. Watch out #meded: RT @mobilehealth: @EricTopol Apple Stores now selling diabetes equipment -- the Sanofi iBGStar made by AgaMatrix. #HIMSS13
  5. @EricTopol asks why go to hospital sleep lab at 3000 a night? Can do at home for free. (not really free though, way cheaper) #HIMSS13
  6. #WhatIfHC digitizes voice (to Dx Parkinsons), breath (lung function test), lab tests? #DigitalHealth @EricTopol #HIMSS13
  7. @erictopol at #HIMSS taking his own oxygen stat, blood glucose, heart rate on his iPhone in front of thousands. He's still calm.
  8. YouTube Twitter most social medua didn't exist 10yrs ago now digital social media is revolutionuzing our world @erictopol #HIMSS13
  9. @EricTopol Now pointing to GE Vscan -- the stethoscope killer in his opinion. Legacy device actually stethophone not truly scope. #HIMSS13
  10. @EricTopol demonstrating multiple ways where "tech can bypass physicians" for diagnosis and stat reporting. #HIMSS13
  11. "We don't need a stethescope anymore because we have handheld ultrasound that's even cheaper/easier" @EricTopol #HIMSS13
  12. The squeezing of the doctor. Patients can - should/must - take a more active, engaged role in their health! @EricTopol #HIMSS13 #epatient
  13. @erictopol noting hospitals are still big problems because of nosocomial infections and patient safety issues #himss13
  14. Until you can teach robots to care and advocate for you, nurses will be around forever. #HIMSS13 @erictopol
  15. .@EricTopol: The idea of going down to your doctor's office is going to feel as obsolete as going to your video store #HIMSS13
  16. The smartphone will evolve to become a soulmate device that knows you better than you know yourself @EricTopol #wirelesshealth #HIMSS13

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